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3 reviews
Anonymous, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Crystal Records, 1993

BUY THIS CD NOW!
This album is excellent! Three tubas and a euphonium. I especially love it for the beautiful Christmas half, tracks 18 thru 35. (It's not a new album, it's just the same album wrongly listed here as out of stock, under the title "Mighty Tubadours" [without the "The"] and a different ASIN.

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain, and Other Russian Showpieces [Hybrid SACD]

12 reviews
Modest Mussorgsky, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, ...

RCA, 2004

A Classic Treasure
Conductor Fritz Reiner is unbelievably precise with the baton with just enough emotional fervor, energy, and commitment to rouse the phenomenal Chicago players of the late 1950's to one of the greatest compilations of a colorful Russian showcase. The Pictures is one of the finest I have ever heard and the Colas Breugnon and Borodin pieces are exceptionally delightful treats. The mastering is ...

Shostakovich/Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1

5 reviews
Yo-Yo Ma, Dmitry Shostakovich, ...

Sony, 1990

Yo-Yo Ma at his best
Yo-Yo Ma is certainly at his technical best, and he conveys these two 20th-century concertos with great understanding and feeling. The Philadelphia Orchestra under Ormandy flows nicely with Ma. The Shostakovich Concerto (1957) is technically impossible, it seems, but Ma pulls it off! This post-Stalin work is a statement to the horrors of that dictator's era, and the 2nd movement 'a capella' ...

Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-4
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Eiji Oue, ...

Cpo Records, 2008

Kabalevsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3; Colas Breugnon Overture; The Comedians

1 review
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Vassily Sinaisky, ...

Chandos, 2003

First Rate Performances
Dmitri Kabalevsky has been considered a Soviet composer whose music was written with one eye over his shoulder to stay in the good graces of the Communist party; hence his music was a compromise to the taste of party officials and devoid of the irony that is typical of Shostakovish's music. However, this assessment is not atypical of his music. The second movement of Kabelevsky's Second Piano ...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

18 reviews
Alexander Borodin, Mikhail Glinka, ...

RCA, 1994

If only we had more "tyrants" like this one.
The only comparable orchestra to Reiner's late fifties Chicago Leviathan was another Midwestern ensemble a few hundred miles to the east in Cleveland (also commanded by an expatriate Hungarian Jewish maestro). It's a toss up over which orchestra was better, but this disc features ensemble playing of such overwhelming strength and authority that I can hardly think of a Szell/Cleveland recording ...

Violin Concertos [Box Set]

3 reviews
Bela Bartok, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2005

Superb survey of one of the all-time greatest violinists
We haven't been exactly short on releases by the great David Oistrakh, whether in the LP days or on CD. The trouble was that his recorded legacy - one of the most extensive in history by any violinist - has been made accessible through a multitude of labels, often in a haphazard fashion, and even more often for a very short time. The arrival of this new 10 CD-box has to be saluted for its effort ...

Appassionato

30 reviews
Yo-Yo Ma, Paquito D'Rivera, ...

SONY CLASSICS, 2007

There Aren't Enough Stars...
Of the thousands of albums/cds I have purchased in my lifetime -- were I to have to pick only one to keep -- this would be it. The mark of the collection is an exquisite sensibility and technical excellence. In several of the pieces, you can feel as if your soul, rather than musical instruments, is being played -- but nothing mundane, boring, sophomoric, sentimental, or trite. The choice of ...

Move It! Expressive Movements with Classical Music

3 reviews

Gia Publications, 2005

Love it!
I have a nine year autistic daughter who loves music and loves to dance. The format of the DVD is unusual, but appropriate for children who have difficulty processing language. There are no verbal instructions. Instead, a group of dancers of all ages and types, including a man in a wheel chair, perform simple, rhythmical movement patterns. The movements are repeated slowly and then steadily ...

Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite; Kabalevsky: The Comedians; Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien; Rimsky-Korsakov: ...

8 reviews
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Aram Khachaturian, ...

RCA, 1999

Simply BEAUTIFUL!
Many do not know Aram Khachaturian's moving, romantic music, but they would likely recognised the Sabre Dance, used everywhere commercials and cartoons or the Adagio used by Stanley Kubrick in 2001: A Space Odyssey. That frantic, almost comical Sabre Dance comes from the oh so romantic Gayne Ballet Suite along with the Adagio made famous when Kubrick chose it for his film. But it's his ...

