classical music: Neeme Järvi

classical music: Neeme Järvi

classical music:

Neeme Järvi

Sheherazade: An Oriental Night with the Berliner Philharmoniker [DVD Video]

Euroarts, 2007

Great concert recording
Superb sound, great concert. Janine Jansen is electric. Saw an excerpt and bought the DVD, was not disappointed.

Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra

Carl-Gustaf Holmgren, Håkan Hagegård, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

It's all here
Norwegian-born Edvard Grieg has created many works for the orchestra, and this 6-CD box set contains almost all of them. Neeme Jarvi handles the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the choirs very well. The sound is crystal clear and has the perfect digital sound for ...

Wagner: The Ring - An Orchestral Adventure [Hybrid SACD]

Richard Wagner, Neeme Järvi, ...

Chandos, 2008

Awesome Ring of orchestral music
I own several versions of Wagner's orchestral ring cycle from conductors like Stokowski,Dorati, Karajan, Ormandy, Maazel, to name a few. What makes this one stand out is the pace of the music, the Scottish orchestra under Jarvi did an excellent job. Tracks 4 & 5 made ...

Dvorak: Complete 9 Symphonies
Antonin Dvorak, Jirí Belohlávek, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2008

Antonin Dvoøák, together with Smetana and Janáèek, is considered the most important nationalist composer of what is now known as the Czech republic. His music not just incorporates folk music but also influences of the Classical composers (whom he admired) and for instance of his close friend Brahms. In his symphonies, however, he let the ...

Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Capriccio espagnol

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Neeme Järvi, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2001

Rimsky Korsakov CD
I have several versions of Sheherazade and this has become one of my favorites. First, it is beautifully recorded with refined balances of the orchestra's scale and nuance. Second, it captures something quite beyond the obvious well known composition; a magical ...

Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution; The Stone Flower [Excerpts]

Sergey Prokofiev, Neeme Järvi, ...

Chandos, 1994

Lousy Propaganda, Super Choral Music from Prokofiev
Yes, this is an indispensable recording for lovers of Prokofiev. The Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, which Prokofiev showed to his colleague Myaskovsky and others with negative results, was presumably shelved by the composer because he ...

The Best Of Saint-Saëns

Anne Martindale Williams, Maurice Gendron, ...

Philips, 1994

Superb Collection
This was my first Saint-Saëns CD, and I did not quite know what to expect. It was love at first hear(?!). An excellent collection, ranging from the humorous "Carnival of the Animals" to the serious Organ Symphony. If you are not familiar with Saint-Saëns, I would ...

Rachmaninoff for Romance: Passionate Music For Love and Desire

Sergey Rachmaninov, Edo de Waart, ...

Philips, 1995

Beautiful
If you are a Rachmaninov fan, this CD is a must. Of all the CD's I have of Rachmaninov, this is my favorite. The orchestra's that perform capture the essence of what he composed. It is a beautiful CD guaranteed to please. As the back of the CD states, "Rachmaninov and ...

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture/ Marche Slave

Torgny Sporsen, Alexander Borodin, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1991

Thunderous!
I am a new listener to classical music and as such do not claim to have yet developed a refined ear. However, this recording has exactly the attributes other reviewers have reported. The chorus and the cannons make it. I listened on a pair of Definitive Tecnology ...

Panorama: Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Herbert von Karajan, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2000

A powerful and wonderful CD
The performances are superb. The sound quality is excellent. It is a fine choice of works by Rimsky-Korsakov (over 2 hours and 35 minutes of music). We hear one of my favorite performances of Sheherazade. And the Capriccio Espagnol. The Flight of the Bumblebee. ...

Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony; Ellington: Suite From the "River," "Solitude"

William Levi Dawson, Edward "Duke" Ellington, ...

Chandos, 2001

What a recording!
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is at its best here. On this album, they pay tribute to William Levi Dawson and Duke Ellington, with great, intelligent compositions and performances. The "Negro Folk Symphony" is a deep, ear-pleasing performance with great horn work ...

Dvorak: Symphonic Poems

Antonin Dvorak, Neeme Järvi, ...

Chandos, 1999

Jarvi and the RSNO do Dvorak's glitter and gore proud!
This 2-CD compilation is one of Chandos's generous reissues of "fillers" that accompanied Jarvi's performances of Dvorak's symphonies, but as other critics have noted, these tone poems are much more than a few extra minutes of music pinned to end of a CD. Instead ...

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.1, Op. 10/Symphony No.6, Op. 54 - Neeme Jarvi

Dmitry Shostakovich, Neeme Järvi, ...

Chandos, 1992

Incomparable
This recording tops every recording of the tenth symphony both past and present. The Tempo is deliberate and the Chandos sound is as always fantastic. The Orchestra and conductor really get into this piece from the blazing climax of the First movement to the demonic ...

Rachmaninov: Complete Operas (Aleko, The Miserly Knight, Francesca di Rimini)

Sergey Rachmaninov, Neeme Järvi, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2004

A Very Different Rachamninoff!!!
The great Sergei Rachmaninoff was not primarily known as an opera composer. However, his three operas have an important place in the music history books. This three-disc set includes all three of Rachamninoff's operas in their entirety (one per disc) and are ...