Romantic Period > Mussorgsky, Modest

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...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibitioin; Schubert / Alice Sara Ott, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-02-26

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in A major, D 664/Op. 120
Performers: Ott, Alice Sara

Rising star Alice Sara Ott's new recording documents her summer 2012 rite of passage debut at the prestigious White Nights Festival.

Alice Sara Ott's challenging

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Recording information: Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia (07/2012)....continue...

Prokofiev: Sarcasms; Visions Fugitives / Steven Osborne, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-02-12

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Sergey Prokofiev: Sarcasms (5) for Piano, Op. 17; Visions fugitives (20) for Piano, Op. 22
Performers: Osborne, Steven

Steven Osborne is one of the finest pianists recording today. His recent release of Rachmaninov's Preludes was critically acclaimed as the greatest modern version since...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (12/17/2011-12/20/2011)....continue...

Pictures / The 12 Pianists; Karlsruher Percussion Ensemble

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2013-02-08

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Alexander Iosifov: Toccata, for 2 pianos, 16 hands; Daniel Schnyder: Shourouk, overture for orchestra; Georges Bizet: Carmen-Fantasie; Thomas Turek: Kein...
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Ensemble: Die 12 Pianisten

On this SACD other 'pictures' from Switzerland, Spain, Bulgaria and the Arab world were added to Mussorgsky's exhibition without being afraid of even crossing the...continue...
Recording information: Kurhaus Bad Herrenalb (05/17/2012-05/20/2012)....continue...

The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...

Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...continue...

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17; Mussorgsky: Bilder einer Ausstelkung / Alexis Weissenberg, piano. Salzburg Festival 1972

2 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Robert Schumann: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doub...
Performers: Weissenberg, Alexis [Piano]

Weissenberg made his breakthrough in Salzburg during the Karajan era with his 1972 solo recital. His evening began with Tombeau de Couperin, played transparently and...continue...
Recording information: Mozarteum, Salzburg (08/07/1972)....continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Mambos y Fanfarria! Music for large wind ensemble by Addona, Mussorgsky, Ravel, Mendelssohn / Banda Sinfonica Juvenil Simon Bolivar

1 CD / Genuin / 2013-01-29

Works: Giancarlo Castro d'Addona: Grand Fanfare for orchestra, Op. 7; Eugenio Toussaint: Potpourri Pérez Prado, for orchestra; Alberto Ginastera: La Estancia; Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Felix Mendel...
Performers: Mendoza, Victor; Rodriguez, Valdemar
Conductors: Clamor, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Banda Sinfonica Juvenil Simon Bolivar

This symphonic wind ensemble is a product of the "El Sistema" system, the Venezuelan music education project of José Antonio Abreu. This CD testifies to...continue...
Recording information: Sala Simón Bolívar, Centro de Acción Social por la Músi (03/26/2012-03/30/2012)....continue...

In This Moonlit Night: Lieder by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky & Taneyev / Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone; Ivari Ilja, piano

1 CD / Ondine / 2013-01-29

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 73; Modest Mussorgsky: Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & piano, edited by Rimsky-; Sergei Taneyev...
Performers: Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Ilja, Ivari

This second release of star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky for Ondine features Russian Lieder by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Taneyev. Dmitri Hvorostovsky is recognized as one of...continue...
Recording information: Moscow State Conservatory, Great Hall (07/13/2011-07/24/2011)....continue...

The Super Telarc Sound 1

1 CD / Lim / 2013-01-15

Works: Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; Antonio Vivaldi: Spring; Autumn; Winter; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Eden Ahbez: Nature Boy; Gustav Holst: The Planets; Georges Bizet: Carm...
Performers: Brown, Ray [Australia]; Jackson, Milt; Minnelli, Liza; Pass, Joe; Peterson, Oscar; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Silverstein, Joseph [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Ozawa, Seiji; Serkin, Rudolf; Previn, Andre; Slatkin, Leonard; Maazel, Lorin; Kunzel, Erich

Symphonic Works by Modest Mussorgsky / Svetlanov, USSR State Academic SO

1 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...
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Rimsky-korssakoff: Mussorgsky

1 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
Performers: Eckle, Gerhard
Conductors: Petroschoff, Vladimir

