The Ugly Duckling and various songs;
cw Schumann, Glinka, Dargomizhsky, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Liszt, Weckerlin and Debussy. Nina Dorliak (soprano);
Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Cascavelle (mid-price: 3-CDs) VEL3041
'"Russian Soul"
Symphony-Concerto in E minor
also includes Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No 2, and Tsintsadze Five Pieces on Folk Themes Daniil Shafran (cello);
USSR State Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky.
Recorded live at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire in 1961;
(other musicians for rest of programme). Cello Classics (full price) CC1008
Story of a Real Man Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre conducted by Mark Ermler Chandos Historical Opera (full price)
CHAN 10002(2) Back | Violin Concertos
March in B flat
Overture on Hebrew Themes Shlomo Mintz,
Chicago SO and Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Claudio Abbado DG Masters (mid-price) 445 607-2
Symphonies Nos 1, 5, 6 and 7;
Overture on Hebrew Themes;
Autumnal London Symphony Orchestra,
Concergebouw and Cleveland Orchestras conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy Double Decca (mid-price: 2-CDs) 470 528-2 Back
| Love for Three Oranges (in French) Lyon Opera Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Kent Nagano ArtHaus Musik 100 404 (106 mins)
Screen dimensions 16:9; stereo sound;
regions 2 & 5. Valery Gergiev in rehearsal
and performance Prokofiev Scythian Suite;
also includes works by Debussy and Stravinsky ArtHaus Musik 100 314 (117 mins)
Screen dimensions 4:3; stereo sound;
regions 2 & 5. Back |
