Warner Classics > Kniazev, Alexander

Russian Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan et Lyudmila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades); Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Anatol Lyadov: Preludes Op. 39; Nikolay M...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Kniazev, Alexander; Krainev, Vladimir; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Markovich, Aleksandr; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Rostropovich, Mstisl...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Masur, Kurt; Lazarev, Alexander; Sado, Yutaka; Inbal, Eliahu; Kitaenko, Dimitri; ; Serebrier, José
Ensemble: ; Beaux Arts Trio

1 1/2 hours of Russian romance and tragedy...continue...

The Rachmaninov Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Moments musicaux, Op. 16; The water lily, song for voice & piano, Op. 8/1; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. ...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Kniazev, Alexander; Koneffke, Ulrich; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Olli, Kalevi; Rabinovitch, Alexandre
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny; Oramo, Sakari; Higginbottom, Edward

Chopin, Rachmaninov: Cello Sonatas / Kniazev, Lugansky

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-02-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, B 160/Op. 65; Sergey Rachmaninov: Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19; Songs (14), Op. 34
Performers: Kniazev, Alexander; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]

Bedtime Beats - The Secret to Sleep

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on G...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Clement, Alain; Crossland, Jill; Engel, Karl; Isbin, Sharon; Kniazev, Alexander; Laskine, Lily; Leister, Karl; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Pires, Maria-Jo...
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Andrew; Sado, Yutaka; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Nagano, Kent; ; Zehetmair, Thomas; Jordan, Armin; Scimone, Claudio; Corboz, Michel; Orbelian, Constantine; Hager...
Ensemble: ; Berliner Solisten; Berne Symphony Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Ensemble Instrumental; Helsinki Strings; I Solisti Veneti; Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra; Lausanne Chamber Orche...

Personnel: Alain Clement (bass voice); Sharon Isbin (guitar); Karl Ludwig Leiter (clarinet); Karl Engel, Jill Crossland, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Lily Laskine, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nikolai Lugansky , Ma...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations, etc / Kniazev, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-09-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33; The Heroic Deed, Op. 60, no 11; I Opened a Window, Op. 63, no 2; Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 19; Not a Word, O...
Performers: Kniazev, Alexander
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra

"[Kniazev's] tone is so smoothly attractive, and is control of line so complete... There is a singing quality to his playing that is so utterly...continue...

Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Trios / Berezovsky, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-02-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque, for piano & strings in D minor, Op. 9; Dmitry Shostakovich: Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Kniazev, Alexander; Makhtin, Dmitri

In 1989, Dmitri Makhtin was awarded first prize at the Russian National Competition for young violinists and subsequently won the Premio Paganini and the Montreal...continue...