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Dmitry Yablonsky’s new Swan Lake recording represents one of the few instances in which Naxos breaks its general policy of non-duplicating repertoire. Yet there’s significant
Sergei Taneyev’s standing as an important Russian composer has been revived in recent years, and his Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 are considered among his
Prokofiev’s terse and irascible Symphony No. 2 comes off best when played for all its fire and bite, as in Neeme Järvi’s stunning performance (and
Glazunov’s Third symphony is far less stylistically assured than its immediate predecessor, a fact acknowledged even by his most ardent supporters, including Rimsky-Korsakov. When it’s
This disc has more reason to exist than most in Chandos’ embarrassingly bad series of recordings featuring these forces, but that doesn’t make it a
Valeri Polyansky’s Russian symphonic series for Chandos has exhibited varying levels of accomplishment, but it reaches a new low with this hopelessly blasé recording of
Alexander Grechaninov composed his Symphony No. 5 in 1936 in Paris, where he lived before emigrating to the United States, where the work was premiered
The title of this disc is somewhat misleading, as there is very little music on it originally composed by Shostakovich. The Overture (Entr’Acte) to Poor
Focusing on Ernest Bloch’s most famous Jewish pieces, this CD could have been a major event, but instead it comes as a disappointment. It’s hard
