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Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 58, Cello Sonata Op. 119, etc / Ivashkin, Polyanskii, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-07-29

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Cello in E minor, Op. 58; Concertino for Cello in G minor, Op. 132; Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125; Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major...
Performers: Ivashkin, Alexander; Lazareva, Tatyana
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Alexander Ivashkin is known internationally for his interpretations of Russian music. 'The Daily Telegraph' said of his performances of Prokofiev, "It would be hard to...continue...

Schnittke: Cello Concertos & Sonatas / Polyansky, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for cello & orchestra no 1; Sonata for cello & piano no 1; Sonata for cello & piano no 2; Concerto for cello & orchestra no 2; Concerto Grosso no 2, for violin, cello & orc...
Performers: Grindenko, Tatjana; Ivashkin, Alexander; Schnittke, Irina
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

"Alfred Schnittke's works for cello -- particularly the concertos and sonatas -- are among his most significant and mature compositions. The majority of the pieces...continue...

Kancheli: Simi, Mourned by the Wind / Ivashkin, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-06-21

Works: Giya Kancheli: Simi, for cello & orchestra; Mourned by the Wind, version for cello & orchestra
Performers: Ivashkin, Alexander
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Giya Kancheli is one of the Eastern bloc's most important contemporary composers, respected by musicologists and fellow composers alike. Schnittke said of him: 'His most...continue...

Schnittke: Symphony no 6, Concerto Grosso no 2 / Polyansky

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-04-27

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Symphony no 6; Concerto Grosso no 2, for violin, cello & orchestra
Performers: Grindenko, Tatjana; Ivashkin, Alexander
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

"Alfred Schnittke wrote his Sixth Symphony in 1992 while under the shadow of a series of strokes that burdened his health until he died in...continue...

Rachmaninov: Complete Works for Cello / Ivashkin, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-03-23

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Lied (Romance), for cello & piano in F minor, TN ii/32; Danse Hongroise, Op. 6, no 2 (original); Prelude, Op. 23 no 10; Melodie on a Theme by S. Rachmaninov, for cello (or violin)...
Performers: Hayroudinoff, Rustem; Ivashkin, Alexander

Alexander Ivashkin is one of today's most distinguished cellists, who has made an enormous contribution to the Chandos catalog with his benchmark recordings of his...continue...

Prokofiev: Works for Cello and Piano / Ivashkin, Lazareva

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 119; Ballade for cello & piano in C minor, Op. 15; Adagio for cello & piano (arr. from Cinderella, Op. 87), Op. 97bis; Concertino for Cell...
Performers: Ivashkin, Alexander; Lazareva, Tatyana

"This disc contains more of Prokofiev's music for cello and piano than actually exists. The Andante is a transcription of the slow movement of his...continue...

Myaskovsky: Symphony no 27, Cello Concerto /Polyansky, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-10-22

Works: Nikolay Myaskovsky: Symphony no 27 in C minor, Op. 85; Concerto for Cello in C minor, Op. 66
Performers: Ivashkin, Alexander
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

"Symphony No. 27 is given a reading to match its nobility and proud assertion of a Russian symphonic tradition that goes back, predominantly, to Tchaikovsky....continue...

Prokofiev: Symphony no 2, Symphony-Concerto / Polyansky

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-07-23

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125
Performers: Ivashkin, Alexander
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

"Polyansky's reading is demonic, restless, angry and utterly gripping. His percussionists pound away mercilessly. His brasses hector and frighten us. He slashes and stuns. He...continue...

Gubaidulina: In Croce, etc / Ivashkin, Pavlutskaya, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-11-20

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: In croce, for cello & organ (or bayan); Preludes (10) for cello; Quaternion, for cello quartet
Performers: Hicks, Malcolm; Ivashkin, Alexander

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A quaternion may be a mathematical operation, but there's nothing calculated or contrived about Quaternion for four cellos (1996), which here receives...continue...

Roslavets: Complete Music for Cello and Piano / Ivashkin, et

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-02-27

Works: Nikolai Roslavets: Meditation for cello & piano; Sonata for Piano no 1; Preludes (5) for piano; Sonata for cello & piano, no 2; Dance of the White Girls, for cello & piano
Performers: Ivashkin, Alexander; Lazareva, Tatyana

Schnittke: Symphony no 7, Cello Concerto / Ivashkin, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-08-22

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Symphony no 7; Concerto for cello & orchestra no 1
Performers: Afonin, Yuri; Ivashkin, Alexander
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri

"The most haunting piece of music I've heard in years, Schnittke's Seventh Sympyhony...[and] Polyansky's performance and Chandos's reverberant recording are entirely admirable. The harrowing First...continue...

Schnittke: (K)ein Sommernachtstraum, etc / Polyansky, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-05-18

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for cello & orchestra no 2; (K)ein Sommernachtstraum (Not after Shakespeare), for orchestra
Performers: Ivashkin, Alexander
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Russian cellist Alexander Ivashkin, a Schnittke specialist gives an impassioned account of the Cello Concerto No. 2, with Valeri Polyansky directing the orchestral accompaniment. This...continue...

Schnittke: Works for Cello & Piano / Ivashkin, Schnittke

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-11-17

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Sonata for cello & piano no 1; Sonata for cello & piano no 2; Musica nostalgica, for cello & piano; Peer Gynt
Performers: Ivashkin, Alexander; Schnittke, Irina

Schnittke's Cello Sonata No. 1 is among one of his most performed chamber pieces. It is very dark and brooding, with moments of energy and...continue...

Grechaninov: Symphony no 4, etc / Polyansky, Russian SSO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-10-21

Works: Alexander Grechaninov: Symphony no 4 in C major, Op. 102; Concerto for cello & orchestra, Op. 8; Missa festiva, for mixed chorus & organ, Op. 154
Performers: Golub, Ludmila; Ivashkin, Alexander
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri;
Ensemble: Russian State Symphonic Choir; Russian State Symphony Orchestra

"Here are three more attractive, amiable works from the long-lived and prolifiec Alexander Grechaninov...Scored for a relatively small orchestra, the lyrical concerto accents the cello's...continue...