Russian Music (40)

"I wish to unite popular Russian song and good old Western fugue in holy matrimony" – Mikhaïl Ivanovitch Glinka

Russia's musical vitality during the 19th century is mainly due to the work of Mikhail Glinka, the first Russian composer of international fame. His influence quickly extends to the Group of Five, made up of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky, Mili Balakirev, César Cui and Alexandre Borodin. In spite of a predilection for ballet music and piano, the Russian repertoire also offers milestones of symphonic and operatic music, as the work of Tchaikovsky demonstrates.

During the 20th century, the appearance of composers like Scriabin, Prokofiev and Shostakovich boosts the reputation of Russian music as an art of avant-garde. Their scores are performed by a generation of virtuoso musicians, including Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Horowitz, Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Guilels and David Oïstrakh, followed by Valery Gergiev, Daniil Trifonov, Tugan Sokhiev, Anna Netrebko, Nikolai Lugansky and Vladimir Jurowski.

opera

Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

2004

Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges

Philippe Calvario, Tugan Sokhiev

Russian Music (40)

Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges

The Glory of Russia – Sound and Sights of Saint Petersburg

La Bayadère by Marius Petipa, new staging by Yuri Grigorovich, music by Léon Minkus

Nutcracker by Patrice Bart after Marius Petipa, music by Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

Swan Lake by Nureyev, music by Tchaikovsky

Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Bolt by Ratmansky, music by Shostakovich

Sleeping Beauty by Marius Petipa, music by Tchaikovsky

The finest Russian musicians gathered around Yuri Temirkanov and Anna Netrebko

Yuri Temirkanov conducts Liadov, Rachmaninov, and Tchaikovsky – With Yuja Wang

Martha Argerich plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3

Valery Gergiev conducts Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2, "Little Russia"

Valery Gergiev conducts Prokofiev – Daniil Trifonov performs the 1st Piano Concerto

Grigory Sokolov plays Beethoven, Komitas, Prokofiev

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky: The Firebird, Symphony of Psalms

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin and Mussorgsky

Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina

Cinderella by Rudolf Nureyev, music by Sergei Prokofiev

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducts Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker

Yuri Temirkanov conducts Berlioz and Tchaikovsky

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, and Lincke – With Yefim Bronfman

Khatia Buniatishvili plays Rachmaninov, Liszt, and Chopin

Vladimir Horowitz in Moscow

Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades

Close Up, Shostakovich

Mariss Jansons and Hilary Hahn perform Weber, Shostakovich and Dvořák

Yuri Temirkanov conducts Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10

Denis Matsuev plays Schumann and Rachmaninov

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