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Performer: Valery Polyansky TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN FOLK SONGS: Bells Were Ringing. In the Dark Woods. For Whom Does It Ring? With a Nightingale's Flight. Under the Oak, Under the Elm Tree. Ah, You Wide, Expansive Steppe! On the Small Hill, on the Hill. The Mountains. Don't Blow, Don't Blow, Wild and Windy Storm. Oh, Homeward, All Good Women. Why Did I Get to Know You, My Love? Ah, Other Paths Lead Through the Field Now. How He Beat Me, a Young Girl. Marriage Song. I Will Go, I Will Leave. To the Quick River. In the Meadows. Down the Mother Volga (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | RUSSIAN CHORAL MUSIC: (Review by J. F. Weber) | director | BORTNIANSKY, DIMITRI: Concertos for Choir (sung in Church Slavonic), Volumes 1 and 2 (Review by David Hurwitz) | conductor | BORTNIANSKY, DIMITRI: Sacred Concertos, Vol. 3 (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | BORTNIANSKY, DIMITRI: Sacred Concertos (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | BORTNIANSKY, DIMITRI: Sacred Concertos (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | director | BORTNIANSKY, DIMITRI: Vol. 1 (Review by David Hurwitz) | conductor | BRUCKNER, ANTON: Masses (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | BRUCKNER, ANTON: Songs (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | CUI: A Feast in Time of Plague. 3 Scherzos, op. 82. Les deux ménétriers, op. 42. Fair Spring, op. 66/4. Budris and his Sons, op. 98 (Review by Barry Brenesal) | conductor | DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Mass, op. 86. Te Deum, op. 103 (Review by James H. North) | conductor | GLAZUNOV: Symphonies (Review by Ian Lace) | conductor | GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 1, "Slavyanskaya." Violin Concerto (Review by Ian Lace) | conductor | GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 2. Coronation Cantata, op. 56 (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 3 in D, op. 33; Concert Waltzes (Review by Barry Brenesal) | conductor | GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 6, op. 58. Characteristic Suite, op. 9 (Review by Barry Brenesal) | conductor | GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 8 in B♭, op. 83. Cantata in Memory of Pushkin's 100th Birthday, op. 65. Poème lyrique, op. 12 (Review by Barry Brenesal) | conductor | GLAZUNOV: The King of the Jews. Salome (Review by Ian Lace) | conductor | GRETCHANINOV: Cello Concerto (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | conductor | GRETCHANINOV: Liturgìa Domestica, op. 79 (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | GRETCHANINOV: Mass “Et In Terra Pax,“ op. 166. Symphony No. 2, op. 27 (Pastoral) (Review by John Story) | conductor | GRETCHANINOV: Missa festiva (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | conductor | GRETCHANINOV: Praise the Lord—Cantata (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | GRETCHANINOV: Symphony No. 1, op. 6. Snowflakes, op. 47. Missa Sancti Spiritus (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | conductor | GRETCHANINOV: Symphony No. 3 (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | GRETCHANINOV: Symphony No. 4 (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | conductor | GRETCHANINOV: Symphony No. 5. Missa oecumenica (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | GRETCHANINOV: Symphony No. 5. Missa oecumenica (Review by Ian Lace) | conductor | GRETCHANINOV: The Seven Days of Passion (Review by Richard Burke) | conductor | JOLIVET: Piano Concerto. Symphony No. 1. 5 Ritual Dances. Rhapsody for Seven (Review by Phillip Scott) | conductor | KARETNIKOV: Till Eulenspiegel (Review by James H. North) | conductor | MIASKOVSKY: Symphony No. 27. Cello Concerto (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | MUSSORGSKY: Sorochintsy Fair. The Lad's Dream (arr. Shebalin). Three Symphonic Choruses (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov). Oedipus in Athens, The Destruction of Sennacherib. Jesus Navin. Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | conductor | NABOKOV: Ode (Review by Barry Brenesal) | conductor | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Cello Concerto in e, op. 58. Cello Concertino in g, op. 132 (completed, Blok) (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Ivan the Terrible, op. 116. Ballad of an Unknown Boy, op. 93 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: On the Dnieper. Songs of Our Days (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Symphony No. 2 in d, op. 40. Sinfonia concertante, op. 125 (Review by Michael Ullman) | conductor | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: War and Peace (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | director | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Zdravitsa (“Hail to Stalin“). Autumnal, Hamlet. Flourish, Mighty Land. Egyptian Nights (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: 3 Unaccompanied Choruses. Symphony No. 3 (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: 6 Choruses, op. 15 (Review by Barry Brenesal) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, op. 31. O Mother of God. Chorus of Spirits. Panteley the Healer (Review by J. F. Weber) | director | RACHMANINOFF: Spring—Cantata (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances (Review by James H. North) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 1 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2. 3 Russian Songs (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: The Bells (Review by James H. North) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: The Miserly Knight (Review by Barry Brenesal) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: Vespers (All-Night Vigil), op. 37 (Review by James A. Altena) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: Vespers, Op. 37 (Review by J. F. Weber) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: Vespers, op. 37 (Review by J. F. Weber) | director | RACHMANINOFF: Vespers. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. O Mother of God vigilantly praying. Chorus of Spirits. Pantely the Healer (Review by James A. Altena) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: Études-tableaux (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | REGER, MAX: Psalm 100, op. 106 (arr. Hindemith) (Review by James H. North) | conductor | REGER, MAX: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, op. 132 (Review by James H. North) | conductor | SCHNITTKE: Choir Concerto (Review by Royal S. Brown) | conductor | SCHNITTKE: Music for Chamber Orchestra. Septet. Schall und Hall. In Memoriam..., for Orchestra (Review by William Zagorski) | conductor | SCHNITTKE: Piano Concerto. Requiem (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | conductor | SCHNITTKE: Symphony No. 2 (“St. Florian') (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | SCHNITTKE: Symphony No. 4. Three Sacred Hymns (Review by Stephen Ellis) | conductor | SCHNITTKE: Symphony No. 6. Concerto grosso No. 2 (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | SCHNITTKE: Symphony No. 6. Concerto grosso No. 2 (Review by Robert Kirzinger) | conductor | SCHNITTKE: Symphony No. 7. Cello Concerto No. 1 (Review by David Denton) | conductor | SCHNITTKE: Symphony No. 8 (Review by Robert Kirzinger) | conductor | SCHNITTKE: The Census List Suite (Review by Robert Kirzinger) | conductor | SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | SCRIABIN, ALEXANDER: Symphony No. 1 in E. (Review by Barry Brenesal) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concertos (Review by Art Lange) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Der Arme Columbus (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Der Arme Columbus (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: From Jewish Poetry (Review by Royal S. Brown) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes, op. 2 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes, op. 2 (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 12. Cello Concerto No. 2 (Review by Richard Burke) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, op. 103 (“The Year 1905“) (Review by Richard Burke) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar" (Review by Richard Burke) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 15 in A, op. 141. Concerto No. 1 in Elf for Cello and Orchestra, op. 107 (Review by Richard Burke) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 6, op. 54 (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 6, op. 54 (Review by Royal S. Brown) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad" (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: The Big Lightning (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: The Execution of Stepán Razin, op. 119 (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: The Execution of Stepán Razin, op. 119 (Review by Royal S. Brown) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: The New Babylon (Review by Royal S. Brown) | conductor | SZYMANOWSKI: 6 Kurpian Songs (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | conductor | SZYMANOWSKI: Stabat Mater, op. 53 (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | conductor | SZYMANOWSKI: Symphony No. 3, op.27, "Song of the Night" (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | conductor | TANEYEV, S. I.: John of Damascus (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | TANEYEV, S. I.: Symphonies (Review by Michael Carter) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Choral Works (Review by Donald Seibert) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, op. 41 (Review by Donald Seibert) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, op. 64. Romeo and Juliet—Fantasy Overture (Review by Michael Ullman) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, op. 74 (“Pathétique“). Marche slave, op. 31 (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: To sleep (a cappella version). Tis not the cuckoo. The nightingale. Nine Liturgical Choruses (Review by Donald Seibert) | conductor | TISHCHENKO: Cello Concerto No. 1 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | TISHCHENKO: Cello Concerto No. 1 (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Bassoon Concertos (Review by Ronald E. Grames) | conductor |
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