Sir Georg Solti conducts the Chicago SO - Mozart Sym. 35; Mahler: Sym. 5; Mussorgsky: Pictures; Beethoven: Egmont Ov. Sym. 5 [DVD]

3 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-11-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 i...
Conductors: Solti, Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

To mark the occasion of what would have been Sir Georg Solti's 100th birthday, Sony Classical presents Sir Georg Solti Conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,...continue...
Run Time: 203 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Letterbox, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, French
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Piano Collection - Anniversary Series / Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Mussorgsky et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major (Waldstein), Op. 53; Johannes Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Vocalise; Franz Joseph Hayd...
Performers: Bax, Alessio [Piano]; Crossland, Jill; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Lill, John; Nicolls, Sarah; Rhodes, James; Sweeney, Nicola; Vera, Ana-Maria; Williams, Llyr
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Ensemble: Zoo Duet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Prokofiev: Classical Symphony / Masur

1 CD / Apex / 2012-10-30

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Presenting tremendously vital playing, the London Philharmonic displays vivid colors and crisp accuracy. Masur and the London Philharmonic are ideal advocates for these selected masterpieces...continue...
Recording information: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape (12/1990)....continue...

Russian Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; In the steppes of central Asia; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Flight of the Bumblebee; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on t...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Capuçon, Gautier; Dessay, Natalie; Isserlis, Steven; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; Cluytens, André; Jordan, Armin; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Gergiev, Valery; Gardiner, John Eliot; Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Litton, Andrew; Pletnev, Mikhai...

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Medtner: Fairy Tales, Op. 34; Prokofiev: Sonata Op. 29; Mussorgsky: Pictures / Georgy Tchaidze, piano

1 CD / Honens / 2012-09-25

Works: Nikolay Medtner: Fairy Tales (Skazki) (4) for piano, Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 4 in C minor, Op. 29; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
Performers: Tchaidze, Georgy

Georgy Tchaidze's sophomore recording features repertory from his Wigmore and Carnegie Hall debuts. The Telegraph called this 2009 Honens Prize Laureate "a pianist of fine...continue...
Recording information: The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta (05/2012)....continue...

Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii - Live at Carnegie Hall / Mussorgsky: Pictures; Beethoven: Sonata no 17; Chopin, Musto, Liszt et al. [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-09-25

Works: John Musto: Improvisation & Fugue, for piano; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Franz Liszt: Un sospiro, for piano in D flat major (Grande études...
Performers: Tsujii, Nobuyuki

Following on the heels of his 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition win in 2009, Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii experienced a dream come true as...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Country of Origin: Austria
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Discovering a Legend: Vera Gornostaeva, Vol. 2: Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-09-11

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Prelude for piano no 4 in ...
Performers: Gornostaeva, Vera

Recording information: 04/26/1959....continue...

Live at Carnegie Hall - works by Chopin, Musto, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Stephen Foster / Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-08-28

Works: John Musto: Prelude and Fugue; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Stephen Foster: Jeannie with the light br...
Performers: Tsujii, Nobuyuki

On November 10, 2011, Nobuyuki Tsujii, the blind pianist from Japan who was the winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medal in...continue...

Schönbrunn: Dances and Waves, 2012 Summer Night Concert / Gustavo Dudamel, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Debussy

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-08-21

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Claude Debussy: La mer; Richard Strauss: Salome, Op. 54; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; ...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo

Gustavo Dudamel, Gramophone's "Artist of the Year" 2011 and Grammy award winner 2012, leads the classical summer live and TV event of 2012: The Summer...continue...
Recording information: Vienna, Schloss Schönbrunn (06/2012)....continue...

Schubert: Symphonies nos 8 & 9; Franck: Symphony in D minor; Ravel: Pictures (rec. 1958-1962) Celibidache

2 CD / Widescreen / 2012-08-03

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchest...
Conductors: Celibidache, Sergiu
Ensemble: ; RAI Symphony Orchestra

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Liszt: Sonata in B minor et al. / Mikhail Rudy, piano

2 CD / Phaia Music / 2012-07-31

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Rêverie on a theme of V. A. Loginov; Une larme; Hopak; Franz Liszt: Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178; La Lugubre gondola I, for piano (in 6/8), S...
Performers: Rudy, Mikhail

Mikhail Rudy is one of the major representatives of the Russian piano school in Europe. He has won several awards including The Liszt first prize...continue...
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Giulini - Chicago SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel; Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Kor...
Performers: Sporsen, Torgny
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Maazel, Lorin; Järvi, Neeme; Knussen, Oliver; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Pictures at an Exhibition is an imaginative series of musical tableaux inspired by an art exhibition. Originally composed as a piano suite, it wasn't published...continue...

