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Oistrakh Trio Plays Russian Piano Trios - works by Glinka, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 50; Mikhail Glinka: Trio pathétique, for clarinet (or violin), bassoon (or cello) & piano in D minor, G. iv173; Nikolai Ri...
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Ensemble: Igor Oistrakh Trio

In this fascinating compilation, major and minor composers are all viewed through the lens of the somewhat underutilized piano trio, in differing states of maturity...continue...

In Paradisum: Spiritual Classical Melodies by Faure, Mozart, Franck, Bruckner, Mahler et al. / various British choirs

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Vesperae solennes de confessore; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Pani...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Camerata Academica Wurzbu; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Dixon, Alistair
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzbu

This sublime compilation will take listeners on a journey through some of the most profound classical music ever written, demonstrating the wealth of inspiration that...continue...

Historic Russian Archives: David Oistrakh - Chamber Music Edition

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, K 306 (300l); Variations (12) on "La bergère Célimene," for violin & piano in G major, K. 359 (K. 374a); Sergey Rachmani...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Bauer, Frida; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kollegorskaya, Inna; Makarov, Abram; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Richter, Sv...

The reissue of this unique collection of chamber music masterpieces, ranging from Baroque to 20-century, played by the legendary David Oistrakh, with his luminous, sonorous

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Emil Gilels Plays Russian Music

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 14; Sonata for Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 28; Sonata for Piano no 8 in B flat major, Op. 84; Visions fugitives, Op. 22; Toccata for piano in D ...
Performers: Gilels, Emil

Spanning over three decades of recording and featuring some of Gilels' favorite works to perform, this comprehensive set offers a fascinating glimpse into a musician...continue...

Evgeny Mravinsky Conducts Russian Composers

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; The Nutcracker, suite, Op. 71a; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; Capriccio i...
Conductors: Mravinsky, Yevgeny
Ensemble: ; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

Famed for his colossal stature and rigorous rehearsal methods, Evgeny Mravinsky is generally considered to be the greatest of all Soviet conductors. The maestro was...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Complete Orchestral Suites (4) / Neville Marriner

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 43; Suite for Orchestra no 2 in C major, Op. 53; Suite for Orchestra no 3 in G major, Op. 55; Suite for Orchestra no 4 in G major, ...
Performers: Kalafusz, Hans
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky is best-loved for his symphonic, operatic, and balletic works. With most of his opus falling into these formal genres, it comes as no surprise...continue...

Famous Ballet Music - works by Adam, Delibes, Massenet, Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; The Sleeping Beauty, suite, Op. 66a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh, suite; Spartacus, suite; Masquerade, suite; Léo D...
Performers: Cairns, Christine; Watson, Lillian
Conductors: Bátiz, Enrique; Simonov, Yuri; Davis, Carl; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

For lovers of ballet music, this superb 5-disc set is an attractive collection of famous ballet music, featuring such immortal ballets from Tchaikovsky, Adam, Khatchaturian,...continue...

Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies / Fedoseyev, Rozhdestvensky, Simonov

7 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter daydreams"; 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Symphony no 3 in...
Performers: Elms, Rod
Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Simonov, Yuri; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Temirkanov, Yuri

Brilliant Classics is proud to present these essential masterworks in a new 7-CD set featuring conductors Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Vladimir Fedoseyev and Yuri Simonov, Russians who...continue...

Russian Archives: Mstislav Rostropovitch plays Russian cello concertos / Glazunov, Khachaturian, Miaskovsky and Prokofiev

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125; Nikolay Myaskovsky: Concerto for Cello in C minor, Op. 66; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchest...
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Svetlanov, Evgeny

One of the interesting facts surrounding the incredible number of great Russian musicians born in the Soviet area, is that the overwhelming majority of them...continue...

Russian Archives: David Oistrakh / violin concertos by Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Taneyev

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (published as Op. 99); Concerto for Violin no 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129; Dmitry Kabalevsky: Concerto for Violin in C major, Op. 48; ...
Performers: Oistrakh, David
Conductors: Mravinsky, Yevgeny; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Eliasberg, Karl; Sanderling, Kurt; Kondrashin, Kirill

David Oistrakh is regarded to this day as the greatest violinist to emerge from Russia in the 20th century. Born in Odessa in the Ukraine...continue...

Russian Archives: Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff / Evgeny Kissin, piano

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. ...
Performers: Kissin, Evgeni; Soustrot, Bernard
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery; Spivakov, Vladimir; Chistiakov, Andrey

Few classical artists have made so spectacular an initial impact upon public - even global - consciousness as the pianist Evgeny Kissin, when in 1984...continue...
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Legendary Russian Pianists

25 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 33 in B major, Op. 56/1, CT. 83; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Etude for piano no 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4, CT. 17; Etude for pi...
Performers: Akopian-Tamarina, Nelly [Piano]; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bashkirov, Dmitri; Berman, Lazar; Davidovich, Bella; Demidenko, Nikolai; Flier, Yakov; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gilels, Emil; Ginzburg, Grigori; Grinber...
Conductors: Gauk, Alexander; Oistrakh, David; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Tretiakov, Viktor; Temirkanov, Yuri

Russia is home to some of the antiquities most iconic piano players: Konstantin Igumnov, Grigory Ginzburg, Lev Oborin, Vladimir Sofronitzky, Sviatoslav Richter, and Evgeny Kissin...continue...

Russian Piano Minatures for Children / Rimma Bobritskaia, piano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Album pour enfants, Op. 39; Sergey Prokofiev: Music for Children, Op. 65; Dmitry Shostakovich: Pieces (5) for Children, for piano (arr. by Atovmyan); A Child's Excercise Bo...
Performers: Bobritskaia, Rimma

This rarely recorded repertoire containes pieces composed by famous composers such as Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Skillfully performed by Rimma Bobritskaïa and inspired by children's...continue...
Recording information: Moscow Conservatoire (02/1991)....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Secular Choruses

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Evening, for male chorus (poss. spurious); Autumn, song for voice & piano (16 Children's Songs), Op. 54/14; Child's Song, song for voice & piano (Children's Songs), Op. 54/...
Performers: Azovski, Andrei; Kortchak, Dimitri; Kravtchenko, Tamara; Michina, Anette; Savelieva, Natalia; Trifonova, Vera

Recording information: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia (02/1997)....continue...

Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 15 in B flat major, K 450; Concerto for Piano no 11 in F major, K 413 (387a); Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C ...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Giacometti, Paolo; Han, Derek; Lechner, Karin; Mayer, Stephen; Würtz, Klára
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; Boettcher, Willfried; Wallberg, Heinz; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; van Beek, Arie; Plasson, Michel; Vásáry, Tamás; Sirenko, Vladimir; Marturet, Eduardo

The piano concerto emerged from the 18th century keyboard concerto as a display vehicle for the new instrument - the fortepiano, and the new breed...continue...

Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch: Violin Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, B...
Performers: Black, Neil; Carmignola, Giuliano; Dubach, Alexandre; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Grubert, Ilya; Kogan, Leonid; Oistrakh, David; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry; Van Den Booren, Borika
Conductors: Sitkovetsky, Dmitry; Martini, Carlo De; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kondrashin, Kirill; Sasson, Michel; Foster, Lawrence; Golovschin, Igor; Marturet, Eduardo; Nebolsin, Vasili; Gauk, Alexander
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

A 10CD collection that includes the great violin concertos performed by some of the great violin virtuosos of our time. Also included are some rarer...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33; Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 19; Andante cantabile for Cello and Strings, Op. 11; Pezzo capriccioso for Cello a...
Performers: Rudin, Alexander
Conductors: Alexeiev, Nicolai; Rudin, Alexander
Ensemble: Musica Viva Ensemble, Dresden

Recording information: Mosfilm Studios (02/1997)....continue...

In Paradisum / Spiritual Classical Music

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Gio...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzburg

In Paradisum is back by popular demand! The most moving, serene, peaceful and comforting choral classics: In Paradisum, includes a breathtaking selection of well-loved spiritual...continue...

