Shostakovich – String Quartets – Pacifica Quartet (Vol.1)

The Soviet Experience (Vol.1)

CD 1:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
String Quartet No.5 in B flat major, op.92
String Quartet No.6 in G major, op.101

CD 2:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
String Quartet No.7 in F sharp minor, op.108
String Quartet No.8 in C minor, op.110
Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950):
String Quartet No.13 in A minor, op.86

Pacifica Quartet

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Scriabin, Myaskovsky, Prokofiev – Works for Piano – Sviatoslav Richter (Melodiya Edition X)

Vol.10 Melodiya Series

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
12 Etudes
Piano Sonata No.6, op.62
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950):
Piano Sonata No.3 in C minor, op.19
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Piano Sonata No.7 in B flat major, op.83

Sviatoslav Richter - piano

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Taneyev – Suite de Concert; Miaskovsky – Cello Concerto – Various Artists

Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915):
Suite de Concert, op.28 for Violin and Orchestra *
Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950):
Cello Concerto, op.66 +

David Oistrakh - violin *
Mstislav Rostropovich - cello +
Philharmonia Orchestra * +
Nicolai Malko - conductor *
Sir Malcolm Sargent - conductor +

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Lysenko, Scriabin, Glazunov, Miaskovsky – Orchestral works – Stefan Blunier

Mykola Lysenko (1842-1912):
Overture to the opera "Taras Bulba"
Alexande Scriabin (1872-1915):
Le Poème de l'Extase, op.54
Rêverie, op.24
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Valse de Concert No.1 in D major, op.47
Nikolai Miaskovski (1881-1950):
Symphony No.2 in F sharp minor, op.51

Beethoven Orchester Bonn
Stefan Blunier - conductor

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Miaskovsky, Prokofiev – Works for Cello and Orchestra – Truls Mørk

CD 1:
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Sinfonia concertante for Cello and Orchestra, op.125

CD 2:
Nicolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950):
Cello Concerto in C minor, op.66

Truls Mørk - cello
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi - conductor

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Rostropovich edition [EMI]

CD 1:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104 *
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Double Concerto for Violn and Cello in A minor, op.102 +

David Oistrakh - violin +
London Philarmonic Orchestra *
Cleveland Orchestra +
Carlo Maria Giulini - conductor *
George Szell - conductor +

CD 2:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Cello Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIb:1 *
Cello Concerto in D major, Hob.VIIb:2 *
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Schelomo - Hebrew Rhapsody +

Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields *
Orchestre National de France +
Leonard Bernstein - conductor +

CD 3:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Don Quixote, op.35 *
Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950):
Cello Concerto in C minor, op.66 +

Berliner Philharmoniker *
Philharmonia Orchestra +
Herbert von Karajan - conductor *
Sir Malcolm Sargent - conductor +

Mstislav Rostropovich - cello

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Myaskovsky – Orchestral Music – Yevgeny Samoilov

remembering Nikolai Myaskovsky on his birthday

(20 April 1881 – 8 August 1950)

Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950):
Serenade for Chamber Orchestra in E flat major, op.32 no.1
Sinfonietta for String Orchestra in B minor, op.32 no.2
Lyric Concertino for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Harp & String Orchestra, op.32 no3
Salutatory Overture in C major, op.48

Moscow New Opera Orchestra
Yevgeny Samoilov - conductor

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Russian Works for Cello & Piano – VA

CD 1:
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894):
Sonata for cello & piano No. 1 in D major, Op. 18
Sonata for cello & piano No. 2 in G major, Op. 39

Michal Kaňka - cello
Jaromir Klepáč - piano

CD 2:
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943):
Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19
Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950):
Sonata for cello & piano No. 1 in D major, Op. 12
Sonata for cello & piano No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81

Michal Kaňka - cello
Jaromir Klepáč - piano

CD 3:
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887):
Sonata for cello & piano in B minor
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1972):
Suite Italienne, for cello & piano (after Pulcinella, transcribed with Gregor Piatigorsky)
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 119

Michal Kaňka - cello
Jaromir Klepáč - piano


CD 4:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Sonata for cello & piano in D minor, Op. 40 *
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894):
Three Pieces for cello & piano, Op. 11
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Ballade for cello & piano in C minor, Op. 15
Adagio for cello & piano (arr. from Cinderella, Op. 87), Op. 97bis

Michal Kaňka - cello
Jaromir Klepáč - piano

Marek Jerie - cello *

Ivan Klánský - piano *

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Myaskovsky - Violin concerto op44, Symphony No.22 - Feigin, Dmitiev, Svetlanov

Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1951):
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.44 *
Symphony No.22 in B minor, op.54+

Grigori Feigin - violin
The USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra *
The USRR Symphony Orchestra +
Alexander Dmitriev - conductor *
Yevgeny Svetlanov - conductor +

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