Melodiya

Chopin: 24 Preludes Op. 28; Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11 / Rudolf Kehrer: piano

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-06-11

Violin Concertos by Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Dvorak, Viotti, Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn. Sonatas by Brahms, Franck / David Oistrakh, violin

5 CD / Melodiya / 2013-06-11

Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor / Ivan Petrov, Tatiana Tugarinova, Vladimir Atlantov. Mark Ermler

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Ermler, Mark
Ensemble: Choir of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre; Orchestra of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre

Sergei Rachmaninov: Aleko / Artur Eisen, Lyudmila Sergienko. Evgeny Svetlanov

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: USSR Academic Chorus of Radio & TV; USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky: Les Ballets Russes - The Firebird; Petrushka; The Rite of Spring / Kitayenko, Boulez, Fedoseyev

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Fedoseyev, Vladimir; Kitayenko, Dmitri
Ensemble: Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic Society; Big Symphony Orchestra of Central Television and All-Union Radio; Moscow State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orleans / Irina Arkhipova, Evgeny Vladimirov, Andrey Sokolov. Rozhdestvensky

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Academic Choir; Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio and Television

Johannes Brahms: Complete Symphonies / USSR SO, Svetlanov

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Vladimir Atlantov, Evgeny Nesterenko, Yuri Mazurok. Ermler

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Ermler, Mark
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Chorus; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mario del Monaco, Leocadia Maslennikova, Alexey Ivanov. Nebolsin

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Nebolsin, Vasily
Ensemble: Bolshoi Threatre Chrous; Bolshoi Threatre Orchestra

Famous Overtures - works by Lalo, Massenet, Hérold, Thomas, Von Suppé / Moscow Radio SO, Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Tilla Briem, Elisabeth Höngen, Peter Anders, Rudolf Watzke. Furtwängler, Berlin PO

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic

More than half a century has passed since Wilhelm Furtwängler's death, but the public's great interest in his inspired art has not faded. On the...continue...

Russian Avant-Garde Music - works by Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Alfred Schnittke / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

This amazing release features a concert that has not only great artistic value, but also historic significance. It was the first and arguably the last...continue...

Mussorgsky: The Marriage; The Nursery / Gennady Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

In 1868, inspired by Dargomyzhsky's work on the opera The Stone Guest (based on Pushkin's tragedy of the same name), Mussorgsky decided to compose his...continue...

Alexander Dargomyzhsky: Rusalka / Ivan Kozlovsky, Veronica Borisenko, et al. Evgeny Svetlanov

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR; Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR

Alexander Dargomyzhsky entered the history of Russian music as one of the founders of realistic art. His operas are distinguished by the finesse with which...continue...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night, opera in 3 acts / USSR TV and Radio Soloists, Choir and Orch.; Vladimir Fedoseyev

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir
Ensemble: USSR TV and Radio Choir; USSR TV and Radio Orchestra

The idea of composing an opera based on Gogol's story May Night was prompted by Rimsky-Korsakov's wife, Nadezhda Purgold. The opera, an immediate predecessor of...continue...

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete ballet / Moscow SO, Kitaenko

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Kitaenko, Dmitri
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

In 1910 Paris, a ballet score called The Firebird proclaimed the birth of a new star: Igor Stravinsky. The script of the ballet, staged by...continue...

Mily Balakirev - Overture on a Spanish March; Overtures on three Russian songs; King Lear / Svetlanov

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910) was an outstanding Russian musician, pianist, conductor, and composer. Some of the most remarkable events in Russian music culture...continue...

Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Mazurkas; Waltz / Evgeny Kissin (at age 12!)

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Kitaenko, Dmitri
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

In March 1984, a fragile 12-year-old boy went onstage at the Big Hall of the Moscow Conservatory to perform Chopin' s two concerts with the...continue...

Igor Stravinksy: Le Baiser de la Fée / Rozhdestvensky (rec. 1966)

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Great Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio and Television

Hans Christian Andersen' s fairytale The Ice Maiden was taken as a basis for the libretto of Le baiser de la fée, a ballet that...continue...

Khachaturian Conducts Khachaturian 3: Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra; Symphony No. 1 / Natalia Shakhovskaya: cello

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Aram Khachaturian' s music is a sort of chronicle of his time and his motherland; it is an enthusiastic tale of the life of his...continue...

Bach: The Art of Fugue / Tatiana Nikolayeva, piano

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

The Art of Fugue is a cycle of fugues and canons that can be rightfully considered the peak of J.S. Bach' s polyphonic mastery. Amazing...continue...

