classical music: Sergei Leiferkus     classical music:     Sergei Leiferkus      Angels of Ecstasy / Heppner, Kasarova, Ozawa, Davis, Sweet Gustav Mahler, Gabriel Fauré, ... RCA, 1999 Angelic ecstasy A splendid collection of orchestral religious music. Soothing, exquisite, and an excellent cross section. Brahms, Lloyd-Weber, Mascagni, Faure and many others with pieces selected for beautiful contemplative listening. A perfect musical elegy for rainy wintry days, ...             Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov / Kotscherga, Ramey, Lipovsek, Larin, Leiferkus, Langridge, Abbado Valentina Valente Sony, 1994 THE definitive Shostakovich version If I had to recommend Boris to anyone, I would first say that there ARE two versions. Secondly, both ARE worth getting. Thirdly, this IS the definitive "Shostakovich version"; and fourthly, the definitive "Rimsky-Korsakov arrangement" is that conducted by Herbert ...             Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov Robert Lloyd, Olga Borodina Philips, 2002 Boris Godunov I think that this DVD is the greatest opera DVD in my collection. The production itself is beautiful. All of the singers are fabulous. Rarely (particularly in a live production)are all of the singers first rate. The tessitura for Dimitri is a killer. The tenor ...             Otello / Verdi, Domingo, Studer, Leiferkus, Vargas, D. Graves, Schade, D'Arcangelo, Chung Giuseppe Verdi, Myung-Whun Chung, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1994 Not Domingo's Best: Third Time Is Not Always A Charm Bad Casting Choices This 90's Deutsche Grammophone recording of Otello is Placido Domingo's third studio recording but is not by any means his best. Although he sings with great passion and power, he has sung better Otellos. Look to his Otello with Mirella Freni ( a rare one and his ...             Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame / Gergiev, Grigorian, Leiferkus, Kirov Opera Gegam Grigorian, Sergei Leiferkus Philips, 2002 Your positive reviews have convinced me to get this DVD. Being a complete fan of all Peter I. Tchaikovsky works I will get this DVD. I have recently purchased "The Tchaikovsky Handbook, A Guide to the Man and His Music, Volume 1 by Alexander Poznansky. In this book it says that Tchaikovsky wrote 11 operas and that there ...             Mahler: Das klagende Lied [Hybrid SACD] Sergei Leiferkus, Gustav Mahler, ... San Francisco Sym, 2007             Gianni Schicchi [Blu-ray] Alessandro Corbelli, Sergei Leiferkus BBC / Opus Arte, 2008 a real operatic bargain Gianni Schicchi and the Dark Knight are at first sight an unlikely couple but the booklet explains why they have been linked. Schicchi is now a very popular black comedy but the knight's tale is really grim. The music however is pure Rachmaninov and well worth repeat ...             Rachmaninoff: Complete Songs Sergei Leiferkus, Sergey Rachmaninov, ... Brilliant Classics, 2008 The best recording of the Rachmaninov songs at an unbeatably low price If one loves Rachmaninov and doesn't know his songs, one is missing a LOT! They are every bit as important, richly detailed and appealing as anything in his oeuvre. As is the case with all composers of "art song," only a handful of Rachmaninov's 85 songs are performed ...             Verdi - Otello / Solti, Domingo, Te Kanawa, Royal Opera Covent Garden Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa Kultur Video, 2001 An OTELLO for the Ages I have known and loved this OTELLO for nearly ten years now, having first watched it on videotape. The Elijah Moshinsky production for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, taped live in 1992, features what could be Placido Domingo's definitive version of a role he began ...             Shostakovich: Symphony No13, Op113; Yevtushenko: Babi Yar [Recitation] Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Dmitry Shostakovich, ... Teldec, 1994 An Historically Important Event Odd, that despite the paucity of actual performances of this, Shostakovich's intensely felt Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar", there are close to fifty recordings in the literature. This is a work that is difficult to 'get wrong' as the music is straight forward, immensely ...             Moussorgski: Chansons Sergei Leiferkus, Sergey Yakovenko, ... Bmg Int'l, 2006 Artist & Repertoires Series.             Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame / Davis, Marusin, Gustafson, Palmer, London Philharmonic Yuri Marusin, Nancy Gustafson Image Entertainment, 1999 Horrifying terrific production This is the best acted and sung production of The Queen of Spades I've ever seen. The set looks bizzarre at first, but, as soon as Herman enters the abstruct painting on the leaning walls starts to make sense. It symbolizes Herman's horrifying descent into madness. ...             Rachmaninov - The Miserly Knight / Leiferkus, Berkeley-Steele, Schagidullin, Voynarovskiy, Mikhailov, ... Sergei Leiferkus, Richard Berkeley-Steele BBC / Opus Arte, 2005 Rachmaninoff's Claustrophobic Masterpiece Beautifully Done This production of Rachmaninoff's opera, 'The Miserly Knight,' was part of a double-bill on the theme of avarice at Glyndebourne in July 2004. The other opera on the bill was Puccini's 'Gianni Schicchi,' already reviewed glowingly by me here at Amazon. Stage director ...             Mussorgsky Songs, Volume Two Sergei Leiferkus, Modest Mussorgsky, ... Conifer, 1996             Angels of Ecstasy / Heppner, Kasarova, Ozawa, Davis, Sweet Gustav Mahler, Gabriel Fauré, ... RCA, 1999 Angelic ecstasy A splendid collection of orchestral religious music. Soothing, exquisite, and an excellent cross section. Brahms, Lloyd-Weber, Mascagni, Faure and many others with pieces selected for beautiful contemplative listening. A perfect musical elegy for rainy wintry days, ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music berkeley-steele, glyndebourne, philharmonic, rachmaninoff, schagidullin, shostakovich      toavi.com    web we recommend An Historically Important Event randomly chosen book: Espresso Shot (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 7)