Moscow Chamber Chorus

VerdiI: Il Trovatore / Fabio Luisi/Tanner/ Tamar/Lucic/Cornetti/Meek/Parodi [2DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Cornetti, Marianne; Lucic, Zeljko; Meek, Deanne; Parodi, Giovanni Battista; Tamar, Iano; Tanner, Carl
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Bregenz Festival Chorus; Moscow Chamber Chorus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

A gigantic blood-red monster, made of steel and flames, floating on the still waters of Lake Constance - this is Robert Carsen's unconventional vision of...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Austria
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Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies / Mikhail Pletnev, et al

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-09-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 2 in D major, O...
Performers: Denoke, Angela; Goerne, Matthias; Tarasova, Marianna; Wottrich, Endrik
Conductors: Pletnev, Mikhail
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Chorus; Russian National Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
The main difference from any other performances I have is the quite incredible degree to which tempos are pulled around in order to...continue...

Shostakovich: The Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda, Lady Macbeth Suite / Sanderling, Russian Philharmonic

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: The Tale of the Priest and His Servant Balda, animated film score, Op. 36; Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, symphonic suite from the opera for orchestra, Op. 29a
Performers: Bakanov, Fyodor; Beloselsky, Dmitri; Narskaya, Irina; Sorokina, Evgeniya; Stepanovich, Dmitri; Ulianov, Dmitri; Yukavsky, Herman
Conductors: Sanderling, Thomas
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Chorus; Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

"The performance is outstanding in every way. Thomas Sanderling obviously relishes the music's humor, but also has the good sense to make sure that his...continue...

Rachmaninov: The Bells; Taneyev: John of Damascus / Pletnev

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2001-06-12

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The Bells, choral symphony for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 35; Sergei Taneyev: Saint John of Damaskus, cantata for chorus & orchestra, Op. 1
Performers: Chernov, Vladimir; Larin, Sergei; Meshcheriakova, Marina
Conductors: Pletnev, Mikhail
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Chorus; Russian National Orchestra

Rachmaninov considered "The Bells" to be one of his favorite compositions. The piece's four movements portray the stages of human existence in a life-to-death cycle...continue...

Gavrilin: Chimes / Minin, State Moscow Chamber Choir

2 CD / Beaux / 2001-01-09

Works: Valerii Gavrilin: Chimes; Yuri Butsko: Nuptial Songs
Performers: Demchenko, Nadezda; Falkov, Mikhail; Gridasov, Yury; Kats, Grigory; Litvinenko, Anna; Lukianov, Dmitry; Semenina, Lolita; Simonov, Vladimir; Slepnikov, Sergei; Yemelianova, Ekaterina; Yushin, Alexei;...
Conductors: Minin, Vladimir
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Chorus

Honoroff: Symphonies 1 & 2, etc / Mikhailov, Moscow RSO

1 CD / Centaur / 1998-02-05

Works: Richard Honoroff: Symphony no 1 "Shoah"; Testament; Symphony no 2 "From Ashes Reborn"
Conductors: Mikhailov, Alexander
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Chorus; Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra