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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Arthur Lourié - Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 (Giorgio Koukl)


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Composer: Arthur Lourié
  • (01) 2 Poèmes, Op. 8
  • (03) Menuett nach Gluck
  • (04) Synthèses, Op. 16
  • (09) Daytime Routine
  • (14) 8 Scenes of Russian Childhood
  • (22) Piano Sonatina No. 3
  • (23) Toccata
  • (24) Valse
  • (25) Gigue
  • (26) Marche
  • (27) Nocturne
  • (28) Intermezzo
  • (29) Berceuse de la chevrette
  • (30) Phoenix Park Nocturne

Giorgio Koukl, piano
Date: 2017
Label: Grand Piano

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Monday, August 30, 2021

Arthur Lourié - Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1 (Giorgio Koukl)


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Composer: Arthur Lourié
  • (01) 5 Préludes fragiles, Op. 1
  • (06) 2 Estampes, Op. 2
  • (08) 2 Mazurkas, Op. 7
  • (10) 4 Poèmes, Op. 10
  • (14) Formes en l'air
  • (17) Masques, Op. 13 (Tentations)
  • (24) Upmann, a Smoking Sketch
  • (25) Petite Suite in F Major
  • (29) Dialogue

Giorgio Koukl, piano
Date: 2016
Label: Grand Piano

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Sunday, August 29, 2021

Arthur Lourié - String Quartets (Utrecht String Quartet)


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Composer: Arthur Lourié
  • (01) String Quartet No. 1
  • (03) String Quartet No. 2
  • (04) String Quartet No. 3
  • (08) Duo for violin and viola

Utrecht String Quartet
Eeva Koskinen & Katherine Routley, violins
Daniel Raiskin, viola
Sebastian Koloski, cello

Date: 2021
Label: ASV


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Saturday, August 28, 2021

Various Composers - Memories from Home (Elisaveta Blumina)


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  • (01) Alexander Scriabin - 5 Préludes, Op. 16
  • (06) Sergei Prokofiev - Visions fugitives, Op. 22
  • (12) Mieczysław Weinberg - Zwei Fugen
  • (14) Grigori Frid - Ungarisches Album
  • (28) Giya Kancheli - Miniatures for piano

Elisaveta Blumina, piano
Date: 2020
Label: Dreyer Gaido

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Friday, August 27, 2021

Grigori Frid - Piano Works (Elisaveta Blumina)


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Composer: Grigori Frid
  • (01) 6 Pieces for Piano 4 Hands: No. 1, Allegretto
  • (02) Children's Album, Op. 41 (selection)
  • (21) Inventions, Op. 46 (selection)
  • (25) Children's Album, Op. 25 (selection)
  • (29) Children's Album, Op. 39 (selection)

Elisaveta Blumina, piano
Date: 2021
Label: Grand Piano

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Thursday, August 26, 2021

Grigori Frid - Double Concerto; Symphony No. 3 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Grigori Frid
  • (01) Concerto for viola, piano and string orchestra, Op. 73
  • (04) Symphony No. 3 for string orchestra and timpanis, Op. 50
  • (07) Two Inventions for string orchestra, Op. 46a

Isabelle van Keulen, violin
Oliver Triendl, piano

Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt
Ruben Gazarian, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: Capriccio

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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Georgy Catoire - Piano Concerto, Quintet & Quartet (Oliver Triendl)


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Composer: Georgy Catoire
  • (01) Piano Concerto in A flat major, Op. 21
  • (04) Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 28
  • (07) Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 31

Oliver Triendl, piano

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (1-3)
Roland Kluttig, conductor

Vogler Quartett (4-9)
Tim Vogler & Frank Reinecke, violins
Stefan Fehlandt, viola
Stephan Forck, cello

Date: 2021
Label: Capriccio

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Monday, August 23, 2021

Herman Galynin - Piano Concerto; Piano Trio; etc. (Various Artists)


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Composer: Herman Galynin
  • (01) Piano Concerto in C major
  • (04) Sonata Triad
  • (07) Piano Trio in D minor
  • (11) Aria for Violin and String Orchestra

Dmitri Bashkirov, piano (1-3)
Anatoli Vedernikov, piano (4-6)
Lubov Yedlina, piano (7-10)
Rostislav Dubinsky, violin (7-10)
Bogodar Kotorovich, violin (11)
Valentin Berlinsky, cello (7-10)

USSR State Symphony Orchestra (1-3)
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Zakhary Kozharsky (11)

Date: 2021
Label: Melodiya


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Sunday, August 22, 2021

Herman Galynin - Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Olga Solovieva)


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Composer: Herman Galynin
  • (01) Sonata Triad
  • (04) Suite
  • (09) Four Preludes
  • (13) Waltz
  • (14) Dance
  • (15) Scherzo
  • (16) Spanish Fantasy
  • (17) Three Pieces from The Tamer Tamed
  • (20) At the Zoo

Olga Solovieva, piano
Date: 2008
Label: Toccata

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Saturday, August 21, 2021

Herman Galynin - Complete Works for Strings (Various Artists)


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Composer: Herman Galynin
  • (01) Scherzo for Violin and String Orchestra
  • (02) Aria for Violin and String Orchestra
  • (03) Suite for String Orchestra
  • (07) String Quartet No. 1
  • (11) String Quartet No. 2

Anastasia Latysheva, violin
Academy of Russian Music (1-6)
Ivan Nikiforchin, conductor (1-6)

Arina Minaeva, violin (7-14)
Anastasia Bencic, viola (7-10)
Kseniia Kharitonova, viola (11-14)
Anna Scherbakova, cello (7-14)

Date: 2020
Label: Toccata Classics

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Friday, August 20, 2021

Vasily Kalafati - Piano Music (Jeremy Thompson)


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Composer: Vasily Kalafati
  • (01) Nocturne, Op. 5 "La nuit à Goursouf"
  • (02) 5 Preludes, Op. 7
  • (07) 2 Nouvellettes, Op. 6: No. 1, Allegro moderato
  • (08) Piano Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 4 No. 1
  • (11) 3 Bagatelles, Op. 9
  • (14) Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 4 No. 2

Jeremy Thompson, piano
Date: 2021
Label: Toccata Classics

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Thursday, August 19, 2021

Vasily Kalafati - Symphony in A minor; etc. (Byron Fidetzis)


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Composer: Vasily Kalafati
  1. Symphony in A minor, Op. 12: I. Allegro moderato
  2. Symphony in A minor, Op. 12: II. Scherzo. Allegro
  3. Symphony in A minor, Op. 12: III. Adagio
  4. Symphony in A minor, Op. 12: IV. Finale. Allegro moderato
  5. Légende, Op. 20
  6. Polonaise in F major, Op. 14

Choir of the Music Department of the University of Athens (5)
Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Naxos

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Veniamin Fleishman; Dmitri Shostakovich - Rothschild's Violin; From Jewish Folk-Poetry (Gennady Rozhdestvensky)


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Composer: Veniamin Fleishman; Dmitri Shostakovich
  • (01) Fleishman - Rothschild's Violin (comp. & orch. Shostakovich)
  • (15) Shostakovich - From Jewish Folk-Poetry, Op. 79a

Sergei Leiferkus, bass (1-14)
Marina Shaguch, soprano
Larissa Diadkova, mezzo-soprano (15-25)
Konstantin Pluzhnikov, tenor
Ilya Levinsky, tenor (1-14)

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

Date: 1996
Label: RCA

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Dmitri Shostakovich - Words of Michelangelo; etc. (Ildar Abdrazakov; Gianandrea Noseda)


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Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • (01) Suite on Words of Michelangelo, Op. 145a
  • (12) Six Romances on Verses by Raleigh, Burns & Shakespeare, Op. 140
  • (18) October, symphonic poem, Op. 132

Ildar Abdrazakov, bass
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Date: 2006
Label: Chandos

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Monday, August 16, 2021

Dmitri Shostakovich - The Bedbug; Love and Hate (Mark Fitz-Gerald)


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Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • (01) The Bedbug, Op. 19 (Incidental Music)
  • (16) Love and Hate, Op. 38 (Film Music, reconstr. Mark Fitz-Gerald)

Mannheim Opera Choir
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Mark Fitz-Gerald, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: Naxos

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Sunday, August 15, 2021

Dmitri Shostakovich - Violin Concertos (Alina Ibragimova)


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Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • (01) Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
  • (05) Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129

Alina Ibragimova, violin
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov'
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Hyperion

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Saturday, August 14, 2021

Mieczysław Weinberg - Violin Concerto; Sonata for 2 Violins (Gidon Kremer)


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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg
  • (01) Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 67
  • (05) Sonata for 2 Violins, Op. 69

Gidon Kremer, violin
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (1-4)
Daniele Gatti, conductor
Madara Pētersone, violin (5-7)

Date: 2021
Label: Accentus

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Friday, August 13, 2021

Mieczysław Weinberg - Symphony No. 6; Easy Pieces for Piano (Laurent Wagner; Elisaveta Blumina)


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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg
  • (01) Symphony No. 6, Op. 79
  • (06) 21 Easy Pieces, Op. 34

Konzertchor Rutheneum
Philharmonisches Orchestra Altenburg Gera
Laurent Wagner, conductor
Elisaveta Blumina, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Klanglogo

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

Mieczysław Weinberg - Works for Cello & Orchestra (Raphael Wallfisch)


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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg
  • (01) Cello Concerto, Op. 43
  • (05) Fantasy, Op. 52
  • (06) Concertino, Op. 43bis

Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: cpo

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Various Composers - Silver Age (Daniil Trifonov)


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Composer: Alexander Scriabin; Igor Stravinsky; Sergei Prokofiev

CD1:
  • (01) Stravinsky - Serenade in A
  • (05) Prokofiev - Sarcasms, Op. 17
  • (10) Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84
  • (13) Prokofiev - 3 Pieces from "Cinderella", Op. 95: II. Gavotte
  • (14) Stravinsky - The Firebird (transc. Guido Agosti)
CD2:
  • (01) Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
  • (05) Stravinsky - 3 Movements from "Petrushka"
  • (08) Scriabin - Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20

Daniil Trifonov, piano
Mariinsky Theater Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Sergei Prokofiev - Symphonies Nos. 1-3 (Andrew Litton)


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Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • (01) Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical'
  • (05) Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40
  • (13) Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor

Date: 2020

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Monday, August 9, 2021

Sergei Prokofiev - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 (Andrew Litton)


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Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • (01) Symphony No. 4 in C major, Op. 112 (revised version, 1947)
  • (05) Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 131

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor

Date: 2016

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Sunday, August 8, 2021

Sergei Prokofiev; Nikolai Myaskovsky - Cello Concertos (Mischa Maisky)


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Composer: Sergei Prokofiev; Nikolai Myaskovsky
  • (01) Prokofiev - Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 125
  • (04) Myaskovsky - Cello Concerto, Op. 66

Mischa Maisky, cello
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

Date: 1996
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Saturday, August 7, 2021

Sergei Prokofiev; Béla Bartók - Symphony No. 5; Concerto for Orchestra (George Szell)


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Composer: Sergei Prokofiev; Béla Bartók
  • (01) Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
  • (05) Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz. 116

Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor

Date: 1959; 1965
Label: Sony Classical

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Friday, August 6, 2021

Nikolai Myaskovsky - Piano Sonatas (Murray McLachlan)


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Composer: Nikolai Myaskovsky

CD1:
  • (01) Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 6
  • (05) Piano Sonata No. 3 in C minor. Op. 19
  • (06) Piano Sonata No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 2
  • (09) Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 13
CD2:
  • (01) Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 27
  • (04) Piano Sonatine in E minor, Op. 57
  • (07) Piano Sonata No. 5 in B major, Op. 64 No. 1
  • (11) Prelude & Rondo-Sonata, Op. 58 'Song & Rhapsody'
CD3:
  • (01) Rondo-Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 58
  • (02) Piano Sonata No. 8 in D minor, Op. 83
  • (05) Piano Sonata No. 9 in F major, Op. 84
  • (08) Reminiscences, Op. 29
  • (14) Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, Op. 82
  • (17) Yellowed Leaves, Op. 31
  • (23) Scherzo from String Quartet No. 5, Op. 47

Murray McLachlan, piano
Date: 2015
Label: Alto (licensed by Olympia)

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Thursday, August 5, 2021

Nikolai Tcherepnin - Narcisse et Echo; La princesse lointaine (Łukasz Borowicz)


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Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin
  • (01) Prelude to 'La princesse lointaine', Op. 4
  • (02) Narcisse et Echo, Op. 40

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: cpo

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Nikolai Medtner - Songs (Sofia Fomina; Alexander Karpeyev)


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Composer: Nikolai Medtner
  • (01) 6 Poems by Pushkin, Op. 36
  • (07) 5 Poems by Tyutchev & Fet, Op. 37
  • (12) 4 Songs, Op. 45
  • (16) 7 Poems, Op. 46

Sofia Fomina, soprano
Alexander Karpeyev, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Chandos

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Alexander Dargomyzhsky - Romances (Anastasia Prokofieva; Sergey Rybin)


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Composer: Alexander Dargomyzhsky
  1. Au bal
  2. Upon the expanse of heavens 
  3. Sierra Nevada is shrouded in mists... (second version)
  4. I am in love, beautiful maiden
  5. La sincère
  6. Sixteen years
  7. Thou and You
  8. How often I listen...
  9. Jamais
  10. Night Zephyr (first version)
  11. Vanne, o rosa fortunata
  12. Foolish one, I still love him!
  13. The secret garden
  14. The fire of desire burns in my blood
  15. Ô, ma charmante
  16. I won't tell anyone
  17. I am saddened
  18. Dieu qui sourit
  19. Don't call her heavenly (second version)
  20. Spanish romance
  21. The youth and the maiden
  22. You'll soon forget me
  23. Don't ask
  24. Enchant me, enchant!
  25. We parted proudly
  26. I loved you

Anastasia Prokofieva, soprano
Sergey Rybin, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Stone Records

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Monday, August 2, 2021

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Romances (Marina Prudenskaya; Cord Garben)


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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  1. When the golden cornfield waves, Op. 40 No. 1
  2. Across the midnight sky, Op. 40 No. 2
  3. In the quiet of the night, Op. 40 No. 3
  4. Softly the spirit flew up to Heaven, Op. 27 No. 1
  5. Oh, if thou couldst for one moment, Op. 39 No. 1
  6. The west dies out in the distant pallid rose, Op. 39 No. 2
  7. Silence descends on the golden cornfields, Op. 39 No. 3
  8. Sleep, my poor friend, Op. 39 No. 4
  9. The wave breaks into spray, Op. 46 No. 1
  10. Not a sound from the sea, Op. 46 No. 2
  11. The waves rise up like mountains, Op. 46 No. 5
  12. The lark sings louder, Op. 43 No. 1
  13. Not the wind, blowing from the heights, Op. 43 No. 2
  14. Quietly evening falls, Op. 4 No. 4
  15. A whisper, a gentle breath, Op. 42 No. 1
  16. I have come to greet thee, Op. 42 No. 2
  17. Hebrew Song, Op. 7 No. 2
  18. Switezianka, Op. 7 No. 3
  19. My spoiled darling, Op. 42 No. 4
  20. Southern Night, Op. 3 No. 2
  21. Lean thy cheek to mine, Op. 2 No. 1
  22. From my tears, Op. 2 No. 4
  23. Night, Op. 8 No. 2
  24. Upon the Georgian Hills, Op. 3 No. 4
  25. The clouds begin to scatter, Op. 42 No. 3
  26. Do not sing to me, fair maiden, Op. 51 No. 2
  27. Withered flower, Op. 51 No. 3
  28. The Beauty, Op. 51 No. 4
  29. Awakening, Op. 55 No. 1
  30. Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale, Op. 2 No. 2

Marina Prudenskaya, mezzo-soprano
Cord Garben, piano

Date: 2017
Label: cpo

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