Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night, opera in 3 acts / USSR TV and Radio Soloists, Choir and Orch.; Vladimir Fedoseyev1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Fedoseyev, VladimirEnsemble: USSR TV and Radio Choir; USSR TV and Radio Orchestra The idea of composing an opera based on Gogol's story May Night was prompted by Rimsky-Korsakov's wife, Nadezhda Purgold. The opera, an immediate predecessor of...continue... ![]() Alexander Dargomyzhsky: Rusalka / Ivan Kozlovsky, Veronica Borisenko, et al. Evgeny Svetlanov2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Svetlanov, EvgenyEnsemble: Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR; Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR Alexander Dargomyzhsky entered the history of Russian music as one of the founders of realistic art. His operas are distinguished by the finesse with which...continue... ![]() Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Tilla Briem, Elisabeth Höngen, Peter Anders, Rudolf Watzke. Furtwängler, Berlin PO1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Furtwängler, WilhelmEnsemble: Berlin Philharmonic More than half a century has passed since Wilhelm Furtwängler's death, but the public's great interest in his inspired art has not faded. On the...continue... ![]() Mussorgsky: The Marriage; The Nursery / Gennady Rozhdestvensky1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, GennadyEnsemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra In 1868, inspired by Dargomyzhsky's work on the opera The Stone Guest (based on Pushkin's tragedy of the same name), Mussorgsky decided to compose his...continue... ![]() Russian Avant-Garde Music - works by Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Alfred Schnittke / Rozhdestvensky1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, GennadyEnsemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra This amazing release features a concert that has not only great artistic value, but also historic significance. It was the first and arguably the last...continue... ![]() Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete ballet / Moscow SO, Kitaenko1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Kitaenko, DmitriEnsemble: Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra In 1910 Paris, a ballet score called The Firebird proclaimed the birth of a new star: Igor Stravinsky. The script of the ballet, staged by...continue... ![]() Mily Balakirev - Overture on a Spanish March; Overtures on three Russian songs; King Lear / Svetlanov2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09 Conductors: Svetlanov, EvgenyEnsemble: USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910) was an outstanding Russian musician, pianist, conductor, and composer. Some of the most remarkable events in Russian music culture...continue... ![]() Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride, opera / Vishnevskaya, Atlantov, Arkhipova, Nesterenko2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09 Conductors: Mansurov, FuatEnsemble: Bolshoi Theatre Choir; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra In 1849, translator, poet, and playwright Lev Mey (1822 - 1862) wrote a drama called The Tsar' s Bride, based on one of the passages...continue... ![]() Khachaturian Conducts Khachaturian 3: Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra; Symphony No. 1 / Natalia Shakhovskaya: cello1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09 Conductors: Khachaturian, AramEnsemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra Aram Khachaturian' s music is a sort of chronicle of his time and his motherland; it is an enthusiastic tale of the life of his...continue... ![]() Weinberg: Piano Quintet Op. 18; String Quartet, Op. 66 / Borodin Quartet; Mieczyslaw Weinberg, piano1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09 Conductors:Ensemble: Borodin Quartet The music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg is one of the most beautiful pages of unwritten music history of the 20th century. Now, Melodiya presents the best...continue... ![]() Igor Stravinksy: Le Baiser de la Fée / Rozhdestvensky (rec. 1966)1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09 Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, GennadyEnsemble: Great Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio and Television Hans Christian Andersen' s fairytale The Ice Maiden was taken as a basis for the libretto of Le baiser de la fée, a ballet that...continue... ![]() Rodion Shchedrin: The Sealed Angel / Moscow Chamber Choir1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09 Conductors: Minin, VladimirEnsemble: Moscow Chamber Choir; USSR State Academic Choir Melodiya presents one of the most significant choral works by modern composer Rodion Shchedrin, composed after Nikolai Leskov' s story The Sealed Angel. Shchedrin repeatedly...continue... ![]() Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6; Schubert: Symphony No. 8 / Melik-Pashev1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09 Conductors: Melik-Pashev, AlexanderEnsemble: USSR Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Melodiya presents recordings of the outstanding Soviet conductor Alexander Melik-Pashayev, whose performing career at the USSR Bolshoi Theatre lasted more than 30 years and made...continue... ![]() Pianist Grigory Ginsburg plays Anton Rubinstein and Franz Liszt1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09 Melodiya presents an album featuring Grigory Ginsburg, a wonderful virtuoso pianist and one of the glorious representatives of the Russian piano school of the 20th...continue... ![]() Bach: The Art of Fugue / Tatiana Nikolayeva, piano1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09 The Art of Fugue is a cycle of fugues and canons that can be rightfully considered the peak of J.S. Bach' s polyphonic mastery. Amazing...continue... ![]() Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Mazurkas; Waltz / Evgeny Kissin (at age 12!)1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09 Conductors: Kitaenko, DmitriEnsemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra In March 1984, a fragile 12-year-old boy went onstage at the Big Hall of the Moscow Conservatory to perform Chopin' s two concerts with the...continue... ![]() Symphonic Works by Vasily Kalinnikov - Symphonies 1&2; Intermezzos 1&2; Serenade for strings; overtures et al. / Svetlanov:2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09 Conductors: Svetlanov, EvgenyEnsemble: USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra Melodiya presents a complete collection of symphonic heritage by Vasily Kalinnikov, an outstanding and rarely performed composer who combined various trends of 19th-century Russian art....continue... ![]() Shostakovich: Katerina Izmailova, opera / Andreyeva, Bulavin, Radziyevsky et al. Gennady Provatorov2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-03-12 Conductors: Provatorov, GennadyEnsemble: Choir of the State Moscow Stanislavsky; Orchestra of the State Moscow Stanislavsky It is hard to name another opera with a fate as complicated and dramatic as that of Katerina Izmailova! In the early 1930s, Shostakovich came...continue... ![]() Debussy plays Debussy, Ravel plays Ravel1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-03-12 These unique phonographic documents date back to the 1910s and 1920s, when music recording was at its dawn. Among the first pianists to put their...continue... ![]() Grigory Sokolov Plays Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns3 CD / Melodiya / 2013-03-12 One of the best contemporary representatives of the St. Petersburg piano school, Grigory Sokolov is well known in Russia and beyond. A master of the...continue... ![]() Rodion Shchedrin: Anna Karenina, complete ballet / USSR Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Yuri Simonov: conductor2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-03-12 Conductors: Simonov, YuriEnsemble: USSR Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Melodiya presents a recording of one of the outstanding ballet works of the late 20th century! The title sheet of the score has a dedication...continue... ![]() Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Galina Vishnevskaya: soprano; Moscow PO, Oistrakh1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-03-12 Conductors: Oistrakh, DavidEnsemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Another rare recording of David Oistrakh as a conductor! The outstanding violinist realized his dream of conducting for the first time in 1962. He conducted...continue... ![]() Anthology of Piano Music by Russian & Soviet Composers, Part 1, Disc 5 / N. Mndoyants, Dorokhova, Bogdanova, Korepanova, Turpanov: piano1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-02-12 Works: Dmitry Kabalevsky: Rondo for piano in A minor, Op. 59; Yuri Nikolayevsky: Rondino, for piano; Alemdar Karamanov: Variations, for piano; Boris Tishchenko: Sonata no 4, for piano; Miroslav Skorik: Burl...Performers: Bodganova, I. [Piano]; Dorokhova, T. [Piano]; Korepanova, Asiya; Mndoyants, Nikita [Piano]; Turpanov, Mikhail [Piano] Another release of the Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers features works of the late 1950s and the first half of the...continue... Recording information: Moscow (2012)....continue... ![]() Beethoven: Romances 1&2; Godard: Conzonetta, Op. 35; Chausson: Poeme, Op. 25; Ravel Tzigane, et al. / David Oistrakh: violin1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-02-12 Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50; Benjamin Godard: Concerto Romantique for violin & orchestra i...Performers: Oistrakh, David Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill Ensemble: ; The State Academic Symphony Orchestra Without David Oistrakh, it is impossible to imagine the picture of 20th century music. A violinist, conductor, and professor, he left an indelible mark on...continue... ![]() Sergey Lyapunov: Symphonic Works - Symphonies 1&2; Triumphal Overture, Op. 7; Polonaise, Op. 16; Hashish, Op. 53 et al. / Svetlanov3 CD / Melodiya / 2013-02-12 Works: Sergey Lyapunov: Symphony no 1 in B minor, Op. 12; Ballade, for orchestra in C sharp minor, Op. 2; Triumphant Overture on Russian Themes, for orchestra in C major, Op. 7; Polonaise for orchestra, Op....Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny; Ziuraitis, Algis Ensemble: ; State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the USSR Sergei Lyapunov was one of the outstanding contributors to the original national school of Russian music. A pupil of Mily Balakirev, Lyapunov was a composer,...continue... ![]() Sviatoslav Richter Collection - Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin, Franck, Bartok et al. / Sviatoslav Richter, piano5 CD / Melodiya / 2013-02-12 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV 808; Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano ...Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav; Vedernikov, Anatoly Conductors: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sanderling, Kurt; Barshai, Rudolf; Sveshnikov, Alexander; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Kondrashin, Kirill Melodiya offers a set of recordings by the great pianist of the 20th century, Sviatoslav Richter, which reflects his diverse performing interests. The history of...continue... ![]() Bach: Goldberg Variations; Partita No. 2, BWV 826 ò English Suite No. 2, BWV 807 / Grigory Sokolov: piano2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-02-12 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826; English Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV 807Performers: Sokolov, Grigory Melodiya presents concert recordings of J.S. Bach's compositions performed by Grigory Sokolov, arguably the most intellectual of all modern Russian pianists. At the age of...continue... ![]() Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, Richter, piano2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav Johann Sebastian Bach's cycle of preludes and fugues, The Well-Tempered Clavier, holds a very special place in the world of music. It is not just...continue... Recording information: 1973....continue... ![]() Shostakovich: Sonata for violin and piano; Sonata for viola and piano / O Kagan, violin; Yu. Bashmet, viola; S. Richter, piano1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08 Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134; Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Kagan, Oleg; Richter, Sviatoslav This disc features two of Shostakovich's chamber opuses performed by two of the best musicians of the 1980s: Oleg Kagan and Yuri Bashmet. Behind the...continue... ![]() Shchedrin plays Shchedrin: 24 Preludes & Fugues; Plyphonic Notebook, Musical Offering / Rondion Shchedrin, piano4 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08 Rodion Shchedrin embarked on a composing career at the dawn of the second half of the 20th century, and since then has been actively creative....continue... ![]() Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini; Italian Capriccio; Serenade for Strings / Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08 Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Capriccio italien, Op. 45; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48Conductors: Mravinsky, Yevgeny Ensemble: ; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Recorded from the 1940s to the 1970s, Melodiya offers a wonderful gift for all admirers of Russian music culture: Tchaikovsky's symphonic works performed by the...continue... ![]() Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Lenningrad" / Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08 Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra Melodiya presents a recording of Dmitri Shostakovich's famous opus, performed by one of the best interpreters of his music. Composed in the first months of...continue... Recording information: 1986....continue... ![]() Symphonic Works by Modest Mussorgsky / Svetlanov, USSR State Academic SO1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08 Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Scherzo, for orchestra in B flat major (edited by Rimsky-Korsakov); Intermezzo in modo classico, for orchestra in B minor, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov; Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' ...Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny Ensemble: ; USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra Today, Modest Mussorgsky - who was passed over for fame when he was alive, who perplexed even his distinguished peers and comrades - is one...continue... Recording information: 1974....continue... ![]() Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Maria Grinberg, piano4 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08 One of the greatest albums in Soviet recording history is now reborn on CD! Maria Grinberg was a remarkable pianist and the last student of...continue... ![]() Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, Part 2 Vol. 1 / Ekaterina Mechetina, Vyacheslav Gryaznov, Nikita Mndoyants: piano1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08 Works: Rodion Shchedrin: Sonata for Piano no 