Piano Encores - Fur Elise; Rondo Alla Turca; Minute Waltz et al. / performed by Argerich, Weissenberg, Gilels

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen no 1 ("Von fremden Ländern und Menschen"), for piano, Op. 15/1; Kinderszenen no 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7; Waldszenen no 9 ("Abschied"), for piano, ...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Berman, Lazar; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gilels, Emil; Kempff, Wilhelm; Kissin, Evgeni; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Luisada, Jean-M...

A captivating collection spanning three centuries, including music from the greatest ever composers for the piano. Mozart's mischievously infectious Rondo "alla Turca", Chopin's effervescent "Minute"...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales / Sinopoli - NY PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic Orchestra

First Choice features top artists - in the first batch, Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Anna Netrebko,...continue...
Personnel: Ulrich Bastin (arpegina).

Recording information: New York, Manhattan Center (12/1989)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Trio no 1 in D Minor Op 49 / Reisenberg, Julliard String Quartet

2 CD / Romeo Records / 2012-07-18

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Sergey Rachmaninov: Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19; Piano Pieces, Op. 10; Gabriel Fauré: Quartet for Piano and...
Performers: Carlyss, Earl; Krosnick, Joel; Mann, Robert [Violin]; Reisenberg, Nadia; Rhodes, Samuel [Viola]

Recorded live in concert, April 29th, 1980 at the Julliard Theater Nadia Reisenberg's first major American appearance was in 1922 as the featured pianist in...continue...

30 Years at La Monnaie

2 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Parsifal; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Richard Strauss: Salome; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Falstaff; W...
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Cupido, Alberto; Dufrasne, Arnaud [Vocals]; Gustafson, Nancy [Soprano Vocals]; Kozlowska, Joanna; Krause, Carlos [Vocals]; Lascarro, Juanita; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; McI...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Pritchard, John; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Fischer, Iván; Benjamin, George

Legendary baritone José van Dam celebrates a triple anniversary: his 70th birthday, 50 years onstage, and 30 years at La Monnaie, Brussels' opera house. This...continue...
Recording information: La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium....continue...

Herbert von Karajan - The 1960s [82 CDs]

82 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, o.Op. 132 (TrV ...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Berry, Walter; Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Cappone, Giusto; Cherkassky, Shura; Civil, Alan; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Priem-Bergrath, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

We're going Big in 2012! Almost incredible: between 1959 and the end of the following decade, Herbert von Karajan recorded 82 CDs worth of orchestral...continue...

Günter Wand Edition, Vol. 20 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-06-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
Performers: Bolet, Jorge
Conductors: Wand, Günter
Ensemble: ; NDR Symphony Orchestra

While many historic editions focus on a performer, a less obvious but sometimes more artistically resonant choice is to focus on a conductor, one of...continue...
Recording information: Hamburger Musikhalle (1982-09-19_1982-09-20&1985-)....continue...

Rudi Stephan: Complete Songs / Sophie Harmsen, mezzo sorprano; Alexander Vassisiev, bass; Miri Yampolsky, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-06-19

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Forgotten (Zabïtïy), ballad for voice & piano; Rudi Stephan: Mitternacht, for voice & organ; Waldnachmittag, for voice & piano; Weihnachtsgefühl, for voice & piano; ...
Performers: Harmsen, Sophie; Morooka, Ryoko; Vassiliev, Anton; Yampolsky, Miri

Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (09/27/2011-09/29/2011)....continue...

