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Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy - Russian Fantasy: Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Glinka, Borodin, Scriabin (2011)

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Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy - Russian Fantasy: Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Glinka, Borodin, Scriabin (2011)

Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy - Russian Fantasy (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 212 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 173 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Decca | # 478 2940 DH | Time: 00:59:41

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 by the great composers of Russia, with Rachmaninov's two-piano Suite No.1 at its heart. Three of the works have been arranged by Vovka Ashkenazy himself, including Mussorgsky's Night On The Bald Mountain and the album's virtuosic finale - Borodin's Polovtsian Dances from his opera Prince Igor. His two-piano arrangement of Glinka's lilting Valse-fantaisie is itself based on Sergei Lyapunov's arrangement for four hands. The two works originally written for two pianos are Rachmaninov's poetic Suite no 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie Tableaux" (which the young composer dedicated to another giant of Russian music - Piotr Tchaikovsky) and the Fantasy in A minor by Rachmaninov's contemporary at the Moscow Conservatoire, Scriabin.

Thomas Clamor, Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie - Russian Classics (2017)

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Thomas Clamor, Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie - Russian Classics (2017)

Thomas Clamor, Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie - Russian Classics: Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 264 Mb | Total time: 62:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: GENUIN classics | # GP902 | Recorded: 2016

Wieder einmal lässt Thomas Clamor seine Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie ein musikalisches Feuerwerk abbrennen: Auf ihrer neuen CD entführen die Musiker uns nach Russland und alle, die noch keine Fans dieses Klangkörpers sind, tun gut daran mitzureisen! Höhepunkte gibt es dabei mehr als genug wie z.B. das Märchenreich von Strawinskys Feuervogel oder Tschaikowskys schwungvolles Capriccio Italien.

Fritz Reiner, The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6; Kodály: Dances of Galánta (1996)

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Fritz Reiner, The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6; Kodály: Dances of Galánta (1996)

Fritz Reiner, The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6; Kodály: Dances of Galánta; Weiner: Divertimento (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 290 Mb | Total time: 81:20 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # MHK 62343 | Recorded: 1945-1947

These pre-Chicago recordings of Fritz Reiner with the Pittsburghers is a reminder of his greatness as a conductor. It also restores to the catalog his recordings of some composers he wasn't closely identified with. Shostakovitch, for example, wasn't a regular on Reiner's studio schedule, but should have been, for this Sixth bristles with sardonic wit and energy. The Kodaly Dances, of course, were right up Reiner's alley, and get a smashing performance. The shorter works too, are first class, especially the Bart243;k Hungarian Sketches and another Reiner calling card, Kabalevsky's Overture.

Vassily Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Mikhail Glinka: Orchestral Works (2000)

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Vassily Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Mikhail Glinka: Orchestral Works (2000)

Vassily Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Mikhail Glinka: Orchestral Works (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 307 Mb | Total time: 76:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 9861 | Recorded: 2000

This is a fabulous disc: succulently beautiful music in strong, compelling performances, recorded in deep and detailed sound… Only the warmest of recommendations will do.

Yevgeny Mravinsky conducts the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (2007) 12 CD Box Set

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Yevgeny Mravinsky conducts the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (2007) 12 CD Box Set

Yevgeny Mravinsky conducts the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (2007) 12 CD Box Set
Beethoven - Shostakovich - Wagner - Mozart - Tchaikovsky - Mussorgsky - Glinka - Glazunov

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 2.5 Gb | Scans included | Time: 09:57:02
Genre: Classical, Orchestral | Label: Erato | # 2564-69890-5

This compilation covers 20 years of live recordings made by conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky and the then-named Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra for Erato. Mravinsky led that orchestra for nearly 50 years, from 1938 until his death. His last recording was that of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 12, made in 1984, found on Disc 3 here. His interpretations of Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky were highly regarded, so it's not surprising that several of their symphonies are here. There are also symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven in this set; tone poems by Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky; and orchestral excerpts from operas by Wagner, Glinka, and Glazunov. The final disc contains a rare recording of a rehearsal led by Mravinsky, something few outsiders were ever allowed to witness. Even though he was an elder statesman of Russian music at the time of these recordings, there is still precision and energy in his interpretations.

