Nápravnik, Eduard

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...

Hommage à Chopin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-02-09

Works: Mily Balakirev: Impromptu, for piano (after Chopin's Preludes in E flat minor and B major); Franz Bendel: Hommage à Chopin, for piano, Op. 111/1; Edvard Grieg: Studie, for piano ("Hommage à...
Performers: Plowright, Jonathan

Among the many recordings celebrating the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, this disc will stand out as an historic record of the composer's extraordinary influence...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, England (07/30/2009-08/01/2009)....continue...

Svetlanov conducts Medtner & Napravnik

6 CD / Boheme / 2010-01-12

Works: Nikolay Medtner: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 33; Stimmungsbilder (8), Op. 1; Two Fairy Tales, Op. 14; Two Fairy Tales, Op. 20; Four Fairy Tales, Op. 26; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor...
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny

This 6-CD set continues the historic and musically important series of The Anthology of Russian Symphonic Music conducted by Svetlanov....continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Natalya Shpiller

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-12-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar; Charles Gounod: Faust; Anton Rubinstein: The demon; Eduard Nápravnik: Dubrovsky, opera, Op 58; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: ...
Performers: Shpiller, Natalia
Conductors: Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Slavinskoj, E.M.; Nebolsin, Vasili; Saharov, S.; Golovanov, Nikolai

Older listeners are likely to be familiar with Shpiller's name if they recall the postwar era when Russia music appeared only as hard-to-find imports or...continue...

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 37 - Nápravník, Blumenfeld

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-08-09

Works: Eduard Nápravnik: Concerto symphonique for piano & orchestra in A minor, Op. 27; Fantaisie russe for piano & orchestra in B minor, Op. 39; Felix Blumenfeld: Allegro de concert for piano & orches...
Performers: Soifertis, Evgeny
Conductors: Titov, Alexander
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

"This Hyperion release introduces three first ever recordings; Eduard Napravnik's 'Concerto symphonique' (1877) and 'Fantasie russe' (1881), plus Felix Blumenfeld's 'Allegro de concert' (1889)... Hype...continue...

Daniil Shtoda - Tenor

1 CD / Delos / 2005-01-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; Snow Maiden; The Tsar's Bride; Sadko; Alexander Grechaninov: Dobrinja Nikitich; Antonio Spadavecchia: Gadfly, opera; Eduard Nápravnik: Dubrovsky, opera, Op ...
Performers: Shtoda, Daniil; Tsvetkova, Elena
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine

I first heard Daniil Shtodas beautiful tenor in St. Petersburg during a summer festival while he was coaching at the Mariinsky with Larissa Gergieva. He...continue...

Tenors of Imperial Russia Vol II

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-09-21

Works: Mikhail Glinka: The fire of longing burns in my heart; Ruslan and Ludmilla; Eduard Nápravnik: Dubrovsky, opera, Op 58; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Night, Op. 60, no 9; Richard Wagne...
Performers: Bogdanovich, Aleksandr; Davydov, Alexander Mikhajlovich; Juzhin, David Khristoforovich; Labinsky, Andre; Morskoy, Gavriil; Smirnov, Dmitri; Sobinov, Leonid

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Dmitri Smirnoff

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-04-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; Sadko; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Giacomo Pucc...
Performers: Smirnov, Dmitri Alexeievich

Great Voices of the Past - The 30 Tenors

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem Mass; Eduardo...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Jadlowker, Hermann; Kozlovsky, Ivan; ...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Rother, Artur; Bourdon, Rosario; Sabajno, Carlo; Elmendorff, Karl; Orlov, Alexander; Gurlitt, Manfred; Rapée, Erno; Erede, Alberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Quadri, Argeo; Barbiro...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchester der Staatsoper Dresden; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano; Radio City Music Hall Orchestra

Opera d'Oro has gathered together 30 of the greatest male voices of the last century to each belt out an aria on "The 30 Tenors"....continue...

Symposium Opera Collection Vol 1 & 2 - Mei-Figner, et al

2 CD / Symposium / 2000-05-01

Works: César Cui: I Remember the Evening for voice & piano; Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell: In My Soul Winter Reigns; Wrangel: You are my morning; They loved one another; I love & Dream of Love; Balabano...
Performers: Figner, Nikolay; Mei-Figner, Medea

Famous Tenors of the Past

2 CD / Preiser / 1997-01-21

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Don Pasquale; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénie...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Ansseau, Fernand; Bjorling, Jussi; Borgioili, Dino; Caruso, Enrico; Cortis, Antonio; Crooks, Richard; d'Arkor, Andre; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Ederle, Nino; Filippeschi, Mario; F...

Tenors of the Bolshoi / Kozlovsky, Vinogradov, Lemeshev, etc

2 CD / Pearl / 1991-01-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Modest Mussorgsky: Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & piano, edited b...
Performers: Golovanov, Nikolai; Ivanov, Alexei; Kozlovsky, Ivan; Kubatsky; Lemeshev, Sergei; Lisitsian, Pavel; Nelepp, Georgei; Nezhdanova, Antonina; Nortzov, Panteleimon; Pirogov, Alexander; Verbitskaya, Yevgen...
Conductors: Samosud, Samuel; Golovanov, Nikolai; Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Nebolsin, Vasili