The Olympic Experience

1 CD / Warner Bros. Import / 2012-06-19

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Henry ...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Chance, Michael; Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Martini, Louis; Davis, Andrew; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Santi, Nello; Gardiner, John Eliot; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Mehta, Zubin; Mravinsky, Yevgeny; Leppard, Raymond; Harnoncourt,...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Shostakovich: Preludes, Op. 34 (exc) / Katya Apekisheva, piano

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Dmitry Shostakovich: Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 34
Performers: Apekisheva, Katya

One of Europe's foremost pianists, Katya Apekisheva has been described by Gramophone magazine as, "a profoundly gifted artist." A prize-winner at the Leeds Piano Competition...continue...
Recording information: St. George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol (08/09/2010-08/10/2010)....continue...

Classical Music for Children, Vol. 2 - Debussy, Grieg, Schumann - Funny Stories, Foreigh Lands, Good Night, Sleep Tight

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, Hob. 1; Symphony no 45 in F sharp minor, H 1 no 45 "Farewell"; Concerto for Piano in D major; Claude...
Performers: Czapski, Jutta; Erber, Gerhard; Funke, Christian; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Olbertz, Walter; Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Pistorius, Andreas; Resick, Georgine; Rosel...
Conductors: Flor, Claus P.; Haenchen, Hartmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Masur, Kurt; Neumann, Václav; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Vonk, Hans...

Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Prokofiev: 10 pieces from Romeo and Juliet; Toccata / Nikolai Demidenko, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-06-12

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Sergey Prokofiev: Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75; Toccata for piano in D minor, Op. 11
Performers: Demidenko, Nikolai

American Record Guide
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Recording information: 07/29/1997-07/31/1997....continue...

Soirée Russe - works by Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev / Konstantin Scherbakov, piano

1 CD / TwoPianists / 2012-05-29

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantasie, Op. 3; Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Prelude for piano no 4 in D minor, Op. 23/3; Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39; S...
Performers: Scherbakov, Konstantin [Piano]

Russia has long been a source of musical inspiration in the West. The Romantics in particular found the music of Russia fascinating, and this recording...continue...
Recording information: Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (02/13/2011)....continue...

Brass & Organ: Feel the Sound!

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-05-29

Works: Andrew Wolfe: Overture for a New Day, for brass ensemble & organ; They Gave All, for brass ensemble & organ; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; Camille Saint...
Performers: Galema, Joseph
Conductors: Singleton, Kenneth;
Ensemble: Denver Brass; Lamont Brass Ensemble (Brass Ensemble)

Recording information: Bethany Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills Village (11/11/2011-11/13/2011)....continue...

Voyage to Russia: Rachamninov, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, et al / Claire-Marie Le Guay, piano

1 CD / Mirare / 2012-05-08

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Alexander Scriabin: Pieces (2) for Piano left hand, Op. 9; Preludes (5) for Piano, Op. 15; Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 2; Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 8;...
Performers: Guay, Claire Marie le

From nostalgic memories, the sound of bells, the winds of the steppes, to visions of a flickering future; Russian piano music, from Mussorgsky to Scriabin,...continue...
Recording information: Temple de l'Annonciation à Paris (10/11/2011-10/14/2011)....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Medtner: Piano Sonata No. 1; Taneyev: Prelude and Fugue / David Kadouch, piano

1 CD / Mirare / 2012-05-08

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Nikolay Medtner: Forgotten Melodies (8) for Piano, Op. 38; Sergei Taneyev: Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, Op. 29
Performers: Kadouch, David

In a program centering around Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, pianist David Kadouch assumes the role of storyteller in a selection of musical legends, mythical...continue...
Recording information: Temple de l'Annonciation à Paris (10/25/2011-10/28/2011)....continue...

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Aram Khachaturian: Gayane / Zdenek Chalabala

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-05-03

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Aram Khachaturian: Gayane, ballet
Conductors: Chalabala, Zdenek
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Owing in large part to their exotic inspiration, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade and Aram Khachaturian's Gayane are among the most beautiful and most frequently performed Russian and...continue...
Recording information: Rudolfinum, Prague....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Beethoven, Brahms / Stephen De Pledge, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-04-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Johannes Brahms: Rhapsodies (2) for piano, Op. 79
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen

New Zealand pianist Stephen De Pledge is one of the most exciting and versatile musicians of his generation. Stephen's solo performances have taken him throughout...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Sussex (12/11/2008-12/12/2008)....continue...

Sweet Remembrance: works by Brahms, Kreisler, Ysaye, Massenet, Elgar et al. / Rudens Turku, violin; Yumiko Urabe, piano

1 CD / Avie Records / 2012-04-10

Works: Maria Theresia von Paradis: Sicilienne for keyboard in E flat major; Henryk Wieniawski: Kujawiak for Violin and Piano in A minor; Niccolò Paganini: Cantabile e Valtz in E major; Moto perpetuo fo...
Performers: Turku, Rudens; Urabe, Yumiko

Since making his Avie recording debut in 2005, Rudens Turku has amassed a devoted following for his effortless virtuosity. Following albums devoted to solo works,...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (11/18/2010-11/20/2010)....continue...

Magical Music Box / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony; Gabriel Pierné: March of the Little Lead Soldiers, for orchestra/piano, Op. 14/6; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 4...
Performers: Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Strauss, Paul
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mehta, Zubin; Lanchbery, John; Previn, Andre; Blomstedt, Herbert; Boult, Adrian; Frémaux, Louis; Temirkanov, Yuri; Jansons, Mariss

Bringing magic and music together in a fun, interactive collection this compilation encourages children to explore their imaginations, expand their minds with fun facts and...continue...

The Voice of Emotion / Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-03-13

Works: Spoken Word: Nunc iam cessit Pontus et omnis partitur leges / Vienient annis sæcula (from Act 2 of Seneca's "Mede; Berber Traditional: Amazigh Lullaby ("I met my big brother"); Sephardic Traditi...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Barona, Enrique [Jarana]; Brandao, Eunice [Viola da Gamba]; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Coin, Christophe; Dí...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

In November 2011, the music world suffered a huge loss with the passing of the great soprano Montserrat Figueras. Acclaimed in recent years for her...continue...
Recording information: 1978/2009....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...

Boris Berezovsky: The Teldec Recordings

10 CD / Teldec / 2012-02-28

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10; Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25; Trois nouvelles études, for piano, KK IIb/3, CT. 38-40 (B. 130); Etude for piano no 1 in C major, Op. 10/...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]
Conductors: Wolff, Hugh; Masur, Kurt; Liss, Dmitri; Inbal, Eliahu

Boris Berezovsky has established a great reputation, both as the most powerful of virtuoso pianists and as a musician gifted with a unique insight and...continue...

Impromptu: A Treasury of Extemporaneous Piano Compositions 1821-2008 / Margarita Glebov

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-02-14

Works: Jan Václav Vorísek: Impromptu for piano in B major, Op. 7/6; Franz Liszt: Impromptu for Piano in F sharp major, S 191 "Nocturne"; César Cui: Impromptu-Caprice for piano in E major; Mil...
Performers: Glebov, Margarita

A treasury of extemporaneous compositions written between 1821 and 2008 that includes several first recordings is offered by the Russian-American pianist Margarita Glebov....continue...
Recording information: University of Maryland, Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Claric (10/2009); University of Maryland, Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Claric (12/2008/05/2009)....continue...

Tresors de Russie / Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Racmnaninov

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-02-14

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Hopak; Une larme; Nanny and I (Nyanya i ya), for piano (From Memories of Childhood no 1); Scherzo for Piano in C sharp minor;...
Performers: Engerer, Brigitte; Kogerman, Tiit
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele; Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Russian classical music seems to have a dual consciousness: sometimes grave and introspective, sometimes luminous and resolutely forward looking. At root, this sentiment draws on...continue...

Russian Fantasy: Piano Duets by Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff and Glinka / Vladimir and Vovka Ashkenazy

1 CD / Decca / 2012-01-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Sergey Rachmaninov: Suite for 2 Pianos no 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux"; Mikhail Glinka: Valse-Fantaisie, for piano in B minor, G. vi193; Alexander Scri...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka

Following their album of French music for two pianos, father and son Vladimir and Vovka Ashkenazy revel in their musical heritage with this dazzling programme...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (08/07/2011-08/09/2011)....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Vladimir Sverdlov

1 CD / Piano Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey"; Nocturne for piano no 1 in B flat minor; Vladimir Sverdlov: Pieces (4) for piano
Performers: Sverdlov, Vladimir

Vladimir Sverdlov was born in 1976 into a family with a long tradition of producing great artists. His grandfather David Ashkenazy, formidable composer and pianist,...continue...
Recording information: CMS Studio Moscow (02/2011)....continue...