2; Alexander Tchaikovsky: Sonata for Piano no 2, Op. 85; Vladimir Ryabov: Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 46; Nikita Mndoyants: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, ...Performers: Gryaznov, Vyacheslav [Piano]; Mechetina, Ekaterina; Mndoyants, Nikita [Piano] Melodiya presents part two of the Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, which demonstrates the musical trends of the last decades. The...continue... Recording information: Moscow (2012)....continue... ![]() Prokofiev plays Prokofiev / Piero Coppola [Melodiya]1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13 Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Toccata for piano in D minor, Op. 11; The Love for Three Oranges; Pieces for piano, Op. 12; Sarcasms, Op. 17; Pieces for piano, Op. 52; Sonata no 4, Op. 29; Pieces for piano, Op. 59...Performers: Prokofiev, Sergei Conductors: Coppola, Piero Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra Works: Archival recordings from the 1920s and 1930s of Prokoviev interpreting his own compositions, including a famous recording of his third Piano Concerto with the London ...continue...Recording information: 1920-1939....continue... ![]() 1812: In the Blaze of Glory / Victor Kornachev, Alexander Rudin and Evgeni Svetlanov Nicola Nazarov1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13 Works: Osip Kozlovsky: Two polonaises; Dimitry Bortnyansky: Trio Sonata in C major; Concerto-Symphony in B flat major; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Anonymous: The Jaeger March; Anonymou...Conductors: Kornachev, Victor; ; Rudin, Alexander; Nazarov, N.; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Mikhailov, N. Ensemble: ; Moscow Baroque Soloists American Record Guide, March / April 2013 The Trio Sonata of Bortniansky - better known for his choral music - is distinguished by a guitar among...continue... Recording information: 1974-2005....continue... ![]() Debussy: Preludes / Alexei Lyubimov, piano2 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13 Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; D'un cahier d'esquisses; L'isle joyeuse; Préludes, Book 2; Hommage à Joseph Haydn, for piano, L. 115; Berceuse heroïquePerformers: Lubimov, Alexei [Piano] Works:
Recording information: 1971....continue... ![]() Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Rococo Variations / David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13 Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33Performers: Oistrakh, David; Rostropovich, Mstislav Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR State Symphony Orchestra Recording information: 1957/1963....continue... ![]() Beethoven, Sibelius: Violin Concertos / Gidon Kremer, violin1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13 Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47Performers: Kremer, Gidon Conductors: Nelsson, Woldemar; Temirkanov, Yuri Ensemble: Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow State Philharmonic Society; USSR State Symphony Orchestra ![]() Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 23; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 / Sviatoslav Richter, piano1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13 Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav Conductors: Mravinsky, Yevgeny; Sanderling, Kurt Ensemble: ; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Recording information: 1959....continue... ![]() Postnikova, Rozhdestvensky play C.P.E. Bach, Lachner, Schubert, Mozart, Balakirev, Smetana, Czerny2 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13 Works: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Sonata for piano, 4 hands in A major, BR A40; Franz Paul Lachner: Introduction & Fugue, for organ, 4 hands, Op. 62; Franz Schubert: Fugue for Piano 4 hands in E minor...Performers: Bakhchiev, Alexander; Postnikova, Viktoria; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Sorokina, Elena Works:
Recording information: 1973-??-??&1975-??-??&1977-....continue... ![]() Alexander Scriabin: Symphonic Works - Symphonies no 1-3; Poem of Ecstasy; Prometheus; Dream, Op. 24 / Sviatoslav Richter, piano4 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13 Works: Alexander Scriabin: Symphony no 1 in E major (with chorus in finale), Op. 26; Symphony no 2 in C minor/major, Op. 29; Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 43 "Le divin poème"; Le Poème de l'ex...Performers: Fridheim, Heinrich; Krivosheyev, Y.; Richter, Sviatoslav Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny; Yermakova, Lyudmila Ensemble: ; State Symphony Orchestra; USSR State Radio and Television Big Choir ![]() Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame / Atlantov, Milashkina, Levko, Fedoseyev. Ermler3 CD / Melodiya / 2012-10-09 Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68Conductors: Ermler, Mark Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra ![]() Beethoven: Sonatas Nos. 8 & 23; Bagatelles, Opp. 33 & 126; Choral Fantasy / Sviatoslav Richter, piano
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