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ID: MELCD1002240
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Piano and Orchestra
Firma Melodiya presents recordings of the outstanding St Petersburg pianist Grigory Sokolov.
This musician’s performance is notable for particular concentration and complete immersion in the musical element. His manner amazes with perfection of technique in the absence of external effects of any kind.
Grigory Sokolov is one of the few modern pianists who always include intellectual piano masterpieces in their programmes, which requires a special mood from both the performer and the audience - Beethoven’s sonatas of the latter period, J S Bach’s 'The Art of Fugue', Brahms’ last pieces.
Most of Sokolov’s recordings were made from live broadcasts in Leningrad/St Petersburg and Moscow - he prefers concert performances to studio work.
This set combines the large-scale dramatic canvases of Beethoven’s sonatas with the restless romantic heroics of Scriabin’s Third Sonata where Sokolov emphasizes the Promethean spirit without erasing the individuality of the Russian genius of the 20th century.
However, what makes this set particularly interesting is Grigory Sokolov’s recordings of the works by his contemporary, Leningrad composer Boris Arapov. The piano sonata and concerto for violin, piano, percussion and chamber orchestra recorded by the pianist are released on Melodiya for the first time.
Grigory Sokolov made the featured recordings of the works by Beethoven, Scriabin and Arapov between 1972 and 1988.
Arapov:
Concerto for violin, piano and percussion with chamber orchestra
with Nikolay Moskalenko (percussions) & khail Vaiman (violin)
Chamber Orchestra of the Leningrad State Philharmonic Society, Alexander Dmitriyev
Piano Sonata No. 2
Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
Scriabin:
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23
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Grigory Sokolov (piano) |
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ID: MELCD1002292
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Chopin:
Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major
Étude Op. 25 No. 11 in A minor 'Winter Wind'
Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
Prokofiev:
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84
Schubert:
Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784
Schumann:
Carnaval, Op. 9
Scriabin:
Étude Op. 8 No. 10 in D flat major
Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass'
Stravinsky:
Three Movements from Petrushka
Grigory Sokolov (piano) |
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ID: MELCD1000808
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Symphony
Subcollection: Choir and Orchestra
(1 - 3, 6) - Symphony Orchestra of Moscow State Philharmonic Society - Kirill Kondrashin
(4, 5 ) - Valentina Levko, Ladies Group of Moscow Choir, Children's Group of Moscow Choir,
(7, 8) - Ilga Tiknuse, Ladies Group of the State Philharmonic Choir of Latvia, Chidren's Choir of the State Philharmonic of Latvia |
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ID: MELCD1001056
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Contemporary music
Subcollection: Ensemble
CD1
(1 - 7) - Ensemble PRO ARTE Institute
(2) - Matvey Lapin, violin
(4) - Angelina Dashkovskaya, soprano
(5) - Sergey Chirkov, accordion
(6) - Andrei Vikharev, flute
(7) - Aleksei Bogorad, viola
CD 2
(1 - 5) - Ensemble PRO ARTE Institute
(1) - Youth Chamber Choir of St.Petersburg
(1) - Dmitry Skazhenik, tenor
(4, 5) - Boris Filanovsky, voice |
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ID: MELCD1000906
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Ballet Music
Subcollection: Orchestra
Prokofiev:
Cinderella, Op. 87
On the Dnieper, ballet, Op. 51
USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky |
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ID: MELCD1001192
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Choir and Orchestra
Recorded in Moscow in 1975
The short “The Gamblers” which was left unfinished in a piano score, is performed here in a version completed by the conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky.
“The Nose” was first performed in 1930 and once again the composer was lambasted for being pretentious and artificial. In recent years “The Nose” has enjoyed a reassessment in revivals in opera houses around the world.
Orchestra and Chorus of the Moscow Chamber Musical Theatre / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky |
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ID: MELCD1001775
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Opera
The Prince - Ivan Kozlovsky, tenor
The Princess - Veronika Borisenko, mezzo-soprano
The Miller - Alexei Krivchenya, bass
Natasha, his daughter, later a Rusalka - Evgenia Smolenskaya, soprano
Olga - Margarita Miglau, soprano
Matchmaker - Ivan Skobtsov, baritone
Little Rusalka, 12 years old non singing - Vera Tumanova |
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ID: MELCD1001997
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Russian Folk Music
This double album features unfamiliar compositions played by Gennady Rozhdestvensky and the remarkable Viktoria Postnikova.
J.C. F. Bach:
Sonata for keyboard four hands in A major
Balakirev:
Russian Folksongs for Piano Four Hands
Czerny:
Brilliant variations on a theme from Bellini's 'The Capulets and the Montagues'
Lachner, F:
Fugue for organ four hands in D minor
Mozart:
Sonata for Piano duet in D major, K381
Alexander Bakhchiev (piano), Elena Sorokina (piano)
Sonata for Piano duet in B flat major, K358
Schubert:
Fuge in e-moll op. Posth.152
Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D940
Smetana:
Sonata movement for 2 pianos, 8 hands in E minor
Rondo for 2 pianos, 8 hands in C major
Viktoria Postnikova (piano/organ/harpsichord), Gennady Rozhdestvensky (piano/organ/harpsichord) |
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ID: MELCD1001683
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Ballet Music
Subcollection: Orchestra
This two act ballet based on Chekhov’s play was composed in 1980 and was premiered in the Bolshoi Theatre. The libretto is by R Shchedrin and V. Levental. The score includes 24 Preludes (the main contents of the ballet), three interludes and the postlude. This is an exciting work full of belief in life and in the power of art, high romanticism and tragic pathos. |
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ID: MELCD1001684
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
In 2010 the world celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Polish composer of genius Frйdйric Chopin (1810-1849). This romantic composer was a genuine poet of grand piano. He composed neither symphonies nor operas - his whole creative life was dedicated to piano works. Chopin considered this instrument ideal for expressing feelings and ideas; his nocturnes, waltzes, ballads, mazurkas, polonaises, etudes and scherzos are the recognized masterpieces of piano art.
“To understand Chopin one must know that the composer was a pupil of Bach and Mozart, a pupil of accuracy and harmony. This is a noble genius. Chopin’s Rubato originates from Italian singing: the composer regularly visited the Italian opera studying the singers’ art. Take into account the singer’s breath, expressiveness of the arias and recitatives, singing for the good of the soul - and there appears the proper degree of freedom, not imposed one but following from the sense of melody…” - said one of the best interpreters of Chopin’s music, legendary Polish pianist Arthur Rubinstein. It was performance of Chopin’s works that brought him fame and is still considered to be a world standard. |
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