Irina Arkhipova
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An excellent introduction to Russian Orthodox music. The singing is earthy, passionate and blessed with those uniquely low basses. — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
RecommendedMaria Guleghina (Lisa), Gegam Grigorian (Hermann), Irina Arkhipova (Countess), Vladimir Chernov (Yeletsky), Nikolai Putilin (Tomsky), Olga Borodina (Polina), Vladimir Solodovnikov (Chekalinsky), Sergei Alexashkin (Surin), Evgeni Boitsov (Chaplitsky), Nikolai Gassiev (Major-Domo), Gennadi Bezzubenkov...
There are major problems with all the current sets of The Queen of Spades, but Valery Gergiev, one of the outstanding Tchaikovskians of the day, here coaxes from a thoroughly Western-sounding... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2011, First choice (single set)
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Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible & Alexander Nevsky
RecommendedRiccardo Muti/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra, Irina Arkhipova/Anatoly Mokrenko/Boris Morgunov/Ambrosian Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti, Ambrosian Chorus (chorus), Anatoly Mokrenko (bass-baritone), Boris Morgunov (narrator), Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano vocals), Boris Morgunov...
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible, etc.
RecommendedIrina Arkhipova, Anatoly Mokrenko, Boris Morgunov, Anna Reynolds, Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear & John Shirley-Quirk
Ambrosian Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, André Previn & Riccardo Muti
Coruscating orchestral bite in Muti's Ivan (with the fabulous Ambrosian Chorus) knocks Previn's rough and ready Nevsky into second league, though moments of diaphanous lyricism lift the heart... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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Russian Sacred Music of the 19th & 20th Century
Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano), Sergei Babeshko (baritone)
USSR Chamber Choir, The, Valery Polyansky
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Verdi: Fragments from the Opera 'Aida'
Irina Arkhipova, Vladislav Piavko, Maria Bieșu, George Seleznev, Yuriy Grigoriev, Yuriy Grigorev
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Mark Ermler
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Rachmaninoff: Vespers, Op. 37 (Live)
The USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir, Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano), Victor Rumyantsev
Valery Polyansky
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Tchaikovsky: Romances
Muslim Magomayev, Boris Abramovich, Yevgeny Nesterenko (bass), Evgeny Shenderovich, Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano), Igor Guselnikov, Yuri Mazurok, Antonina Afanasieva, Nina Fomina, Alexander Pokrovsky, Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano), Vazha Chachava, Sergey Lemeshev, Berta Kozel
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Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible & Romeo and Juliet
Irina Arkhipova & Anatoly Mokrenko
Ambrosian Chorus, Philadelphia Orchestra & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
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