Concertgebouw Orkest Rimski Korsakov Scheherazade Krill

A noteworty addition to our retrospective of recordings of Bruckner, recorded live from the Royal Concertgebouw and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Although the works of Bruckner weren't the core of Harnoncourt's repetoire, the conductor would take it up in the later years of his career, being the most modern of his recordings. His renditions amassed great praise and he was considred as one of the greatest Bruknerians of his time.

This is the more recent re-issue, and much cheaper version, of an older issue of the same recording. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra directed by Harnoncourt and Friedrich Gulda brought off some finest Mozart playing in the two late concerti - No. 23 and No. 26. There are numerous No. 23 recordings. This one is among the top ones. However, the less popular No. 26 is the one that steals the show in this recording

A noteworty addition to our retrospective of recordings of Bruckner, recorded live from the Royal Concertgebouw and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Although the works of Bruckner weren't the core of Harnoncourt's repetoire, the conductor would take it up in the later years of his career, being the most modern of his recordings. His renditions amassed great praise and he was considred as one of the greatest Bruknerians of his time.

This is the 21st album by this orchestra on Pentatone, most of which have received the highest critical acclaim. In particular, the recordings of Russian repertoire conducted by Russian conductors are artistically and commercially successful.

Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin was born on March 6, 1914, in Russia. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1936, and worked as conductor at the Maly Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad from 1936-1943. He moved to Moscow in 1943 and worked as the conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre for 16 years. In 1960 Kondrashin was appointed the Artistic Director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. He conducted the premiere of the Symphony No. 13 "Baby Yar" by Dmitri Shostakovich and Yevgeniy Yevtushenko in 1961. He left the Soviet Union in 1975 and took a post of principal conductor of Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1979. Kondrashin is known for his numerous recordings of the music of Soviet composers for Melodiya label during the 60's and 70's.

On this recording, Dutch violinist Niek Baar returns to the pieces that inspired him to become a violinist. Together with the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, he has recorded some of the most wonderful violin repertoire ever written!