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride, opera / Vishnevskaya, Atlantov, Arkhipova, Nesterenko

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Mansurov, Fuat
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Choir; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

In 1849, translator, poet, and playwright Lev Mey (1822 - 1862) wrote a drama called The Tsar' s Bride, based on one of the passages...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6; Schubert: Symphony No. 8 / Melik-Pashev

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Melik-Pashev, Alexander
Ensemble: USSR Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Melodiya presents recordings of the outstanding Soviet conductor Alexander Melik-Pashayev, whose performing career at the USSR Bolshoi Theatre lasted more than 30 years and made...continue...

Pianist Grigory Ginsburg plays Anton Rubinstein and Franz Liszt

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Melodiya presents an album featuring Grigory Ginsburg, a wonderful virtuoso pianist and one of the glorious representatives of the Russian piano school of the 20th...continue...

Symphonic Works by Vasily Kalinnikov - Symphonies 1&2; Intermezzos 1&2; Serenade for strings; overtures et al. / Svetlanov:

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra

Melodiya presents a complete collection of symphonic heritage by Vasily Kalinnikov, an outstanding and rarely performed composer who combined various trends of 19th-century Russian art....continue...

Rodion Shchedrin: The Sealed Angel / Moscow Chamber Choir

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Minin, Vladimir
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Choir; USSR State Academic Choir

Melodiya presents one of the most significant choral works by modern composer Rodion Shchedrin, composed after Nikolai Leskov' s story The Sealed Angel. Shchedrin repeatedly...continue...

Weinberg: Piano Quintet Op. 18; String Quartet, Op. 66 / Borodin Quartet; Mieczyslaw Weinberg, piano

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Conductors:
Ensemble: Borodin Quartet

The music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg is one of the most beautiful pages of unwritten music history of the 20th century. Now, Melodiya presents the best...continue...

Grigory Sokolov Plays Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns

3 CD / Melodiya / 2013-03-12

One of the best contemporary representatives of the St. Petersburg piano school, Grigory Sokolov is well known in Russia and beyond. A master of the...continue...

Shostakovich: Katerina Izmailova, opera / Andreyeva, Bulavin, Radziyevsky et al. Gennady Provatorov

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-03-12

Conductors: Provatorov, Gennady
Ensemble: Choir of the State Moscow Stanislavsky; Orchestra of the State Moscow Stanislavsky

It is hard to name another opera with a fate as complicated and dramatic as that of Katerina Izmailova! In the early 1930s, Shostakovich came...continue...

Rodion Shchedrin: Anna Karenina, complete ballet / USSR Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Yuri Simonov: conductor

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-03-12

Conductors: Simonov, Yuri
Ensemble: USSR Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Melodiya presents a recording of one of the outstanding ballet works of the late 20th century! The title sheet of the score has a dedication...continue...

Debussy plays Debussy, Ravel plays Ravel

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-03-12

These unique phonographic documents date back to the 1910s and 1920s, when music recording was at its dawn. Among the first pianists to put their...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Galina Vishnevskaya: soprano; Moscow PO, Oistrakh

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-03-12

Conductors: Oistrakh, David
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Another rare recording of David Oistrakh as a conductor! The outstanding violinist realized his dream of conducting for the first time in 1962. He conducted...continue...

Sergey Lyapunov: Symphonic Works - Symphonies 1&2; Triumphal Overture, Op. 7; Polonaise, Op. 16; Hashish, Op. 53 et al. / Svetlanov

3 CD / Melodiya / 2013-02-12

Works: Sergey Lyapunov: Symphony no 1 in B minor, Op. 12; Ballade, for orchestra in C sharp minor, Op. 2; Triumphant Overture on Russian Themes, for orchestra in C major, Op. 7; Polonaise for orchestra, Op....
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny; Ziuraitis, Algis
Ensemble: ; State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the USSR

Sergei Lyapunov was one of the outstanding contributors to the original national school of Russian music. A pupil of Mily Balakirev, Lyapunov was a composer,...continue...

Bach: Goldberg Variations; Partita No. 2, BWV 826 ò English Suite No. 2, BWV 807 / Grigory Sokolov: piano

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-02-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826; English Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV 807
Performers: Sokolov, Grigory

Melodiya presents concert recordings of J.S. Bach's compositions performed by Grigory Sokolov, arguably the most intellectual of all modern Russian pianists. At the age of...continue...

Anthology of Piano Music by Russian & Soviet Composers, Part 1, Disc 5 / N. Mndoyants, Dorokhova, Bogdanova, Korepanova, Turpanov: piano

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-02-12

Works: Dmitry Kabalevsky: Rondo for piano in A minor, Op. 59; Yuri Nikolayevsky: Rondino, for piano; Alemdar Karamanov: Variations, for piano; Boris Tishchenko: Sonata no 4, for piano; Miroslav Skorik: Burl...
Performers: Bodganova, I. [Piano]; Dorokhova, T. [Piano]; Korepanova, Asiya; Mndoyants, Nikita [Piano]; Turpanov, Mikhail [Piano]

Another release of the Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers features works of the late 1950s and the first half of the...continue...
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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...

