Svetlanov

Dmitry Masleev offers a highly personal diptych with the Dies irae theme running throughout. The pianist serves up these formidable pages with racy, sober, elegant playing, and virtuosity giving way to sensuality and crystal-clear lyricism. One one side we have Liszt's Totentanz (which saw him triumph at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition) and Rhapsodie espagnole (adapted for piano and string orchestra by his mentor Petukhov) on the other is Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (his composer of choice). The album closes with the Adagio from Marcello's Oboe Concerto, arranged for keyboard by Bach, a kind of vision of heaven after hell.

Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (1913–2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and leader of the Union of Soviet Composers, who was also known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies, four piano concertos, two violin concertos, two cello concertos, operas, operettas, ballets, chamber music, incidental music and film music.

Glazunov - (Overtures Nos. 1, 2), Arensky - (Marguerite Gautier, Introduction, March) - Evgeni Svetlanov (1990)
Melodiya | USSR | SUCD 10-00164 | 1990 | 1 CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (img + cue), LOG | 5 Tracks | TT 56:16 | Covers (jpg 300 dpi) | RAR 233 MB + 3% Recovery | FSonic/FServe
Classical / Orchestral

A. Glazunov has entered the history of Russian musical culture as a prominent composer, his creative activity had been very intensive from the very start. Already among his early works written in the 1880s there is Symphony No. 1, several orchestral pieces, romances, instrumental ensembles. Two overtures on Greek themes date back to that period (1882, 1883).
A. Arensky was as A. Glazunov a pupil of N. Rimsky-Korsakov. Fantasia for orchestra 'Marguerite Gautier" (after A. Dumas) was composed by Arensky in 1886 during his wedding trip to France. Opera "Raphael" (musical scenes from Renaissance) was written in 1894, the same year its concert premiere took place in the Hall of the Moscow Noble Assembly.

Glazunov - Symphony No.6, Volga Boatmen's Song, Serenade No.1, Characteristic Dance - Evgeni Svetlanov (1990)
Melodiya | USSR | SUCD 10-00026 | 1990 | 1 CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (img + cue), LOG | 7 Tracks | TT 46:27 | Covers (jpg 300 dpi) | RAR 183 MB + 3% Recovery | FSonic/FServe
Classical / Sympohonic / Orchestral

Symphony No.6 (Op.58, 1896) created by A. Glazunov only a year after Symphony No.5, is distinguished among his other symphonies by its dramatic psychology, passionate agitation, particularly in the 1st movement. The 2nd and 3rd movements — Tema con variazioni and Intermezzo — are distinguished by light and clearness of colouring, even by a slight touch of chamber. The CD also features the symphonic miniatures by A. Glazunov: arrangement of «Volga Boatmen's Song» (1905), Serenade No.1 (Op.7) one of the earliest works of the composer, dated back to 1883 and Characteristic Dance (Op.68) composed in 1899.

Glazunov - Stenka Razin, Lyrical Poem, Finnish Fantasia, Mazurka, Theme with Variations - Evgeni Svetlanov (1991)
Melodiya | USSR | SUCD 10-00161 | 1991 | 1 CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (img + cue), LOG | 5 Tracks | TT 59:41 | Covers (jpg 300 dpi) | RAR 269 MB + 3% Recovery | FSonic/FServe
Classical / Sympohonic / Orchestral

The first programme work by Alexander Glazunov was a symphonic poem "Stenka Razin" written in 1885.
"Lyrical Poem" composed in 1884 and dedicated to N. Shcherbachyov was the first work the composer conducted on stage. A. Glazunov was inspired to write "Finnish Fantasia" (1909) by the nature of Finland with its sombre beauty and gloomy grandeur. Mazurka in G major was composed in 1888. Theme with Variations for Strings in G minor, Op. 98 is the author's arrangement (1917) of the variations for strings quintet created already in 1895.

Sandra Lied Haga's album debut with Tchaikovsky and Dvorak is recorded in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory. Supported by the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov' and conductor Terje Mikkelsen, Sandra Lied Haga emerges as one of the strongest musical voices in recent years.

Rachmaninov - Symphony No.1, Vocalise - Evgeni Svetlanov (1990)
Melodiya | USSR | CD 10 00141 | 1990 | 1 CD | EAC Rip | Ape (img + cue), LOG | Covers (jpg 300 dpi) | 5 Tracks | TT 56:18 | RAR 255 MB + 3% Recovery
Classical / Sympohonic / Orchestral

Symphony No.1 in D minor, Op.13 is significant in the creative biography of S. Rachmaninov. The special traits of the musical language typical of the composer are vividly revealed in the symphony. "Vocalise", Op.34 No.14 - is one of Rachmaninov's most popular works. It was written in 1915 and dedicated to an outstanding Russian singer, A. Nezhdanova. Artistic perfection, extraordinary plasticity and beauty of a melancholic melody, and lucidity rate the work among the best samples of the world's vocal literature.