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Vladimir Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Fistoulari, Solti, Kondrashin et al. [Limited Edition]

50 CD / Decca / 2013-04-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Belkin, Boris; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Cash, Teresa [Soprano Vocal]; Civil, Alan; Cohen, Franklin; Cooke, Terry; Corkhill...
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Zinman, David; Kertész, István; Previn, Andre; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, S...

Decca Classics releases Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca on April 2, 2013, a limited edition box-set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the labels remarkable...continue...

Sviatoslav Richter Collection - Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin, Franck, Bartok et al. / Sviatoslav Richter, piano

5 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...

Van Cliburn: Piano Legend

3 CD / Audiophile Legends Import / 2012-12-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 26; Ludwi...
Performers: Cliburn, Van
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Reiner, Fritz; Hendl, Walter

Rachmaninoff 3; Tchaikovsky 1 [HDCD]

1 CD / K2 HD Import / 2012-11-27

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Kondrashin, Kirill

Grieg and Dvorák: Piano Concertos / Sviatoslav Richter, piano - Kondrashin, Smetacek

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-07-10

Works: Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Piano in G minor, Op. 33/B 63
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Smetacek, Vaclav
Ensemble: Moscow State Symphony Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra

Praga continues their Sviatoslav Richter edition with a new SACD reissue of key recordings from the great pianist's extensive catalog. This duo of "nationalist" concertos...continue...

Romantic Piano Concertos: Tchaikovsky

1 CD / Regis Records / 2012-06-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54
Performers: Cliburn, Van
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Reiner, Fritz

Van Cliburn's extraordinary rise to fame in the late fifties was in no small part due to his performance of the Tchaikovsky concerto featured on...continue...

Dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Ferenc Liszt

2 CD / Melodiya / 2012-05-08

Works: Franz Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto Waltz no 1"; Venezia e Napoli, S 162 (Année de pèlerinage 2 supplement); Ricordanza, etude for piano in A flat major (Transcend...
Performers: Akselrod, Gleb; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Berman, Lazar; Ovchinnikov, Vladimir; Serebryakov, Pavel; Slobodyanik, Alexander
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Ermler, Mark

A daring innovator, Liszt stirred up a revolution in both the art of piano playing and composing. Said music critic Vladimir Stasov, "If not for...continue...

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Dedicated to the International Tchaikovsky Competition / Van Cliburn; Valery Klimov, Natallia Shakhovskaya et al.

5 CD / Melodiya / 2012-02-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op...
Performers: Amentaeva, A.; Atlantov, Vladimir; Cliburn, Van; Farr, L. [Piano]; Khalilova, Farida; Klimov, Valery; Marsh, Jane; Natalia Shakhovskaya
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Shostakovich, Maxim; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Ermler, Mark; Haikin, B.;
Ensemble: ; State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Sextet

Melodiya presents an exclusive edition dedicated to the International Tchaikovsky Competition! A major artistic phenomenon and national endowment of Russia, the International Tchaikovsky Competition i...continue...

Emil Gilels Legacy, Vol. 9 / Chopin & Schubert

1 CD / Doremi / 2011-11-08

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in A minor, D 784/Op. 143; Fantasy for Piano 4 hands in F minor, D 940/Op. 103
Performers: Gilels, Emil
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill

The ninth volume in Doremi's prestigious historic series featuring Emil Gilels, recognized as one of the most important and respected pianists of the 20th century....continue...

Beethoven: Concerto no 4; Tchaikovsky: Concerto no 2 / Emil Gilels, piano

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44
Performers: Gilels, Emil
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: Hale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Emil Gilels was one of the most celebrated pianists of the 20th century. Presented here for the first time are rare, broadcast recordings of Gilels...continue...
Recording information: BBC Maida Vale Studios, London (02/23/1959); Edinburgh Festival, Usher Hall, Edinburgh (02/23/1959); BBC Maida Vale Studios, London (09/13/1966); Edinburgh Festival, Usher Hall,...continue...

Martha Argerich: The Collection 4 - Complete Philips Recordings

6 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Suite for 2 Pianos no 2, Op. 17; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Camille Saint-Saëns: ...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashkirova, Elena; Brunner, Eduard; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Goudswaard, Willy; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Hortnagel, Georg Maximilian; Kovacevich, Stephen; Kremer, Gidon; La...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Kondrashin, Kirill; Zinman, David

One of the releases marking Argerich's 70th birthday is a further installment in the very successful Martha Argerich Collection (already available: Solo Recordings, Concerto Recordings,...continue...

Virtuoso Showpieces by Schumann, Falla, Liszt & Guion / Byron Janis

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Valse oubliée, for piano no 1, S. 215/1 (LW ...
Performers: Janis, Byron
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

A former child prodigy and student of Horowitz, Byron Janis was chosen in 1960 to spearhead a cross-cultural exchange between the US and USSR, making...continue...

