Stravinsky: Petrouchka • Borodin: Symphony No. 2 [Kiril Kondrashin]

The Kondrashin Recordings 12

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Petrouchka

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Symphony No. 2 in B minor

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Kiril Kondrashin

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Borodin: Symphony No. 1 [Ari Rasilainen]

Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)

Overture on three Russian themes

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

Symphony No. 1 in E flat major

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Sinfonietta on Russian themes, Op. 31

Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen

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William Steinberg • Icon (The Complete EMI Recordings) • CD 10

William Steinberg • Icon • The Complete EMI Recordings

CD 10

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
Kamarinskaya

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
The Golden Cockerel - Suite

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
The Love for Three Oranges - Suite

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
A Night on Bare Mountain

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg

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Borodin: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 [Haydn Quartet, Budapest]

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2

String Quartet No. 1 in A major
String Quartet No. 2 in D major

Haydn Quartet, Budapest

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Russian Chamber Music • CD 7 [Borodin Quartet]

Russian Chamber Music

CD 7 Russian Miniatures

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
String Quartet No. 2 in D major: III. Notturno - Andante

Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (1902-1963)
String Quartet No. 5 in F major, Op. 33 "Slavonic": I. Scherzo

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
String Quartet No. 1: I. Romance

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
20 Visions Fugitives, Op. 22: Nos. 16, 10, 17 & 14

Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg (1919-1996)
String Quartet No.7 in F major, Op. 59: I. Intermezzo - Allegretto

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Children's Album (Album Pour Enfants), Op. 39: Nos. 16, 17, 15, 18, 19 & 20

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Canon In Memorian Igor Stravinsky

Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
5 Novelettes, Op. 15: No. 5 Valse

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11: II. Andante Cantabile

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Trois Pièces for String Quartet

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Serenata Alla Spagnola in D minor: Allegretto

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Two Pieces for String Quartet

Borodin Quartet

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111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon • Edition 2 CD 53 • Opera Arias [Bryn Terfel, James Levine]

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon Edition 2

CD 53 Opera Arias

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492: "Non più andrai"
Don Giovanni, KV 527: "Deh! vieni alla finestra"
Don Giovanni, KV 527: "Madamina, il catalogo è questo"
Così fan tutte, KV 588: "Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo"
Die Zauberflöte, KV 620: "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Tannhäuser: "Wie Todesahnung... O du mein holder Abendstern"
Der fliegende Holländer: "Die Frist ist um"

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: "Allez... Scintille, diamant"

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Faust: "Vous qui faites l'endormie"

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor: "Ni sna ni otdycha izmucennoj duse"

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Don Pasquale: "Bella siccome un angelo"

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
La Cenerentola: "Miei rampolli femminini"

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Macbeth: "Perfidi! All'anglo contro me v'unite!"
Falstaff: "Ehi! paggio!... L'onore!"

Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
James Levine

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The Rarest Recordings [Willem Mengelberg]

Willem Mengelberg

The Rarest Recordings

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043 "Double"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Serenade No. 13 in G major, KV 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Marche Militaire No. 1 in D major, D 733
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 H 111: Excerpts

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
In the Steppes of Central Asia

Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
Willem Mengelberg

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Leopold Stokowski • Conductor

Leopold Stokowski

Conductor

CD 1

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Scheherazade, Op. 35

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Solitude, Op. 73 No. 6

CD 2

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
L'Arlésienne (excerpts)

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Le Carnaval des Animaux

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Nutcracker, Op. 71a

CD 3

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV582

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
The Swan of Tuonela
Kuolema: Valse triste

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Poem of Ecstacy, Op. 54
Prometheus - The Poem of Fire, Op. 60

CD 4

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24*

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Prelude in E flat minor, Op. 34 No. 14*

The Philadelphia Orchestra
*The All American Youth Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski

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Récital [Nicolai Ghiaurov]

Mélodies Russes

CD 1

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
None but the lonely heart Op. 6 No. 6
Not a word, O my friend Op. 6 No. 2
Don Juan's Serenade Op. 38 No. 1
It was in early spring (At the ball) Op. 38 No. 2
Amid the noise of the ball Op. 38 No. 3
I bless you, forests ("The Pilgrim's Song") Op. 47 No. 5

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
For the Shores of Thy Far Native Land (Dlya beregov otchiznï dal'noy)

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
The Night Review (Nochnoy smotr) G. x165

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
Melody in F major Op. 3 No. 1

Aleksandr Dargomïzhsky (1813-1869)
Chervyak (The Worm)
Nochnoi defir stroont efir (The Night Zephyr Stirs the Air)
Stariy kapral (The Old Corporal)

Zlatina Ghiaurov (piano)

CD 2

Anonymous
Utyos (The cliff)
Eh, Ukhnyem (Song of the Volga Boatmen)
Dubinushka
Bandura
Stjenka razin (Those Were the Days)
Vdolj po Peterskoy (Along the Peterskaya Road)
Vtyomnon lesye (In the dark forest)
Ochi chornye (Dark eyes)
Nochenka (Little Night)
Dvenadsat' razboynikov (The Twelve Brigands)
Proshchai radost (Farewell, joy)

