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Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade
Sergei Levitin (violin)
Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
[Gergiev] bring[s] out Rimsky's crystalline solo textures, such as the passages for solo cello, horn and woodwinds in the first movement. And if tempos are slow in the first three movements,... — More…
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an outstanding young artist at work...the early Tchaikovsky Scherzo brims over with panache and relish; and Islamey rivals even Berezovsky for the title of cleanest and most exhilarating account.... — More…
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Offer, Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Gergiev’s passion for Rachmaninov is evident in his recordings of the three symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra...The early Symphony No 1 (1895), so dismally received at its first performance,... — More…
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Hommage à Chopin
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
Most of these pieces are light, even frothy morceaux, and Plowright does not overstate the musical case for them beyond their obvious delights of refinement and dexterity. But he balances them... — More…
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Balakirev: Piano Sonata & other works
Danny Driver (piano)
Hyperion's new release is full of music that mixes Chopinesque grace with Russian-bear grandiosity. Driver is the sort of pianist who can handle both, delivering performances of poise, power... — More…
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[Scheherazade] is a work that well demonstrates the orchestra's virtues, which include not only a fine set of principals who have their individual voices in the brighly hued scoring but an overall... — More…
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English Poets, Russian Romances
Vassily Savenko (bass-baritone), Alexander Blok (piano)
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Ikon Volume 2
Holst Singers, Stephen Layton
Those wary of an English choir's sensibilities in music almost from another planet should head stright to Tolstiakov's Blagoslovi and Rimsky-Korsakov's Our Father for blissful reassurance of... — More…
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
The LSO plays, as always, splendidly for Valery Gergiev. The general excellence and detail of their performance is remarkable. — More…
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Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 & Symphonic Poems
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov
Svetlanov and his Moscow musicians are at their best in these red-blooded and characterful performances of three colourful scores, with Tamara – dramatic and luscious – the best available. — More…
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