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Fritz Brun: Symphonies nos 6 & 7 / Adriano

1 CD / Guild / 2012-01-10

Works: Fritz Brun: Symphony no 6 in C major; Symphony no 7 in D major
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

The Swiss composer Fritz Brun was born in 1878. He studied at the Cologne Conservatory and settled in Berlin, teaching Prince George of Prussia. He...continue...
Recording information: Mosfilms Studios, Moscow (05/2008/11/2010)....continue...

Malipiero: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6, 7 & 11 / Antonio de Almeida, Moscow SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-07-28

Works: Gian Francesco Malipiero: Sinfonia no 6 "Degli archi"; Sinfonia no 5 "Concertante in eco"; Sinfonia No 8 "Symphonia brevis"; Sinfonia no 11 "Della cornamuse"
Conductors: Almeida, Antonio de
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

This third volume of Malipiero's symphonies features the most widely played of all his Symphonies, the strikingly original Sixth ('for strings') from 1947. The adventurous,...continue...

Malipiero: Symphonies 1 & 2; Sinfonia della morte / Antonio de Almeida, Moscow SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-05-26

Works: Gian Francesco Malipiero: Sinfonie del silenzio e de la morte; Symphony no 1 "in quattro tempi, come le quattro stagioni"; Symphony no 2 "elegiaca"
Conductors: Almeida, Antonio de
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Gian Francesco Malipiero may be considered the most original and inventive of the generation of Italian composers born around 1880 (the so-called "generazione dell'Ottanta"). This...continue...

Fritz Brun: Symphony no 5 & 10 / Adriano, Moscow Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Guild / 2009-01-13

Works: Fritz Brun: Symphony no 5 in E sharp major; Symphony no 10 in B major
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

After completing his musical studies at the Cologne Conservatory, Swiss-born composer Fritz Brun settled in Berlin until 1903 when he returned to Switzerland. He made...continue...

Malipiero: Symphonies no 3-4, Sinfonia del mare / Antonio de Almeida, Moscow SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: Gian Francesco Malipiero: Sinfonia del mare; Symphony no 3 "delle campane"; Symphony no 4 "in memoriam Natalia Koussevitsky"
Conductors: Almeida, Antonio de
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Gian Francesco Malipiero may be considered the most original and inventive of the generation of Italian composers born around 1880 (the so called "generazione dell'Ottanta")....continue...

Film Music Classics - The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 5 Fingers / William Stromberg, Moscow SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Bernard Herrmann: The Snows of Kilimanjaro; 5 Fingers
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

This new addition to the Film Classics series received great reviews when it was first released on Marco Polo. 'Classics Today' wrote of the release:...continue...

Film Music Classics - Newman / Stromberg, Moscow Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Alfred Newman: All About Eve; Beau Geste; The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Conductors: Newman, Alfred
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Choir; Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Film Music Classics - Salter, Dessau / Stromberg, Moscow Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Hans Salter: House of Frankenstein
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

"Annotator Bill Whitaker properly compares the harmonies and drive of 'House' to Honegger. And yet there is melody in abundance, from the operatic main title...continue...

Film Muisc Classics - Max Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre / Stromberg, Moscow Symphont

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Max Steiner: Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Korngold: The Sea Hawk, Deception / William Stromberg, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-07-31

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Sea Hawk; Deception
Performers: Romishevskaya, Irina; Zagorinsky, Alexander
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Choir; Moscow Symphony Orchestra

"The complete 1940 English release of Warner Brothers' The Sea Hawk is 126 minutes long. The complete 2005 Naxos recording of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's score...continue...

Film Music Classics - Steiner: Son of Kong, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Max Steiner: Son of Kong; The Most Dangerous Game
Performers: Makarevich, Leonid
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

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Spanish music of this period tends to be sung by powerful voices and Isabel Monar is no exception. She is as forceful as you...continue...

Brun: Symphony no 9, etc / Adriano, Moscow SO

1 CD / Guild / 2006-09-01

Works: Fritz Brun: Symphony no 9 in F major; Aus dem Buch Hiob, symphonic poem for orchestra
Performers: Voinova, Natalya
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Film Music Classics - Shostakovich: The Fall of Berlin, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-08-29

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: The Fall of Berlin, film score, Op. 82; The Unforgettable Year 1919, suite from the film score, Op. 89a (assembled by Atovmyan)
Performers: Alekseyeva, Ellena
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Moscow Capella; Moscow Symphony Orchestra

"In her excellent book Soviet Film Music (1997), Tatyana Egorova condemns Shostakovich's Fall of Berlin as "distressing" and "sounding stiff and monotonous", since "the possibilities...continue...