Kaval Chorus
Kaval Orchestra
Atanas Margaritov

Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)

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Dances and Waves [Vienna Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel]

Schönbrunn 2012 Summer Night Concert

Dances and Waves

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Polonaise

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Dance of the Persian Slaves

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

Polovtsian Dances

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

La Mer

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Dance of the Seven Veils

Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)

Dance of the Hours

Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)

Wiener Blut

Jerónimo Giménez (1854-1923)

Intermezzo

Vienna Philharmonic

Gustavo Dudamel

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Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Borodin: Russian Music [Paris Conservatory Orchestra, André Cluytens]

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Russian Easter Overture, Op.36

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Night on Bald Mountain

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

In The Steppes Of Central Asia

Paris Conservatory Orchestra

André Cluytens

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade • Borodin: Polovtsian Dances ('Prince Igor') [Thomas Beecham]

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Scheherazade, Op. 35¹

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

Polovtsian Dances (from 'Prince Igor')²

¹Steven Staryk (solo violin)
²Beecham Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham

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Borodin: String Quartet No. 1 in A, String Quartet No. 2 in D [Borodin String Quartet]

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

String Quartet No. 1 in A major
String Quartet No. 2 in D major

Borodin String Quartet

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Voices of Russian Opera

CD 1

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
A Life for the Tsar, Act I: Antonida's Cavatina and Rondo

Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano)

A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Brother, in the darkness

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: My poor horse is dead

Mela Bugarinović (contralto)

A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: They begin to guess the truth
A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Not so long ago, at home
A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Death of Susanin

Boris Christoff (bass)

Ruslan and Ludmila, Act III: Farlaf's Rondo

Aleksandr Dargomïzhsky (1813-1869)
Rusalka, Act I: Song of the Miller
Rusalka, Act III: Mad Scene and Death of the Miller

Feodor Chaliapin (bass)

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor, Act I: Prince Galitsky's Aria

Boris Christoff (bass)

Prince Igor, Act II: Konchakovna's Aria

Reni Penkova (mezzo-soprano)

Prince Igor, Act II: Vladimir's Aria

Todor Todorov (tenor)

CD 2

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor, Act II: Prince Igor's Aria

Constantin Chekerliiski (baritone)

Prince Igor, Act II: Khan Konchak's Aria

Boris Christoff (bass)

Prince Igor, Act IV: Yaroslavna's Lament

Julia Wiener (soprano)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Boris Godunov, Prologue: O ye faithful! Boris will not yield

Jacques Mars (baritone)

Boris Godunov, Prologue: Coronation Scene

Martti Talvela (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act I: Pimen's Narrative

Leonard Mróz (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act I: In the Town of Kazan

Aage Haugland (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act II: Song of the Gnat

Lydia Romanova (mezzo-soprano)

Boris Godunov, Act II: Clapping Game

Ana Alexieva (mezzo-soprano), Mela Bugarinović (contralto)

Boris Godunov, Act II: Boris's Monologue

Martti Talvela (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act II: Tale of the Parakeet

Wiera Baniewicz (contralto)

Boris Godunov, Act II: In the cathedral of Ulglich

Bohdan Paprocki (tenor)

Boris Godunov, Act II: Clock Scene

Feodor Chaliapin (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act III: Marina's Aria

Evelyn Lear (soprano)

Boris Godunov, Act III: Marina/Rangoni Duet

Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano), Kim Borg (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act III: Dmitri's Aria

Dimitr Ouzounov (tenor)

Boris Godunov, Act III: That wily Jesuit has firmly seized me

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

Boris Godunov, Act IV: Shuisky's Evidence

André Bielecki (tenor)

CD 3

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Boris Godunov, Act IV: Hear ye, noble Boyars

Andrzej Hiolski (baritone)

Boris Godunov, Act IV: Simpleton's Song

Kiril Dulguerov (tenor)

Boris Godunov, Act IV: Flow, flow, o bitter tears

Paulos Raptis (tenor)

Boris Godunov, Act IV: Boris's Farewell and Prayer
Boris Godunov, Act IV: Death of Boris

Boris Christoff (bass)

Songs and Dances of the Death: The Field Marshal

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

Sorochintsy, Act I: Why cry and lament, my poor eart?

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

Khovanshchina, Act V: Dosifei's Aria

Boris Christoff (bass)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Eugene Onegin, Act I: Tatyana's Letter Scene

Lucia Popp (soprano)

Eugene Onegin, Act II: Lensky's Aria

Rolando Villazón (tenor)

Eugene Onegin, Act III: Prince Gremin's Aria

Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)

The Queen of Spades, Act I: Forgive me, loveliest of creatures

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

The Queen of Spades, Act III: It is close on midnight already

Lucia Popp (soprano)

The Queen of Spades, Act III: What is our life? A game!

