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Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 115 / Arabella Steinbacher, violin

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 19; Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63; Sonata for violin solo in D major, Op. 115
Performers: Steinbacher, Arabella
Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: ; Russian National Orchestra

Pentatone releases the third concerto album by their exclusive violinist Artabella Steinbacher. The previous albums were winners. With Arabella as the solist in these Russian...continue...

Pentatone: The First 10 Years [11 Hybrid SACD - DSD]

11 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"; Romeo & Juliet; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95...
Performers: Beekman, Bram; Chen, Sa; Fischer, Julia [Violin]; Helmchen, Martin; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Marriner, Andrew; Steinbacher, Arabella
Conductors: Boni, Marco; Kreizberg, Yakov; Murphy, Simon; Foster, Lawrence; Janowski, Marek; Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Pletnev, Mikhail; Nagano, Kent; Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: ; Chamber Soloists of The New Dutch Academy; New Dutch Academy

Celebrating over a decade of quality releases is Pentatone's newest compilation; 'Pentatone, The First 10 Years'. This 10-disc set, recorded in SA-CD sound for superior...continue...

Prokofiev: Symphony no 5, etc / Vladimir Yurowski, et al

1 CD / PentaTone Classics / 2007-10-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 100; Ode to the End of the War, for winds, 8 harps, 4 pianos, brass, percussion & double basses, Op. 105
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir

The Times
Taken at a hard lick, as it too often is, Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony can be seen as a coarse wartime brute. Vladimir Jurowski, working...continue...

Prokofiev: Pedro y el lobo; Beintus: Las huellas del lobo

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2007-02-27

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Jean-Pascal Beintus: Wolf Tracks, for narrator & orchestra
Performers: Banderas, Antonio; Loren, Sophia
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Russian National Orchestra

Spanish versions are in standard CD format.

Recording information: Los Angeles, CA; Rehearsal Hall, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Geneva,; Scottish Rite Center, Oakland, California, Unites St...continue...

Ravel, Prokofiev: Concertos, etc / Schlimé, et al

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-04-18

Works: Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 5 in G major, Op. 55; Francesco Tristano: Reveal (improvisation); Progression (improvisation); Return (improvisat...
Performers: Tristano, Francesco
Conductors: Pletnev, Mikhail
Ensemble: Russian National Orchestra

Jane Jones, Classic FM Magazine
I listened with increasing awe to this dynamic and determined young pianist. Only 25 and already an international award-winner, Schlime has...continue...

Russian Violin Concertos / Julia Fischer, et al

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 19; Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 82
Performers: Fischer, Julia [Violin]
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov
Ensemble: Russian National Orchestra

"This performance takes the music seriously, and Fischer more than holds her own in the outer movements where the violin needs to be able to...continue...

Russian Ballet Suites - Prokofiev, et al / Vedernikov

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75; Aram Khachaturian: Circus; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a
Conductors: Vedernikov, Alexander
Ensemble: Russian National Orchestra

Keisuke Wakao plays Mozart, et al / Friends of the Boston SO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Johann Christian Bach: Quartet for flute (or oboe/violin), violin, viola & cello in B flat major Op. 8/6, CW B56 (T. 307/2); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (3...
Performers: Barker, Edwin; Basrak, Cathy; Knudsen, Sato; Lowe, Malcolm; Martin, Thomas [Clarinet]; Romanul, Victor; Wakao, Keisuke

Getty: Joan and the Bells; Prokofiev / Vedernikov, et al

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Gordon Getty: Joan and the Bells, cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite no 2, Op. 64b
Performers: Chernov, Vladimir; Delan, Lisa
Conductors: Vedernikov, Alexander
Ensemble: Russian National Orchestra

"Joan and the Bells is a dramatic cantata in three movements that lasts about 21 never-boring minutes. The two outer movements depict Joan's judgment and...continue...

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Beintus / Gorbachev, et al

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2004-01-01

Works: Mikhail Gorbachev: Peter and the Wolf & Wolf Tracks, commentary (spoken); Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Jean-Pascal Beintus: Wolf Tracks, for narrator & orchestra
Performers: Gorbachev, Mikhail
Conductors: Nagano, Kent

Proceeds from the sales of this CD will be shared with the New York based Wolf Conservation Center.

The narrators' royalties for these recordings will be donated to charity [Sophia Loren's to t...continue...