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Mikhail Pletnev, Rachmaninoff International Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite; Shchedrin: Carmen Suite (2024)

Mikhail Pletnev, Rachmaninoff International Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite; Shchedrin: Carmen Suite (2024)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 379 Mb | Total time: 01:28:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EuroArts | # 2011067 | Recorded: 2022

In August 2022, the musicians of the Rachmaninoff International Orchestra gathered in Bratislava to perform their first recording under the direction of founder and artistic director Mikhail Pletnev. There is an acclaimed arrangement of Swan Lake by Mikhail Pletnev, coupled with Rodion Shchedrin's famous arrangement of the Carmen Suite from Bizet's masterpiece.
Mikhail Pletnev, Vadim Repin, Ilya Gringolts, Nobuko Imai, Lynn Harrell - Sergey Taneyev: Chamber Music (2005)

Sergey Taneyev - Chamber Music: Piano Quintet Op.30; Piano Trio Op.22 (2005)
Mikhail Pletnev (piano); Vadim Repin, Ilya Gringolts (violin)
Nobuko Imai (viola); Lynn Harrell (cello)

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 343 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 189 Mb | Scans ~ 91 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 00289 477 5419 | Time: 01:22:37

Apparently a staple in Russia, the music of Taneyev exists on the fringes of the repertoire in the West, something that should be rectified–and will be if this superb CD made by a starry cast of performers gets the attention it deserves. He’s a Romantic composer, but hardly of the heart-on-sleeve variety, since he was a master of counterpoint and firmly encased his Romantic impulses in a well-fitted classical jacket. Sometimes he makes you think of a more modern, pungent Brahms with a Russian accent.
Mikhail Pletnev - Pletnev Plays Schumann (2004) 2x MCH PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Mikhail Pletnev - Pletnev Plays Schumann (2004)
SACD Rip | 2x SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 76:26 minutes | Artwork (PDF) | 5,67 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Artwork (PDF) | 2,13 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Artwork (PDF) | 1,41 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Label: Deutsche Grammophon # 477 057-2

Mikhail Pletnev gives polished, serious performances of these Schumann works. It is not that they are cold or uninviting, but more that normal people are to admire, but not touch them. Pletnev is always in control, making sure throughout the Symphonic Etudes that the melody is obvious and on top of whatever else may be going on.
Mikhail Pletnev - Robert Schumann: Etudes symphoniques, Fantasie, Bunte Blätter, Arabeske (2004)

Mikhail Pletnev - Robert Schumann: Etudes symphoniques, Fantasie, Bunte Blätter, Arabeske (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 217 Mb | Total time: 72:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 474 813-2 | Recorded: 2003

Schumann's contributions to the literature of the piano etude, a genre just beginning to blossom in the middle nineteenth century at the hands of Chopin and Liszt, came in three isolated, extremely productive bursts, after which he abandoned the genre forever. (It is perhaps no coincidence that Schumann was also forced to abandon hopes for a performing career after permanently crippling the fourth finger of his right hand during the early 1830s.) Schumann's earliest such effort, the Studies on Caprices of Paganini Op. 3 (1832), is at best little more than a preliminary essay toward the later, altogether more successful Concert Etudes on Caprices of Paganini, Op. 10 (1833).
Mikhail Pletnev - Mikhail Pletnev Plays Mozart & Haydn (2023)

Mikhail Pletnev - Mikhail Pletnev Plays Mozart & Haydn (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 833 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 592 MB
3:53:04 | Classical | Label: Warner Classics

Reaching the highest level of prominence as both pianist and conductor, Mikhail Pletnev is a major figure on the contemporary Russian musical scene. He is also a prolific composer and a competent amateur violinist. Pletnev was born on April 14, 1957, in Archangelsk in the far north of what was then the Soviet Union. His family was musical; his father played and taught the bayan button accordion, and his mother was a pianist. When the family moved to Kazan in Russia's Tatarstan region, Pletnev began piano studies with Julia Shaskin. He moved to Moscow at 13 to study at the Moscow Central Music School with Evgeny Timakin, and a Grand Prix at the Jeunesses Musicales International in 1945 proved to be the first in a long series of prizes for the young pianist. At 15, Pletnev moved to the Moscow Conservatory for studies with Yakov Flier, whose teaching propelled him to gold medals in two of the Soviet Union's toughest events, the All-Union Competition in 1977 and the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1978.
Mikhail Pletnev - Classical Piano: Schumann, Grieg & Rachmaninoff (2023)

Mikhail Pletnev - Classical Piano: Schumann, Grieg & Rachmaninoff (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 424 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 349 Mb | 02:32:20
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon

The brilliant pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev, winner of the 1978 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, is not only one of the best representatives of the Russian piano tradition, but is also a stunning and idiosyncratic interpreter of the standard repertoire. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of our time.
Gil Shaham, Mikhail Pletnev - Glazunov, Kabalevsky: Violin Concertos (1997)

Gil Shaham, Mikhail Pletnev - Glazunov, Kabalevsky: Violin Concertos (1997)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 61:58 | 294 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 457 064-2

This is a very enjoyable program of some really worthwhile music. Glazunov's superb violin concerto from 1905 is a conservative, melodic work, but a splendid one whose popularity is definitely well deserved. Gil Shaham's approach is also rather conservative, but in the best sense of the word. The playing is beautifully phrased, warm-toned and romantic, and it is excellently supported by the Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev. No, Shaham does not really provide any new insights, but as a library version of the work this is, I assume, possibly the best you could do.
Mikhail Pletnev - Rachmaninov: The Bells, Taneyev: John of Damascus (2001)

Mikhail Pletnev - Rachmaninov: The Bells, Taneyev: John of Damascus (2001)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:00:20 | 275 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 471029

Rachmaninov allegedly considered The Bells to be his best work, and it is not difficult to hear why. Written in 1913, it has a freshness of invention that is irresistible. Perhaps the text (an adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe poem) struck a chord with this composer's sensibilities: different bells symbolize different facets of existence. The piece deserves more frequent airing, and it is to be hoped that Mikhail Pletnev and his Russian forces help raise awareness of it. The soloists are superb (Mescheriakova is particularly impressive), but the real star is the Moscow State Chamber Choir. This is a worthy companion to Pletnev's accounts of Rachmaninov orchestral works.
Mikhail Pletnev - Mikhail Pletnev plays Chopin & Scriabin (2023)

Mikhail Pletnev - Mikhail Pletnev plays Chopin & Scriabin (2023)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 412 MB
2:16:02 | Classical | Label: Warner Classics

Reaching the highest level of prominence as both pianist and conductor, Mikhail Pletnev is a major figure on the contemporary Russian musical scene. He is also a prolific composer and a competent amateur violinist. Pletnev was born on April 14, 1957, in Archangelsk in the far north of what was then the Soviet Union. His family was musical; his father played and taught the bayan button accordion, and his mother was a pianist. When the family moved to Kazan in Russia's Tatarstan region, Pletnev began piano studies with Julia Shaskin. He moved to Moscow at 13 to study at the Moscow Central Music School with Evgeny Timakin, and a Grand Prix at the Jeunesses Musicales International in 1945 proved to be the first in a long series of prizes for the young pianist.

Mikhail Pletnev - Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies (2024)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Jan. 13, 2024
Mikhail Pletnev - Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies (2024)

Mikhail Pletnev - Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies (2024)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, booklet) - 1.6 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 951 MB
6:49:07 | Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics

A modern, Russian-made cycle of Tchaikovsky in superb sound, led by one of today’s most unpredictable and inspiring musicians. Made at a studio in Moscow in June 2010 and April 2011, originally issued in separate volumes, this is an orchestral cycle of Tchaikovsky to reckon with. Mikhail Pletnev founded the Russian National Orchestra in the years following the break-up of the USSR, and they rapidly won fame and an international following for the dynamic precision and attack of their performances, which bore the imprint of their mercurial leader. One of their earliest recordings was Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony, later remade for DG as part of a cycle, and then once more within the present set.