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

The Snow Maiden: Lel's Song

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

CD 4

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
May Night, Act I: The sun sinks low
Sadko, Scene 2: Oh, you dark little wood

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

Sadko, Scene 2: Lullaby of the Sea Princess

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

Sadko, Scene 4: Song of the Viking Guest

Feodor Chaliapin (bass)

The Snow Maiden, Act II: Nature, sacred sweet

Dmitri Smirnov (tenor)

The Tsar's Bride, Act II: Marfa's Scene and Aria

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Act III: Prince Yuri's Aria

Boris Christoff (bass)

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Aleko: Romance of the Young Gypsy

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

Aleko: Aleko's Aria

Feodor Chaliapin (bass)

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
War and Peace, Scene 3: What right have they?

Lucia Popp (soprano)

Ivan the Terrible Op. 116: Song about the Beaver

Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano)

Ivan the Terrible Op. 116: Feodor Basmanov's Song

Anatoly Mokrenko (baritone)

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act I: Oh, I don't feel like sleep

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act II: That's what old age means

Dimiter Petkov (bass)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act III: Only a lady friend of mine

Robert Tear (tenor)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act III: The police were formed

Aage Haugland (bass)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act IV: In the wood, right in a grove

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act IV: Thank you Katerina Lvovna

Birgit Finnilä (mezzo-soprano)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act IV: We trudge along day after day

Alexander Malta (bass)

CD 5 Singers of Imperial Russia

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
A Life for the Tsar, Act II: I look over the bare fields

Marie Michailova (soprano)

A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Ah, not to me, poor wretch

Eugenia Zbrueva (contralto)

A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: They guess the truth

Vladimir Kastorsky (bass)

Ruslan and Ludmila, Act III: O my Ratmir!

Marianne Tcherkasskaya (soprano)

Alexander Serov (1820-1871)
Judith: I shal don my robe of byssus

Natalia Yuzhina (soprano)

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
The Demon: On desire's soft, fleeting wing

Andrei Labinsky (tenor)

The Demon: In the quiet of the night

Nina Koshetz (soprano)

The Demon: Accursed world

Joachim Tartakov (baritone)

Nero: Epithalamium

Nikolai Shevelev (baritone)

César Cui (1835-1918)
Prisoner of the Caucasus: The sun was brightly shining

Ivan Grizunov (baritone)

Eduard Nápravník (1839-1916)
Dubrovsky: O give me oblivion

Dmitri Smirnov (tenor)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Oprichnik: I swear before God and thee

Nikolai Figner (tenor)

Eugene Onegin, Act II: In your house

Dmitri Smirnov (tenor)

Eugene Onegin, Act III: Lensky's Aria

Leonid Sobinov (tenor)

The Maid of Orleans, Act I: Farewell to the forests

Vera Petrova-Zvantseva (mezzo-soprano)

The Queen of Spades, Act III: It is midnight

Medea Mei-Figner (soprano)

Iolanthe, Act I: Why have I not known this before?

Lydia Lipkowska (soprano)

Iolanthe: My lord, if I offend

Lev Sibiriakov (bass)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
The Snow Maiden, Prologue: Gathering berries

Antonina Nezhdanova (soprano)

Aleksandr Grechaninov (1864-1956)
Dobrinya Nikitich: Flowers were blooming

Leonid Sobinov (tenor)

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• Voices of German Opera
• Voices of Italian Opera

Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 [Pražák Quartet]

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Cello Sonata in B minor
Piano Quintet in C minor

Pražák Quartet
Jaromír Klepáč (piano)

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Borodin: Symphony No. 2, On the Steppes of Central Asia • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture [Anton Nanut, Marko Munih]

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

Symphony No. 2
On the Steppes of Central Asia*

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

1812 Overture

Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra
Anton Nanut
*Marko Munih

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Rimski-Korsakov, Borodine: Orchestral Works [Anima Eterna]

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Scheherazade, Op. 35*

La grande Pâque russe, Op. 36: Ouverture

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

In the Steppes of Central Asia

Prince Igor: Les danses polovtsiennes

*Midori Seiler (violin)

Anima Eterna

Jos van Immerseel

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Manuel Rosenthal, Un Portrait

CD1

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Salut Printemps

Invocation

Danse (Tarentelle styrienne)

La Mer

Marche écossaise

Prélude a l'après-midi d'un faune

Nocturnes

CD2

Sarabande

Images

Jeux

Modeste Moussorgski (1839-1881)

Une nuit sure le Mont Chauve

Alexandre Borodine (1822-1887)

Dans les steppes de l'Asie centrale

CD3

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Alborada del gracioso

Rapsodie espagnole

Ma mère l'Oye

La Valse

Boléro

CD4

Daphnis et Chloé

Valse nobles et sentimentales

CD5

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Menuet antique

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Le vol du bourdon

La grande Pâque russe

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovsky (1840-1893)

Capriccio italien

CD6

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

Le Tricorne (Trois danses)

L'amour sorcier

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

Iberia

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

L'apprenti sorcier

Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris

Manuel Rosenthal

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