Tuesday, March 29, 2011


Cigars for Elgar


Sir Edward Elgar Violin Sonata in E-, Op.82 23:33
Simone Lamsma Violin, Yurie Miura Piano
Romance for Violin and Piano in C-, Op.1
2 Pieces, for violin and piano, Op.13 Bizarrerie
3 Pieces, for violin and piano, Op.4 Idyll Pastourelle Virelai
La Capricieuse, Op.17
3 Characteristic Pieces, Op.10 (arr. violin and piano) Mazurka
2 Pieces, for violin and piano, Op.15 1.Chanson de nuit 2.Chanson de matin
Salut d'amour (Liebesgrüss), Op.12 (arr.violin and piano)
Sursum Corda (Elévation), for brass, organ, strings and 2 timpani in Bb, Op.11Offertoire: Andante religioso (arr. violin and piano)
Symphony no. 2 in E flat, op. 63. Angel 1976. London Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Adrian Boult, conductor.
Introduction and Allegro, in G minor and major, for string orchestra and quartet, op. 47. Hugh Maguire, Raymond Keenlyside, Kenneth Essex, Kenneth Heath, string quartet; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor.
Pomp and circumstance; marches, op. 39. Angel [1967] No. 1, in D.--No. 2, in A minor.--No. 3, in C minor.--No. 4, in G.--No. 5, in C.
Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor.
Enigma variations, op. 36. Capitol [1957] Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; William Steinberg, conductor.

Friday, March 25, 2011

It Takes a Thief to Khachaturian



KHACHATURIAN, A.I.: Othello / The Battle of Stalingrad
Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich The Battle of Stalingrad: Suite Marco Polo
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Adriano, Conductor A City on the Volga - The Invasion 00:05:19 Stalingrad in Flames 00:04:03 The Enemy is doomed 00:07:34 For our Motherland; To the Attack! - Eternal Glory to the Heroes 00:06:38 To Victory - There is a Cliff on the Volga 00:06:18
Zeynep Ucbasaran & Sergio Gallo Music for Two Pianos Recorded in Abravanel Hall, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara November 21-22, 2006
Eroica Classical Recordings, August 2008 (Eroica JDT3421)Aram Khachaturian, Op. 6, III Fantastic Waltz (arranged from music for film "Prisoner No. 217")
Concerto for piano and orchestra. Columbia 1972. Philippe Entremont, piano; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor.
Symphony no. 3 (1947) (Symphony-poem). RCA Red Seal [1969] Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor.
Masquerade suite. RCA Victor [1960] RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Kiril Kondrashin, conductor.
If time allows:
Encores by Kogan RCA Victor, [1958] Dance of Ayshe from "Gayne Ballet" / Khachaturian Leonid Kogan, violin; Andrei Mitnik, piano.
Diverse winds. Mercury [1960] Khachaturian, Aram. Armenian dances. Eastman Wind Ensemble; Frederick Fennell, conductor.
Introducing the first releases Melodiya/Angel, [1967] Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra. First movement excerpt / Khachaturian (David Oistrakh, violin) Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Oistrakh

Monday, March 07, 2011

Lumberjacks for Chopin


Great Pianists of the Century play Chopin.
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
Seraphim, [1973?]
Polonaise in A flat, op. 53 (Witold Malcuzynski)--Nocturne no. 2 in E flat, op. 9, no. 2 (Artur Rubinstein)--Etude in C minor, op. 10, no. 12 (Shura Cherkassky)--Etude in E, op. 10, no. 3 (Claudio Arrau)--Mazurka no. 32 in C sharp minor, op. 50, no. 3 (Vladimir Horowitz)--Etude in D flat, op. 25, no. 8 (Geza Anda)--Nocturne no. 5 in F sharp, op. 15, no. 2 (Artur Rubinstein)--Funeral march from Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor (Alfred Cortot)--Etude in F minor, op. 25, no. 2 (Geza Anda)--Prelude in D flat, op. 28, no. 15 (Alfred Cortot)--Waltz no. 6 in D flat, op. 64, no. 1 (Dinu Lipatti)--Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, op. 66, post. (Shura Cherkassky)--Berceuse in D flat, op. 57 (Walter Gieseking)--Waltz no. 1 in E flat, op. 18 (Dinu Lipatti)
Philippe Entremont, piano. The Chopin I love. Columbia, [1971]Polonaise in A major, op. 40, no. 1--Nocturne in E-flat major, op. 9,no.2.--Waltz no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 18.--Fantaisie-impromptu, op. 66.--Etude in C minor, op. 10, no. 12.--Waltz no. 7 in C-sharp minor, op. 64, no. 2.--Trios ecossaises, op. 72, no. 3.--Waltz no. 6 in D-flat major, op. 64, no. 1 .--Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53.
Sv︠i︡atoslav Richter, piano. Ballade no. 3, in A flat major, op. 47, by Chopin Sv︠i︡atoslav Richter plays Prokofiev, Haydn, Chopin [and] Debussy. Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft [1962]
Chopin: the 14 Waltzes. Columbia [1961]Alexander Brailowsky, piano.

Saturday, March 05, 2011

Rimshots for Rimsky-Korsakov


Song of India- Mario Lanza
The flight of the bumblebee.--The young prince and the young princess, from Scheherazade.--Procession of the nobles, from Mlada.--Hymn to the sun, from Le Coq d'or.--Dance of the tumblers, from The snow maiden.--Song of India, from Sadko.--The sea and Sinbad's ship, from Scheherazade.--Canto gitano and Fandango asturiano, from Capriccio espagnol. Rimsky-Korsakov's greatest hits. Columbia [1969]
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra; Konstantin Ivanov, conductor. Symphony no. 2, Antar. Capriccio espagnol. Melodiya/Angel [1974]
Svetlyĭ prazdnik Russian Easter overture, op. 36. RCA Red Seal [1969] Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor.
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra; Konstantin Ivanov, conductor.
Suite from "Le coq d'or" (arr. Glazunov & Steinberg). Suite from "The tale of Tsar Saltan," op. 57. Melodiya [1973]