classical music: Mikhail Glinka

classical music: Mikhail Glinka

classical music:

Mikhail Glinka

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

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 ...

Best Classics 100 Volume 2

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jacqueline du Pré, ...

Angel Records, 2006

Excellent listening
I purchased Volume 1 and 2 at the same time and in the short time I have had them I have listened to all selections at least once and some twice or more and my conclusion is that this is an excellet buy and addition to your music library. Selections in Vol 2 are less ...

Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

Johann Sebastian Bach, Mikhail Glinka, ...

RCA, 2002

Great recording
Kissin once again demonstrates unusually limpid playing and fine taste. The Bach/Busoni is excellent. I really like Busoni's transcription, perhaps even more so than the one he did of Chaconne. This transcription was made to order for Kissin's sonorous side. To ...

The Best of the Royal Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestras [Box Set]
Tomaso Albinoni, Leroy Anderson, ...

Platinum Disc, 1999

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

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 ...

Echoes of a Waterfall: Romantic Harp Music

Susan Drake

Hyperion UK, 2003

Classical Music played on a harp
I bought a copy of this CD for a young friend with a year old child. It is very soothing, sleepy-time music. I would also recommend it as background music for therapeutic massages, facials, etc. It is relaxation music if you feel stressed out. If you are familiar ...

The London Horn Sound

Zequinha de Abreu, Hector Berlioz, ...

Cala, 2006

absolutely Inspirational
This is THE CD I listen to on the way to rehearsal. It truly inspires me to do my absolute best! You've got to love Roman Carnival - so excellent! I would recommend this CD to anyone, especially horn and brass players. These performers are just phenomenal. What ...

Music for Solo Harp

Elizabeth Hainen

Naxos, 2002

Gorgeous!
For a long time, I've loved music for the solo harp. For a long time, too, I've (please forgive me) not been a fan of the market of solo harp recordings. Why? Honestly, it comes down to the selection of peices. That is, too many solo harp records either tend to fall ...

Best of the Red Army Choir

Red Army Choir

Silva America, 2002

The state of art!
"The red Army Choir" is one of those ensembles that simply can not be forgotten and much less ignored of our minds once you listen them. This golden compilation encloses an essential chapter of the most gleaming and emotive Russian sentiment expressed through famous ...

Glinka: Orchestral Works

Mikhail Glinka, Vassily Sinaisky, ...

Chandos, 2001

Timeless. Priceless. Human. Historical. Sincere. Genuine,
This is a gem for people who are musically literate......meaning that this CD is in your collection not because you were forced to listen to it, or because it's fashionable, or because you are a paid performer in music. But, because of your global perspective of ...

Famous Overtures
Ludwig van Beethoven, Mikhail Glinka, ...

Golden Classics, 2004

Famous Classical Waltzes, Overtures, Dance
Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, ...

Platinum Disc, 2005

Nocturnes (Complete) [Box Set]

Charles-Valentin Alkan, Frederic Chopin, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2005

some parallels
The idea of creating a "nocturnal anthology" is an excellent one, and I wonder how nobody has thought of it until very recently. Van Oort's creation is not entirely unique. Similar disk entitled "Nocturnal World" and performed by Dimiter Terziev has appeared recently ...

Thunder & Lightning

Gottlob Frick, Martti Talvela, ...

Decca, 1998

Big, Beautiful Music!
This collection is great fun. I can't imagine a better way to drive home from work on a Fri afternoon than listening to Solti's "Thunder and Lightning" LOUD on an excellent car stereo. Order and ENJOY!!:)

Martha Argerich & Friends Live from the Lugano Festival, 2007

Jorge Bosso, Marc Drobinsky, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

More great chamber music from Lugano, even with an overload of piano duos
Before commenting on the contents of the latest installment of chamber music from the Lugano Festival in Switzerland, here's the detailed playlist: Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz 75 Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Martha Argerich (piano) Beethoven: Piano Trio ...