Film Music Classics - Tiomkin: Red River

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Dmitri Tiomkin: Red River
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

'Red River' is Tiomkin's first great personal score, a score that fully delineates his matchless style and approach to composing music for films. Echoes of...continue...

Film Music Classics - Steiner: King Kong

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Max Steiner: King Kong
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

After spending fifteen years as an arranger, orchestrator and conductor, Max Steiner went to Hollywood to compose movie scores. The score that brought Steiner to...continue...

Film Music Classics - Deutsch: Maltese Falcon

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Adolph Deutsch: The Maltese Falcon
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Adolph Deutsch, composer of the score for 'The Maltese Falcon', created a subtle and properly mysterious score that was devoid of bombast. Deutsch was relatively...continue...

Film Music Classics - Skinner & Salter: Monster Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Frank Skinner: Son of Frankenstein; Hans Salter: The Invisible Man Returns; The Wolf Man; Frank Skinner / Hans J. Salter: The Invisible Man Returns, film score; Jimmy McHugh: Universal Signature; Fra...
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: ; Moscow Symphony Orchestra

The three suites contained in this recording are scores from Universal Pictures' second wave of classic horror films of the 1940s's. This music became the...continue...

Film Music Classics - Auric: Beauty and the Beast

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Georges Auric: La belle et la bête
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Axios Chorus; Moscow Symphony Orchestra

The sumptuously scored music of Georges Auric makes a significant and valuable contribution to this remarkable film. Auric's music for 'La Belle et la Bete'...continue...

Brun: Symphony no 3 / Adriano, Moscow SO

1 CD / Sterling / 2004-05-01

Works: Fritz Brun: Symphony no 3 in D minor
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

20th Century Baltic Composers -Ivanovs: Symphonies no 8 & 20

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-02-01

Works: Janis Ivanovs: Symphony no 8 in B minor; Symphony no 20 in E flat major
Conductors: Yablonsky, Dmitry
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

"The music will appeal to anyone who has enjoyed the recently issued recordings from the Baltic, and the performances are creditable. It's going to be...continue...

Suter: Symphony in D minor; Jelmoli: Three Pieces / Adriano

1 CD / Sterling / 2003-05-04

Works: Hermann Suter: Symphony in D minor, Op. 17; Hans Jelmoli: Sein Vermächtnis
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Orchestral Works Vol 14 - Glazunov: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-07-01

Works: Nikolai Artsybushev: Variation no 1 on a Russian Folk Song, for string quartet (collective compositon with Blumenfeld, S; Jazeps Vitols: Variations on a Russian Folk Song, (collective compositon with...
Performers: Yablonskaya, Oxana
Conductors: Yablonsky, Dmitry
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Shunning modernism, Glazunov wrote in an attractive romantic idiom well into the twentieth century. His prodigious output includes the famous ballet "The Seasons" as well...continue...

Willson: Symphony no 1 and 2 / Stromberg, Moscow SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-10-01

Works: Meredith Willson: Symphony no 1 in F minor ("A Symphony of San Francisco"); Symphony no 2 in E minor ("The Missions of California")
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

At just 19, Meredith Willson was appointed principal flute of the famous Sousa band. After writing and composing for the National Broadcasting Corporation, he moved...continue...

American Classics - Bennett: Abraham Lincoln / Moscow SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-07-01

Works: Robert Russell Bennett: Abraham Lincoln; Sights and Sounds (an orchestral entertainment)
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Robert Russell Bennett lived a dual life, orchestrating the best known musicals of such composers as Gershwin, Porter, Berlin and Kern, while building a large...continue...

Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, etc / Yablonskaya, Yablonsky

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-02-17

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano in D flat major; Concerto-Rhapsody for piano and orchestra in D flat major (also arranged for 2 pianos)
Performers: Yablonskaya, Oxana
Conductors: Yablonsky, Dmitry
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite, etc / Anichanov, Yablonsky

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-10-01

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite, for orchestra no 4; Masquerade; Circus; Dance Suite for orchestra
Conductors: Anichanov, André; Yablonsky, Dmitry
Ensemble: ; Moscow Symphony Orchestra