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LIADOV; ANATOLY
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Nelly Akopian-Tamarina In Slow Motion
If you’ve heard Nelly Akopian-Tamarina’s self-indulgent Schumann and glacially slow Brahms recordings, you’ll know what to expect from these 2008/09 live Wigmore Hall performances. In…
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Petrenko Does Suk, But That’s A Good Thing
Interest in conductor Kirill Petrenko has naturally increased since the announcement that he would be taking over from Simon Rattle as music director of the…
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Essential Markevitch on DG Originals
In these days of big boxes, DG really ought to […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a…
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Stravinsky: Petrushka
There is absolutely nothing above the ordinary here. Thierry Fischer’s choice of the original version of Petrushka could have been interesting, but the crowd scenes…
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Russian Nights/Cincinnati Pops SACD
Telarc’s new Russian orchestral works collection offers the usual serving of the standard repertoire but also spices up the collection with such items as Liadov’s…
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Suk: Summer ‘s Tale; Liadov: Enchanted Lake
Suk’s A Summer’s Tale (as it’s translated here) is one of the most masterful and beautiful of all large late-Romantic orchestral works. Mahler had planned…
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Rachmaninov: Sonata 2, etc /Kern
Olga Kern has the fingers of steel, huge sound, and lyrical instincts to put over late-Romantic Russian repertoire the way it should be heard. What’s…
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Liadov: Baba Yaga/BBC Philharmonic
It’s good to have a new, well-played and -recorded collection of music by this most lazy of composers, best known as the guy whose inaction…
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Mussorgsky: Pictures/Szell
Sony Masterworks’ new “Expanded Edition” offers well-known recordings newly remastered using DSD technology, along with “bonus” material extending the playing time of the original LP…
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Liadov – orchestral works. Gunzenhauser
Collectors seeking a budget introduction to the orchestral music of Anatol Liadov might find this inviting, but congested sound and low-grade playing are serious deterrents.…