Organ of the Mormon Tabernacle

1 review
Johann Sebastian Bach, Clay Christiansen, ...

Klavier, 1994

Best CD I Own
The sound quality of this instrument surpasses all instruments worldwide. You can hear a pin drop extremely clearly in the tabernacle the instrument is housed, making the pipe organ a highly effective sound producer. The larger 32' pipes sound just like thunderous power. A must buy for organists and organ enthusiasts.

Meeting in Moscow - Glazunov/Kabalevsky: Violin Concertos

6 reviews
Alexander Glazunov, Dmitry Kabalevsky, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1998

Great Music-making
In our era of big egos, it's refreshing to see two artists of great stature come together to celebrate the magic of Russian music. Having been fortunate enough to see both Shaham and Pletnev live in recitals, I was delighted the moment Glazunov's moderato started playing. Pletnev brings his trademark energetic elegance and Shaham virtuosity (so perfectly demonstrated in recent "Devil's Dance" CD) ...

David Oistrakh Plays Dvorák, Glazounov, Kabalevsky
Antonin Dvorak, Alexander Glazunov, ...

Preiser Records, 2005

Prokofiev: Sonata No.7/Toccata, Op.11/Barber: Sonata, Op.26/Kabalevsky: Sonata No.3/Fauré: Nocturne ...

5 reviews
Samuel Barber, Gabriel Faure, ...

RCA, 1990

Get this CD. Be amazed. Tell a friend.
This is a desert island disc if ever there was one. Let's get skip ahead and talk about the Toccata. This piece can only be described in roller-coaster terms. For 4'00" you will experience every conceivable twist and turn, the music will only slow down to gather momentum (like when you are slowly hoisted up on a bungee cord just to get ready for a free fall). Exhilerating! Don't think for ...

Violin Concertos [Box Set]

Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Symphonic Poem Spring

1 review
Alexander Rudin, Dmitry Kabalevsky, ...

Naxos, 2000

Superb music at a bargan price
If you are unfamiliar with the music of Kabalevsky, this is a great place to start. Kabalevsky's music is very melodic and extremely accessable. He wrote at the same time as Prokofiev and Shostakovich and his music has the immediate appeal of all the other Russian masters of the late 19th and early to mid twentieth centuries. His Cello Concertos are especially wonderful - but as a starting ...

David Oistrakh - Historic Russian Archives: Violin Concertos

2 reviews
Ludwig van Beethoven, Max Bruch, ...

Brilliant Classics

Track Listing:
CD1 FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY: VIOLIN CONCERTO in E minor Op. 64 1. Allegro molto appassionato 13:26 2. Andante 7:49 3. Allegretto non troppo-allegro molto vivace 6:30 ANTONIN DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 53 4. Allegro con brio 9:54 5. Adagio ma non troppo 12:42 6. Allegro giocoso ma non troppo 9:37 Total: 60:01 HISTORIC RUSSIAN ...

More George Wright At The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ Volume 3

1 review
Richard Adler, Anonymous, ...

Legacy, 1999

Outstanding Organ Music
If you enjoy the sounds that the mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ can produce - you'll enjoy this album. George Wright is probably the best ever at mastering the multiple banks of keys and pedals of this complex instrument, and the music is very relaxing and entertaining. The sounds he coaxes out of the Wurlitzer on "Quiet Village" are remarkable. Easily one of his best - excellent on either a small ...

Horowitz: The Private Collection, Vol. 2

2 reviews
Samuel Barber, Claude Debussy, ...

RCA, 1995

Vladimir Horowitz, a Champion of Modern Music?
Starting in 1945, Vladimir Horowitz engaged the Carnegie Hall Recording Company to record thirteen of his solo recitals in that venue. He paid for the recordings himself, and discontinued them after 1950, when RCA began recording his concerts there. Horowitz would listen to the 78RPM and long-playing discs from time to time, usually with of one of his students. He seems to have lost interest in ...

Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Symphonic Dances

2 reviews
Jacques Offenbach, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, ...

Angel Records, 1999

Great Performances!!!
I had to post a review to counter the other which cavils at technical aspects that, to me, are quibbles rather than major problems. Because the performances on this disc are almost without question magisterial-- indeed, for about half of the selections, they are the best and most exciting performances of the piece in question -- bar none! Of course, much depends on how well you like the pieces ...

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