Classical Top 100

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto for Flute "Il Gardellino"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Carnival of the Animals; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata, K. 331; Eine ...
Performers: Austbo, Hakon; Boer, Harmen de; Crombach, Sara; Geiger, Gyorgy; Goldstein, Misha; Grafova, Maria; Grauwels, Marc; Groop, Monica; Han, Derek; Hoek, Martijn van den; Holbling, Anna; Jerie, Marek; Jones...
Conductors: Warchal, Bohdan; Clark, Robert Haydon; Bátiz, Enrique; Ermler, Mark; ; Robev, Georgi; Sándor, János; Kosler, Zdenek; Heyerick, Florian; Davis, Carl; Lenárd, Ondrej; Vandernoot, An...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London; London Baroque; Musica ad Rhenum; New York Harp Ensemble

This set is newly compiled, choosing the 100 very best tracks in the best available performances, including London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Carl...continue...

Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden, incidental music, Op. 12
Conductors: Chistiakov, Andrey

Tchaikovsky thought highly of his music to Ostrovky's drama The Snow Maiden, writing to his patroness Nadezhda von Meck in 1879 "one of my favorite...continue...
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Tchaikovsky: Complete Ballets

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33; Symphony no 6 in B minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 74; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Nutcracker ...
Performers: Gendron, Maurice; Ricci, Ruggiero
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

A superb 6 CD set that brings together the very best of Ansermet's Decca Tchaikovsky recordings. As well as the three great ballet scores, the...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Complete Chamber works for Strings / Endellion Quartet

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Quartet for Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 11; Quartet for Strings no 2 in F major, Op. 22; Quartet for Strings in B flat major (in 1 movement); Sextet for Strings in D major...
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Ensemble: Endellion Quartet

Tchaikovsky wrote relatively little chamber music. Three string quartets, the Piano Trio and the Sextet form the bulk of his chamber music, and all the...continue...
Personnel: Timothy Boulton (viola); Robert Cohen (cello)....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 & 2 / Derek Han, Paul Freeman, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-05-19

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44
Performers: Han, Derek
Conductors: Freeman, Paul
Ensemble: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom / Evgen Savchuk, National Choir of Ukraine

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-05-05

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41
Conductors: Savchuk, Evgen
Ensemble: National Choir of Ukraine

The first piano concerto by Tchaikovsky is by far the best-known of his piano concertos: an evergreen. On this single CD Derek Han plays the...continue...

Piano Music for Children - Beethoven: Für Elise; Debussy, Schumann, Tchaikovsky / Klára Würtz

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Album pour enfants...
Performers: Würtz, Klára

This program presents a wonderful collection of favorites that everyone who has learned to play the piano will know and love. Beethoven's touching 'For Elise'...continue...

Historic Russian Archives - Kissin in Concert

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E...
Performers: Kissin, Evgeni; Soustrot, Bernard
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery; Spivakov, Vladimir; Kitayenko, Dmitri
Ensemble: Academic Symphony Orchestra St. Petersburg; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra

The Great Piano Concertos / Kissin, Gilels, Grimaud, et al

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Firkusny, Rudolf; Freire, Nelson; Gilels, Emil; Grimaud, Hélène; Kissin, Evgeni; Lugansky, Nikolai; Würtz, Klára
Conductors: Shpiller, Ivan; López-Cobos, Jesús; Gergiev, Valery; Susskind, Walter; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Masur, Kurt; Sirenko, Vladimir; van Beek, Arie; Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Academic Symphony Orchestra St. Petersburg; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Russian State Academi...

Children's Corner - Piano Music for Children

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Album pour enfants, Op. 39; Cla...
Performers: Austbö, Haakon; Bär, Alwin; Fergus-Thompson, Gordon; Lechner, Karin; Van de Laar, Frank; Van den Hoek, Martijn; Würtz, Klára; Warenberg, Alexander

Historic Russian Archives - Oistrakh plays Violin Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Antonín Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77; Conc...
Performers: Oistrakh, David
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kiril; Mravinsky, Eugen; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Eliasberg, Karl; Sanderling, Kurt; Yudin, Gabril; Gauk, Alexander
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

The violinist David Oistrakh is one of those musicians whose fame crossed many borders both physically and in time. He died over 30 years ago...continue...