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It’s remarkable how Nikolai Miaskovsky’s final symphony, composed in 1949, sounds as if it had been written even earlier than his 1923 Symphony No. 6.
Naxos’ Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty recordings are from early in the label’s history (1989 and 1991, respectively) when it often employed Eastern European orchestras–in this
These works come from the early 1900s when Glazunov was established as a successful composer in his native Russia. He had also become conservative, looking
Valeri Polyansky leads a moderately effective rendition of Glazunov’s Sixth Symphony with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, which cultivates a suitably dark and brass-rich sound.
Scherbakov and Yablonsky collaborate on a very good account of the Second Piano Concerto. The opening piano solo has the right chiming-bell quality, and both
This is an odd release, hardly the last word in Wagner performances, but worthy in several respects. In addition to presenting the Immolation Scene from
By releasing recordings just because it can, rather than because it should, Chandos is making a classic “big label” mistake with its ongoing CD series
Polyansky’s appalling Rachmaninov series comes to an end (hopefully) with this thoroughly second rate recording of the First Symphony. There’s no need to waste much
Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 is a work of such melodic and rhythmic ingenuity and superior craftsmanship that it hardly seems possible for a competent
Following on Valery Gergiev’s decent traversal of Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky with the Kirov Orchestra for Philips comes yet another all-Russian attempt to do justice to
