Because Ballets Russes covers much familiar material, this collection of Russian dance favorites is perhaps best suited for beginners, and serious balletomanes may pass it by. Some pieces, such as Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers and the Polonaise and Waltz from Eugene Onegin, Khachaturian's Sabre Dance, and Prokofiev's "Dance of the Knights" ...
Lyadov's youthful Scherzo could have been written by a less-muscular Borodin (listen to the horn theme in the Trio: is that not Prince Igor's tune he's playing?), a more consciously lyrical Rimsky-Korsakov (listen to the piccolo tune with pizzicato accompaniment: is that not Antar peeking through the curtains?), or a less-original Glazunov (listen ...
Olga Kern's 2004 recording of transcriptions and variations by Rachmaninov was one of the great Rachmaninov recordings: soulful, sensual, strong, and deeply Slavic. Her 2005 recording of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Sonata along with his Morceaux de fantaisie is even better. For one thing, the music is better. Rachmaninov's Morceaux de fantaisie are ...
Three Centuries of Bagatelles: what a neat idea! Although most of the music comes from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- the only work that comes from eighteenth century is Couperin's Les Bagatelles (Rondeau) from Book Two of his Pièces de Clavecin -- the selection is so cool -- Beethoven's supremely well-known Bagatelle Für Elise, plus ...
Erich Kunzel's 2007 tribute to the great Russian composers is a brilliant showcase that captures the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at its most vibrant, and this multi-channel super audio CD offers exceptionally colorful music with extraordinarily realistic sound. The selections are among the most popular in the orchestral repertoire and are therefore ...
Erich Kunzel's 2007 tribute to the great Russian composers is a brilliant showcase that captures the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at its most vibrant, and this CD offers exceptionally colorful music with extraordinarily realistic sound. The selections are among the most popular in the orchestral repertoire and are therefore already familiar to most ...
Ernest Ansermet enthusiasts will be thrilled by the items chosen for inclusion in this six-disc set dedicated to the Swiss conductor with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the orchestra he founded and led. Many of them are first international CD releases -- Haydn's Symphony No. 22, Beethoven's Symphony No. 4, and Sibelius' Symphony No. 4, along ...
The premise implied by the title and chronological programming of this disc, Preludes to a Revolution -- that the sound of Russian piano music in the early twentieth century is connected to the political history of the country at the time -- does not necessarily hold up under close scrutiny. In fact, the liner notes talk more about the influences ...
While not quite in same league as his Asrael Symphony, Josef Suk's A Summer's Tale is the next best thing -- if one can use such lighthearted locutions to describe works of such immense tragedy. But where the Asrael is a funeral monument to Suk's young, dead wife, A Summers' Tale is a testimony to the healing powers of nature. In his 2002 ...
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