Emil Gilels Plays Tchaikovsky

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2011-01-02

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44
Performers: Gilels, Emil
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando; Kondrashin, Kirill

One of the first soviet artists to concertize in the west during the Cold War Era, Emil Gilels made his debut in 1955. He is...continue...
Recording information: 1959....continue...

Boris Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2; Pieces For Piano

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2010-07-27

Works: Boris Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 2; Pieces (5), for piano; Etude for Piano (Con moto); Etude for Piano (Allegro); Prelude for Piano (Moderato); Preludes (4), for piano
Performers: Tchaikovsky, Boris
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill

Symphony No.2 is dedicated to Kyrill Kondrashin and was first performed under his direction by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra on October 17, 1967, and in...continue...

50 Classical Music Favorites

3 CD / Decca / 2010-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Suite no 3 in D; Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G min...
Performers: Agostini, Federico; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Arrau, Claudio; Black, Neil; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Colandrea, Italo; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Davidovich, Bella; Freire, ...
Conductors: ; Brüggen, Frans; Davis, Colin; Masur, Kurt; Varviso, Silvio; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Marriner, Sir Neville; Zinman, David; Schreier, Peter; Bychkov, Semyon; Szell, George; Bauer-T...
Ensemble: ; I Musici

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1; Rachmaninov, Kabalevsky / Cliburn, Kondrashin, Moscow PO

1 CD / Testament / 2009-01-13

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Dmitry Kabalevsky: Rondo for pian...
Performers: Cliburn, Van
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

1958 was a red-letter year not only in music competition history but in the entire history of performance. In that year the USSR established the...continue...

The Russian Piano Tradition - Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva

1 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2008-10-14

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44; Concert Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra in G major, Op. 56
Performers: Nikolayeva, Tatiana
Conductors: Anosov, Nikolai; Kondrashin, Kirill

Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924-1993) is remembered mainly as a Bach player and also as the definitive performer of Shostakovich's 'Preludes & Fugues', which the composer dedicated...continue...

The Essential Van Cliburn

2 CD / RCA Records / 2007-07-10

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. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Etudes-tableaux...
Performers: Cliburn, Van
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; RCA Symphony Orchestra; Symphony of the Air

The Russian Piano Tradition - Emil Gilels, Yakov Zak

1 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2007-06-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Fantasia for Mechanical Organ in F minor, K 608; Concerto for Piano no 19 in F major, K 459; Fugue for 2 pianos in C minor, K....
Performers: Gilels, Emil; Zak, Yakov
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill

That Gilels and Yakov Zak began performing together is perhaps not surprising as they both grew up in Odessa and then moved to Moscow to...continue...

The Russian Piano Tradition - Richter, Zak, Oborin

2 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2007-06-12

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto ...
Performers: Oborin, Lev; Richter, Sviatoslav; Zak, Yakov
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt; Kondrashin, Kirill; Gauk, Alexander; Ivanov, Constantin

Rounding out this debut release is a special issue that gathers together the first Russian recordings of all the Rachmaninov concertos. These recordings have been...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1, etc / Van Cliburn, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-14

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. 18
Performers: Cliburn, Van
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; RCA Symphony Orchestra

Van Cliburn's history-making gold medal at the first Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at the height of the cold war helped his Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1...continue...

Emil Gilels Legacy Vol 7 - Rachmaninov

1 CD / Doremi / 2003-09-03

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40; Daisies, Op. 38, no 3; Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 39; Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. ...
Performers: Gilels, Emil
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Philips 50 - Beethoven, Liszt: Piano Concertos / Richter

1 CD / Philips / 2001-05-08

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 14 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 19 in...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"A bargain in a million... The concertos (from 1961) are strong, clear-headed, brilliantly executed and superbly accompanied... (Richter's) pianissimos are rapt, his running passages crystal-clear...continue...

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3 / Ashkenazy, Kondrashin

1 CD / Decca / 1999-09-14

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

"Considering his playing, the orchestras, and the sound, I would call these the best Ashkenazy recordings of these concertos...These are from 1963--a great year for...continue...

Legendary Treasures - Emil Gilels Legacy Vol 1

1 CD / Doremi / 1999-05-18

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Performers: Gilels, Elisabeth; Gilels, Emil
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Favourite Piano Concertos Vol 1 - Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, etc

2 CD / Philips Import / 1998-03-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, ...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Dichter, Misha; Haskil, Clara; Janis, Byron; Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Markevitch, Igor; Kondrashin, Kirill; Haitink, Bernard; Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos / Martha Argerich

1 CD / Philips / 1995-08-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

"The mere thought of Argerich and the Rachmaninoff Third is likely to send most pianophiles into a state of uncontrollable excitement...As might be expected, Argerich...continue...

Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos, etc / Richter, Kondrashin

1 CD / Philips / 1995-07-18

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Concerto 1, Rachmaninov: Concerto 2 / Cliburn

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-01-12

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. 18
Performers: Cliburn, Van
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra