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Harry Grodberg Plays J.S. Bach

Harry Grodberg Plays J.S. Bach
ID: MELCD1002132
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Baroque
Subcollection: Organ

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F. Liszt - Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12

F. Liszt - Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12
ID: MELCD1002179
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano

Recorded in 1963

Firma Melodiya presents a recording of Franz Liszt's twelve Transcendental Études performed by Lazar Berman. Once, being on top of his pianistic career, Liszt called his etudes transcendental (supernatural) - no one but him was able to play them. They seemed to be beyond the limits of human abilities. As time went by, pianistic technique took a great step forward, but only few pianists dared play the entire cycle of etudes during the subsequent 20th century. Lazar Berman, a greatest interpreter of Liszt's music among Soviet pianists, was one of them. Born in Leningrad to a musical family, he drew attention as early as he was four years old. He graduated with honors from the Central Music School and Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Alexander Goldenweiser, won the piano competition at the Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin, and received prizes at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels and the Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Weimar. Overseas performances brought Berman sensational success. "A real titan", "keyboard wizard" said some of the reviews by European and American critics when they wrote about the young pianist's phenomenal technique and brilliant virtuosity. His numerous concerts in Moscow, Leningrad and other cities of the USSR were no less successful. Lazar Berman's performing art was imprinted on numerous recordings which haven't faded for connoisseurs of pianistic culture.
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1812: In the Blaze of Glory -V. Kornachev -A. Rudin -E.Svetlanov -N. Nazarov

1812: In the Blaze of Glory -V. Kornachev -A. Rudin -E.Svetlanov -N. Nazarov
ID: MELCD1002012
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestre

This release provides a profile of musical life in the era of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. As well as marches which inspired Russian soldiers, it includes chamber works by Bortnyansky and polonaises by Kozlovsky, a Polish officer who took part in the campaigns of the Russian army.
(1,2) - Chamber Ensemble - Victor Kornachev, conductor
(3-5) - Moscow Ensemble „The Baroque Soloists“ - Alexander Rudin, conductor
(6-8) - Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra Moscow - Alexander Rudin, conductor
(9) - USSR State Symphony Orchestra - Evgeni Svetlanov, conductor
(9, 11) Central Military Band of the USSR Ministry of Defense - Nicola Nazarov, conductor
(10) - Central Military Band of the USSR Ministry of Defense - Nikolai Mikhailov, conductor
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A. Alyabiev -Selected Romances and Songs - Shevelyova - Kandinskaya - Fomina - Pokrovsky and etc...

A. Alyabiev -Selected Romances and Songs - Shevelyova - Kandinskaya - Fomina - Pokrovsky and etc...
ID: MELCD1002161
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Russe musique amoureux
Subcollection: Vocal and Piano

Firma Melodiya presents a collection of selected romances and songs by Alexander Alyabiev.
So well-known to the wide audience as an author of The Nightingale, Alexander Anatolievich Alyabiev was a man who lived a very bright, eventful and at the same time hard life. He also was a brave officer who fought in the Patriotic War of 1812, an outstanding composer and founder of Russian lyrical romance that anticipated many of the discoveries I Russian music of the 19th century, and a disgraced exile who spent the years of his creative prime in Siberia.

Alyabiev composed music in different genres, but his highest creative achievements were connected with romances. He was one of the first composes who created original, distinctive romances on the texts by Pushkin. Alyabiev also was on friendly terms with many of the contemporary poets and playwrights and created bright dramatic songs full of conflict and protest.

The works featured in this collection reflect the diversity of Alyabievs chamber vocal lyricism which is still able to have an impact on a responsive and emotional listener. Along with popular romances such as Beggar Woman, I See Your Face, The Hut, Village Watchman and I Loved You, the collection comprises several less known ones, including arrangements of Russian, Ukrainian and Georgian folk songs another side of Alyabievs musical talent.

The recordings of Alyabievs romances and songs were made in 1978 to 1990 by leading concert singers and soloists of the Moscow music theatres Evgeniya Shevelyova, Nina Fomina, Nina Isakova and others.
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Leonid Kogan - The Last Recordings - Beethoven - Brahms

Leonid Kogan - The Last Recordings - Beethoven - Brahms
ID: MELCD1001404
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Violin Concerto
Subcollection: Piano and Violin

This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched.

Melodiya offers a new digital restoration of these recordings featuring Leonid Kogan performing the Brahms Sonata for Violin & Piano No.3 with his daughter Nina and the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the USSR ASO conducted by his son Pavel.

(1 - 4) - Leonid Kogan (violin) / Nina Kogan (piano)
(5 - 7) - Leonid Kogan (violin) / USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra - Pavel Kogan, conductor
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Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 - David Oistrakh, violin

Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 - David Oistrakh, violin
ID: MELCD1001434
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Violin Concerto
Subcollection: Violin and Orchestra

The Ninth Symphony by Dvorák presents a four-movement symphonic cycle with a slow second movement, followed by a Scherzo. The Sonata Allegro of the first movement is preceded by a small declamatory introduction of an epical quality, in which the strenuous calls of the horns are sounded out flaringly. The main theme of the Sonata Allegro is based on a rhythmically syncopated melodic figure, derived from Negro songs. The second movement of the symphony was initially titled “Legend,” since its images were aroused by the impressions from the composer’s familiarization with Longfellow’s long poem “Hiawatha”. However, many researchers of Dvorák’s music notice within the music of this movement a feeling of longing for his homeland. The third movement, presenting a rapid Scherzo, is likewise permeated with an unusual melodic and rhythmic individuality.

The conductor Nikolai Anosov was Rozhdestvensky’s father. His interpretations are distinguished by precise attention to detail and by meticulousness, as demonstrated in this performance of “From the New World”. Featuring David Oistrakh, these recordings are excellent quality and taken from 1942 & 1967.

(1 - 4) - USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra - Nikolai Anosov, conductor
(5 - 7)- David Oistrakh (violin) / USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra - Kirill Kondrashin, conductor
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Stravinsky in Moscow - By I. Stravinsky and Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky in Moscow - By I. Stravinsky and Igor Stravinsky
ID: MELCD1001604
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestre

Works included are “Petruschka” ballet suite, Ode and Orpheus ballet. These are live recordings from performances in the Moscow Conservatory in 1962 when Stravinsky returned to Russia at the age of 80 and 48 years since he had last been in his native country. It was a genuine feast for Russian listeners.

Stravinsky:
Petrushka - suite
Song of the Volga Boatmen
Fireworks, Op. 4
Ode (Elegiacal Chant in three parts)
Orpheus

Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra and USSR State Symphony Orchestra -Igor Stravinsky
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Debussy plays Debussy & Ravel plays Ravel

Debussy plays Debussy & Ravel plays Ravel
ID: MELCD1002063
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Pianist and Composer
Subcollection: Piano

Melodiya presents piano works by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel recorded by the authors.

These unique phonographic documents date back to the 1910s-1920s, when music recording was at its dawn. Following the singers whose voices were so well reproduced by the phonograph, methods of piano music recording were invented. Among the first pianists who put their own interpretations on record were such composers as Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Debussy and Ravel.


Debussy:
Children's Corner
D'un cahier d'esquisses
Estampe No. 2 - La soirée dans Grenade
La plus que lente
Préludes - Book 1: No. 12, Minstrels
Préludes - Book 1: No. 3, Le vent dans la plaine

Claude Debussy (piano)

Ravel:
Sonatine
Valses nobles et sentimentales

Maurice Ravel (piano)
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E. Grieg - Lyric Pieces - A. Goldenweiser, piano

E. Grieg - Lyric Pieces - A. Goldenweiser, piano
ID: MELCD1002118
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano

Two pieces by Grieg played by the composer himself are a bonus.

Firma Melodiya presents recordings of piano compositions by Edvard Grieg.

Lyric Pieces is a genre which accompanied the Norwegian composer along nearly the entire creative path. Ten books composed within 1870-1900 are a sort of the composer’s creative diary which fixed his impressions, genre sketches and deep emotional experience. What we find here is dance pieces, landscapes of northern nature, fantastic images and lyrical reflection.

Four books of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces are performed by Alexander Goldenweiser. A brilliant pianist, professor of the Moscow Conservatory where he taught for over fifty years, editor of piano literature, he is rightfully considered one of the founders of the Russian piano school of the 20th century. A pupil of Alexander Siloti, who in his turn studied under Franz Liszt, and Sergey Taneyev, one of Tchaikovsky’s students, he was closely acquainted with Leo Tolstoy, Sergey Rachmaninoff, Alexander Scriabin and Nikolai Metner. Goldeweiser’s performance combined the achievements of Russian and European romantic pianism with novelty piano art of the 20th century. Goldeweiser’s style was characteristic for its filigree, lyrical spirituality and utmost loyalty to an author’s text.

E. Grieg:
Book I, Op. 12
Book III, Op. 43
Book IV, Op. 47
Book VIII, Op. 65
Alexander Goldenweiser (piano)

Bonus track:
Butterfly Op. 43: No. 1
Little Bird, Op. 43 No.4
Performed by Edvard Grieg (piano)
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Butsko - White Nights - A sentimental poera in one act, four scenes

Butsko - White Nights - A sentimental poera in one act, four scenes
ID: MELCD1002126
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra

Galina Pisarenko (Nastenka) & Anatoly Mishchevsky (The Dreamer)

“The best traditions of domestic music culture live on in Yuri Butsko’s deeply national music,” wrote Music in the USSR magazine.

When a student of the Moscow Conservatory, Butsko composed the opera Diary of a Mad Man after Nikolai Gogol (1963) which subsequently became generally recognized. Firma Melodiya presents a recording of Yuri Butsko’s opera White Nights based on a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Giving his opera a subtitle “sentimental”, the composer emphasized its lyric and intimate orientation as if continuing the line of Tchaikovsky’s “lyric scenes”. Moreover, White Nights is a chamber opera where the events are given through a lyric narration and the monologues of its two characters Nastenka and Dreamer who is in love with her create a basis of the dramatic concept. Following Mussorgsky’s and Prokofiev’s traditions, the composer preserved Dostoyevsky’s original prosaic text revealing a peculiar poetic musicality of the great writer’s early romantic novel.

White Nights was premiered in Dresden in 1968 to a great success, however it has never been staged in this country.

The recording was made by Gennady Rozhdestvensky, a recognized interpreter of 20th century music, and the All-Union Radio Big Symphony Orchestra in 1973 with the participation of Galina Pisarenko and Anatoly Mishchevsky, People’s Artists of the RSFSR and soloists of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre.
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