Borodin Trio - Arensky, Glinka: Piano Trios (1987)

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Borodin Trio - Arensky, Glinka: Piano Trios (1987)

The Borodin Trio - Arensky, Glinka: Piano Trios (1987)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 49:33 | 233 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | Catalog: CHAN 8477

For anyone interested in Glinka's Trio, choice here is simple. The new Borodin Trio performance is greatly superior to the Pavane version cited above, which is on the stiff side and not blessed with a very distinguished recording (it is coupled with Beethoven's Clarinet Trio). Not only is the sound far better on the new Chandos, but the playing has a sweep and eloquence, also a neat wit, of which the work stands in some need.

Elena Kelessidi, Malcolm Martineau - A Russian Romance (2008)

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Elena Kelessidi, Malcolm Martineau - A Russian Romance (2008)

Elena Kelessidi, Malcolm Martineau - A Russian Romance (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 173 Mb | Total time: 51:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Onyx | # ONYX4031 | Recorded: 2007

Elena Kelessidi is one of opera’s most touching and fiery artists and the most international Greek soprano of today. Here she makes her recital debut with this heartfelt programme of songs from a country whose language is natural to her.

Capricorn - Mikhail Glinka: Sextet; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet (1985)

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Capricorn - Mikhail Glinka: Sextet; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet (1985)

Capricorn - Mikhail Glinka: Sextet; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet (1985)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 230 Mb | Total time: 54:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66163 | Recorded: 1984

'Some of the most joyously delightful music that you will ever hear’ (American Record Guide). ‘A most striking performance, beautifully modulated, elegantly phrased … very well recorded indeed’ (BBC Record Review)

Samuel Friedmann - Russian Symphonic Miniatures, Vol. 2: Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Glinka (1996)

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Samuel Friedmann - Russian Symphonic Miniatures, Vol. 2: Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Glinka (1996)

Samuel Friedmann - Russian Symphonic Miniatures, Vol. 2: Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Glinka (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 292 Mb | Total time: 64:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Arte Nova| # 74321 37294 2 | Recorded: 1995

Musical treasures from great Russian composers, ideally interpreted by the Russian conductor Samuel Friedmann with philharmonic orchestras of his mother country that represent the great music tradition of Russia.

Alexander Rudin, Musica Viva – Mikhail Glinka: Orchestral Works (2010)

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Alexander Rudin, Musica Viva  – Mikhail Glinka: Orchestral Works (2010)

Alexander Rudin, Musica Viva – Mikhail Glinka: Orchestral Works (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 341 Mb | Total time: 72:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Fuga Libera | # FUG571 | Recorded: 2009

« Father of the Russian music », the Russian history books keep saying about Glinka. But what do we generally hear from Mikhail Glinka, except the echoes of Russlan and Ludmilla or from A Life for the Tsar (this CD includes the extraordinary danced interludes brought together by Peter Klimov)? The Moscow Chamber Orchestra, who revealed Alyabiev (FUG 539) offers a outstanding selection on this album. Besides well known works like The Kamarinskaïa or Nocnhoj smotr popularised by Chaliapine and announcing, 50 years in advance, Wolf and Mahler, most of it is indeed unpublished or rare work in the disc repertoire that are gathered here: deliciously diverted Italianisms, stunning fantasies prefiguring Rimski-Korsakov, and especially, everywhere, the colours of a romantic genius.

National Theatre Belgrade: Seven Great Russian Operas from 1955 - Glinka: Ivan Susanin (A Life for the Tsar) (2019)

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National Theatre Belgrade: Seven Great Russian Operas from 1955 - Glinka: Ivan Susanin (A Life for the Tsar) (2019)

National Theatre Belgrade: Seven Great Russian Operas from 1955 - Glinka: Ivan Susanin (A Life for the Tsar) (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 816 Mb | Total time: 71:32+50:49+54:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Profil Medien | # PH19040 | Recorded: 1955

This Edition presents the “Magnificent Seven” and the “encore” in optimum technical quality. In the mid-Fifties of the last century, with the Cold War freezing relations between East and West, the English record label Decca decided to record a series of Russian operas with the Belgrade National Opera. Belgrade in the Yugoslavia of those days under Josip Tito was more open to “the West” than the Warsaw Pact countries gathered under the wing of the Soviet Union. The deal had been struck by former Decca manager and successful promoter of east European folklore in the USA, record executive Gerald Severn. Thanks to his excellent contacts, Decca director Arthur Haddy eventually obtained a visa and travelled to Belgrade to find a suitable recording venue, which turned out to be the cinema in the House of Culture in the city centre.

Marcus Creed, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart - Russia: Schnittke, Taneyev, Gubaidulina, Glinka, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky (2014)

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Marcus Creed, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart - Russia: Schnittke, Taneyev, Gubaidulina, Glinka, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky (2014)

Marcus Creed, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart - Russia: Schnittke, Taneyev, Gubaidulina, Glinka, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 218 Mb | Total time: 62:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hänssler Classic | # CD 93.317 | Recorded: 2013

Diese CD bietet eine breite Palette russischer Komponisten, die in der Tradition orthodoxer Kirchenmusik komponierten. Sie reicht von Michail Glinka, Peter Tschaikowsky, Sergej Tanejew und Sergej Rachmaninoff bis zu Alfred Schnittke und Sofia Gubaidulina, von romantisch-expressiven Vertonungen bis zu den expressiven Klängen der beiden neueren Komponisten.

Valery Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra, Anna Netrebko, Vladimir Ognovenko - Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila [2003/1995]

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Valery Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra, Anna Netrebko, Vladimir Ognovenko - Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila [2003/1995]

Valery Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra, Anna Netrebko, Vladimir Ognovenko - Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila [2003/1995]
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Русский (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 7.46 Gb+7.76 Gb (2xDVD9) | 210 min
Classical | Philips | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol, Chinese

There is not much to fault in this quintessentially Russian opera with the lavish staging and fantastic costumes surely a feat to the eye. You cannot find much fault on the musical side of things either as many have expressed their opinion that this remains the finest version of the opera by a mile. The charismatic and almost demonic Gergiev conducts with his systematic, unabated passion for music which is most certainly in his blood and his players definitely do him proud. The cast is also top notch on all counts with Netrebko and Gorchakova particularly impressive.

Nikita Magaloff - Piano Recital (Mendelssohn, Mozart, Liszt, Skrjabin, Chopin, Glinka) (1994) (Remastered)

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Nikita Magaloff - Piano Recital (Mendelssohn, Mozart, Liszt, Skrjabin, Chopin, Glinka) (1994) (Remastered)

Nikita Magaloff - Piano Recital (Mendelssohn, Mozart, Liszt, Skrjabin, Chopin, Glinka) (1994) (Remastered)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | 246 mb | Covers | 1:14:44 | MP3 CBR 320kbps | 173 mb
Classical | Label: Ermitage / ERM 415-2

Nikita Magaloff is known, among other things, for his complete Chopin recordings. This programme, recorded some eighteen months before his death, shows his very mature pianism.

Fibonacci Sequence - Clarinet: Brahms, Mendelssohn, Baermann, Glinka, Milhaud (2013)

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Fibonacci Sequence - Clarinet: Brahms, Mendelssohn, Baermann, Glinka, Milhaud (2013)

Fibonacci Sequence - Clarinet: Brahms, Mendelssohn, Baermann, Glinka, Milhaud (2013)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 61:23 | 300 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deux-Elles | Catalog: DXL1150

Distinguished chamber ensemble, The Fibonacci Sequence present their fifth disc in the instrument-led series of recordings focusing on music for clarinet. Now in its eighteenth year, the Fibonacci Sequence is considered one of the UK’s most distinguished chamber ensembles with a wide-ranging discography and impressive reviews. The ensemble has performed at the world’s leading festivals and venues and it has been chosen for the season 2012-2013 by the Concert Promotions Network.