Beethoven: Romances 1&2; Godard: Conzonetta, Op. 35; Chausson: Poeme, Op. 25; Ravel Tzigane, et al. / David Oistrakh: violin

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-02-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50; Benjamin Godard: Concerto Romantique for violin & orchestra i...
Performers: Oistrakh, David
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: ; The State Academic Symphony Orchestra

Without David Oistrakh, it is impossible to imagine the picture of 20th century music. A violinist, conductor, and professor, he left an indelible mark on...continue...

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, Richter, piano

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav

Johann Sebastian Bach's cycle of preludes and fugues, The Well-Tempered Clavier, holds a very special place in the world of music. It is not just...continue...
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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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Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, Part 2 Vol. 1 / Ekaterina Mechetina, Vyacheslav Gryaznov, Nikita Mndoyants: piano

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08

Works: Rodion Shchedrin: Sonata for Piano no 2; Alexander Tchaikovsky: Sonata for Piano no 2, Op. 85; Vladimir Ryabov: Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 46; Nikita Mndoyants: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, ...
Performers: Gryaznov, Vyacheslav [Piano]; Mechetina, Ekaterina; Mndoyants, Nikita [Piano]

Melodiya presents part two of the Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, which demonstrates the musical trends of the last decades. The...continue...
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Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini; Italian Capriccio; Serenade for Strings / Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Capriccio italien, Op. 45; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Conductors: Mravinsky, Yevgeny
Ensemble: ; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded from the 1940s to the 1970s, Melodiya offers a wonderful gift for all admirers of Russian music culture: Tchaikovsky's symphonic works performed by the...continue...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Maria Grinberg, piano

4 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08

One of the greatest albums in Soviet recording history is now reborn on CD! Maria Grinberg was a remarkable pianist and the last student of...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Lenningrad" / Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

Melodiya presents a recording of Dmitri Shostakovich's famous opus, performed by one of the best interpreters of his music. Composed in the first months of...continue...
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Shostakovich: Sonata for violin and piano; Sonata for viola and piano / O Kagan, violin; Yu. Bashmet, viola; S. Richter, piano

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134; Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Kagan, Oleg; Richter, Sviatoslav

This disc features two of Shostakovich's chamber opuses performed by two of the best musicians of the 1980s: Oleg Kagan and Yuri Bashmet. Behind the...continue...

Shchedrin plays Shchedrin: 24 Preludes & Fugues; Plyphonic Notebook, Musical Offering / Rondion Shchedrin, piano

4 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08

Rodion Shchedrin embarked on a composing career at the dawn of the second half of the 20th century, and since then has been actively creative....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Rococo Variations / David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33
Performers: Oistrakh, David; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

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Postnikova, Rozhdestvensky play C.P.E. Bach, Lachner, Schubert, Mozart, Balakirev, Smetana, Czerny

2 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13

Works: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Sonata for piano, 4 hands in A major, BR A40; Franz Paul Lachner: Introduction & Fugue, for organ, 4 hands, Op. 62; Franz Schubert: Fugue for Piano 4 hands in E minor...
Performers: Bakhchiev, Alexander; Postnikova, Viktoria; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Sorokina, Elena


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Prokofiev plays Prokofiev / Piero Coppola [Melodiya]

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Toccata for piano in D minor, Op. 11; The Love for Three Oranges; Pieces for piano, Op. 12; Sarcasms, Op. 17; Pieces for piano, Op. 52; Sonata no 4, Op. 29; Pieces for piano, Op. 59...
Performers: Prokofiev, Sergei
Conductors: Coppola, Piero
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra


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Archival recordings from the 1920s and 1930s of Prokoviev interpreting his own compositions, including a famous recording of his third Piano Concerto with the London

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1812: In the Blaze of Glory / Victor Kornachev, Alexander Rudin and Evgeni Svetlanov Nicola Nazarov

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13

Works: Osip Kozlovsky: Two polonaises; Dimitry Bortnyansky: Trio Sonata in C major; Concerto-Symphony in B flat major; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Anonymous: The Jaeger March; Anonymou...
Conductors: Kornachev, Victor; ; Rudin, Alexander; Nazarov, N.; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Mikhailov, N.
Ensemble: ; Moscow Baroque Soloists

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The Trio Sonata of Bortniansky - better known for his choral music - is distinguished by a guitar among...continue...
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Beethoven, Sibelius: Violin Concertos / Gidon Kremer, violin

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47
Performers: Kremer, Gidon
Conductors: Nelsson, Woldemar; Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow State Philharmonic Society; USSR State Symphony Orchestra