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Performer: Moscow RSO CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC; BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | ensemble or orchestra | ESSENTIAL BALLET Kirov Ballet: (Review by Robert McColley) | ensemble or orchestra | JOLIVET: Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra... (André Jolivet) (Review by Phillip Scott) | ensemble or orchestra | KHACHATURIAN, ARAM; SHAKHIDI: (Review by Phillip Scott) | ensemble or orchestra | SHOSTAKOVICH: From Jewish Folk Poetry... (Dmitry Shostakovich) (Review by Daniel Morrison) | ensemble or orchestra | ALFVÉN, HUGO: The Mountain King (Review by Robert McColley) | ensemble or orchestra | BALAKIREV: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (Review by Andrew Desiderio) | ensemble or orchestra | BALAKIREV: Symphony No. 2 in D Minor (Review by John Ditsky) | ensemble or orchestra | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concerto No. 5 (Review by Henry Fogel) | ensemble or orchestra | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Triple Concerto (Review by Robert Maxham) | ensemble or orchestra | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Violin Sonata No. 9, “Kreutzer“ (Review by Robert Maxham) | ensemble or orchestra | BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | ensemble or orchestra | BERWALD: Estrella de Soria (Review by Robert McColley) | ensemble or orchestra | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Review by Henry Fogel) | ensemble or orchestra | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Violin Concerto (Review by Jerry Dubins) | ensemble or orchestra | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Violin Concerto. (Review by Robert Maxham) | ensemble or orchestra | BRITTEN: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 5 (Review by James H. North) | ensemble or orchestra | CHAUSSON: Poème, Op. 25 (Review by Henry Fogel) | ensemble or orchestra | CHAUSSON: Poéme, Op. 25 (Review by Paul Turok) | ensemble or orchestra | DEBUSSY: Danses sacrée et profane (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (No. 2) in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191 (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | ELGAR: Concerto in B Minor for Violin and Orchestra, op.61 (Review by James H. North) | ensemble or orchestra | FALLA, MANUEL DE: The Miller's Dance (Review by Ron McDonald) | ensemble or orchestra | GLAZUNOV: Concerto No. 1 in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 92. Mazurka-Oberek in D for Violin and Orchestra (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | GLAZUNOV: Cortège solennel in G, Op. 91 (Review by John Ditsky) | ensemble or orchestra | GLAZUNOV: Finnish Fantasy, Op. 88. Pas de caractère, Op. 68. Wedding March, Op. 21 (Review by John Bauman) | ensemble or orchestra | GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, Op. 55 (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 6 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 6 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | want list ensemble | GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 7 in E, Op. 5; Carnival Overture, Op. 45 (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor; Mazurka-Oberek for Violin and Orchestra. BOCCHERIN1 (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | GLAZUNOV: The Seasons—Complete Ballet, Op. 67 (Review by John Ditsky) | ensemble or orchestra | GLINKA: Ruslan and Liudmila (Review by John Bauman) | ensemble or orchestra | GUION, DAVID: The Harmonica Player (Review by Ron McDonald) | ensemble or orchestra | HONOROFF: Symphonies (Review by Andrew Quint) | ensemble or orchestra | HONOROFF: Testament (Review by Andrew Quint) | ensemble or orchestra | IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Caucasian Sketches, Op. 10 (Review by John Bauman) | ensemble or orchestra | JOLIVET: Piano Concerto. Symphony No. 1. 5 Ritual Dances. Rhapsody for Seven (Review by Phillip Scott) | ensemble or orchestra | KHACHATURIAN, ARAM: Concerto in D Minor for Violin and Orchestra (Review by Paul Turok) | ensemble or orchestra | KHACHATURIAN, ARAM: Gayane Suite. Spartacus (Review by Phillip Scott) | ensemble or orchestra | KHACHATURIAN, ARAM: Gayne Ballet (complete) (Review by John Ditsky) | ensemble or orchestra | KHACHATURIAN, ARAM: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor''. Masquerade (Review by John Bauman) | ensemble or orchestra | KRAUS, JOSEPH MARTIN: The Tragedy of Olympus (Review by Robert McColley) | ensemble or orchestra | KREISLER, FRITZ: Liebesleid (Review by Robert Maxham) | ensemble or orchestra | KUSS: Lyric Poem (Review by Robert McColley) | ensemble or orchestra | LALO: Symphonie espagnole (Review by Robert Maxham) | ensemble or orchestra | LIAPUNOV: Concerto No. 2 in E for Piano and Orchestra, op. 38 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | LIDHOLM: Kontakion' (Review by Robert McColley) | ensemble or orchestra | LISZT: A Faust Symphony (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | LISZT: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Review by Ron McDonald) | ensemble or orchestra | LISZT: Fantasy on Motifs from Beethoven’s The Ruins of Athens (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | LISZT: Orpheus. Prometheus. Mazeppa. Festklänge. Héroïde funèbre (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | LISZT: Symphonic Poems (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | want list ensemble | LISZT: Tasso, Symphonic Poem No. 2 (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | ensemble or orchestra | LOCATELLI: (orch. Rozhdestvensky) Caprice, op. 3/23, “Il labirinto armonico“. (Review by Robert Maxham) | ensemble or orchestra | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor. Symphony No. 10 in F-Sharp Major (Review by Howard Kornblum) | ensemble or orchestra | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 9 in D (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | ensemble or orchestra | MEDTNER, NIKOLAI: Piano Sonata No. 7 in e, Op. 25/2, “Night Wind” (Review by Colin Clarke) | ensemble or orchestra | MEDTNER, NIKOLAI: Piano Sonata No. 7 in e, Op. 25/2, “Night Wind” (Review by Jerry Dubins) | ensemble or orchestra | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Midsummer Night's Dream (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | want list ensemble | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Midsummer Night's Dream (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477 (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (Review by Randy A. Salas) | ensemble or orchestra | PAGANINI: Cantabile, Op. 17. Perpetual Motion, Op. 11. Moses Fantasy, Op. 24. Caprice No. 24 (arr. Auer). La Campanella, Op. 7 (arr. Kriesler). Eight Caprices from Op. 1 (arr. Schumann). Nos. 7, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 17, 20 (Review by Paul Turok) | ensemble or orchestra | PISTON, WALTER: Symphony No. 6 (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Cinderella (Review by James Miller) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Concerto No. 1 in D for Violin and Orchestra, op. 19 (Review by David K. Nelson) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Concerto No. 2 In G Minor for Violin and Orchestra, op. 63 (Review by David K. Nelson) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Concerto No. 2 in G Minor for Violin and Orchestra, op. 63 (Review by David K. Nelson) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Romeo and Juliet, op. 64 (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: SYMPHONIES, (Review by Elliott Kaback) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Symphonies 1–7 (Review by James H. North) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Symphonies Nos. 1–7 (Review by Huntley Dent) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Symphonies (Review by James H. North) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 (“Classical“). Symphony No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 (Review by Donald Seibert) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Symphony No. 4 in C, Op. 47/112; Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, Op. 100; Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 111 (Review by Royal S. Brown) | ensemble or orchestra | RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4 in g, Op. 40. Moment musical in b, Op. 16/3 (Review by Colin Clarke) | ensemble or orchestra | RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4 in g, Op. 40. Moment musical in b, Op. 16/3 (Review by Jerry Dubins) | ensemble or orchestra | RAVEL: Tzigane (Review by Henry Fogel) | ensemble or orchestra | RAVEL: Tzigane (Review by Paul Turok) | ensemble or orchestra | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Concerto in C ♯ minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30 (Review by Harry Townsend) | ensemble or orchestra | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Le Coq D'Or (Review by Ron McDonald) | ensemble or orchestra | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Le Coq d'Or. Scenes and arias from Sadko; The City of Kitezh; The Snow Maiden (Review by John Yohalem) | ensemble or orchestra | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sadko, Op. 5. Overture on Russian Themes, Op. 28. Sinfoniatta on Russian Themes, Op. 31 (Review by Paul Turok) | ensemble or orchestra | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherezade, Op. 35 (Review by Howard Kornblum) | ensemble or orchestra | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Symphonies (Review by John Ditsky) | ensemble or orchestra | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Symphony No. 1 (Review by Jim Svejda) | ensemble or orchestra | ROLDÁN: Three Small Poems for Orchestra (Review by John Ditsky) | ensemble or orchestra | SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise, Op. 83. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 (Review by Paul Turok) | ensemble or orchestra | SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28; Havanaise, Op. 83 (Review by Henry Fogel) | ensemble or orchestra | SALIERI: La Secchia rapita (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | SCHUMANN: Romance in F♯. Novellette in F (Review by Ron McDonald) | ensemble or orchestra | SCRIABIN, ALEXANDER: (orch. G. Singer) Fantasy in A minor for Piano and Orchestra (Review by Harry Townsend) | ensemble or orchestra | SHOSTAKOVICH: Six Songs to Lyrics of English Poets, Op. 62. Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva, Op. 143a; Suite on Poems of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op 145a (Review by Royal S. Brown) | ensemble or orchestra | SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata in D Minor for Cello and Piano, op. 40. Concertos for Piano and Orchestra (Review by James H. North) | ensemble or orchestra | SHOSTAKOVICH: Song of the Forests, op. 81 (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | ensemble or orchestra | SHOSTAKOVICH: Song of the Forests, op. 81 (Review by Royal S. Brown) | ensemble or orchestra | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies (Review by Richard Burke) | ensemble or orchestra | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies (Review by Richard Burke) | ensemble or orchestra | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, op. 103 (“The Year 1905“) (Review by Richard Burke) | ensemble or orchestra | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11 (Review by Richard Burke) | want list ensemble | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, op. 47 (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | ensemble or orchestra | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, op. 47 (Review by Richard Burke) | ensemble or orchestra | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 9 in E♭, op. 70. Katerina Ismailova (Review by Richard Burke) | ensemble or orchestra | SIBELIUS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor, Op. 47; Humoresques Nos. 1 in D Minor and 2 in D, Op. 87b (Review by Howard Kornblum) | ensemble or orchestra | SIBELIUS: Finlandia, op. 26 (Review by Robert McColley) | ensemble or orchestra | SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52. Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, Op. 82 (Review by Paul Turok) | ensemble or orchestra | SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto. Beethoven Romance No. 1. (Review by Robert Maxham) | ensemble or orchestra | SPENDIARIAN, ALEXANDRE: Almást; Persian March; Crimean Sketches, Op. 9; Elegaic Song and Drinking Song (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Don Quixote, Op. 35 (Review by John W. Charles) | ensemble or orchestra | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Le sacre du printemps (1947 version). Pétrouchka (“1947“ version) (Review by John W. Lambert) | ensemble or orchestra | STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Firebird (Review by Ron McDonald) | ensemble or orchestra | SVIRIDOV: The Snowstorm (Review by John Bauman) | ensemble or orchestra | TANEYEV, S. I.: Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | TANEYEV, S. I.: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 12 (1898) ; Canzona for Clarinet and String Orchestra in F Minor (1883) (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | TANEYEV, S. I.: Symphony No. 4 inCMinor, Op. 12 (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | want list ensemble | TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto In D for Violin and Orchestra, op. 35 (Review by David K. Nelson) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 75. Allegro in C minor for Piano and Strings (Review by Harry Townsend) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, op. 35 (Review by David K. Nelson) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, op. 35 (Review by David K. Nelson) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Hymn in Honor of St. Cyril and St. Methodius. Nine Sacred Pieces. We Sing to Thee; our Father in Heaven; Let My Prayer Ascend; Today, the Heavenly Powers. Chorus of Flowers and Insects. Festive Overture “1812“, op, 49 (Review by Michael Ullman) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Hymn in Honor of St. Cyril and St. Methodius. Nine Sacred Pieces. We Sing to Thee; our Father in Heaven; Let My Prayer Ascend; Today, the Heavenly Powers. Chorus of Flowers and Insects. Festive Overture “1812“, op, 49 (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Introduction and Mazurka (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Moscow (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Ode to Joy (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Pikovaya dama (The Queen of Spades) (Review by James A. Altena) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Pikovaya dama (The Queen of Spades) (Review by Huntley Dent) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Op. 20 (complete ballet) (Review by Howard Kornblum) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Review by Donald Seibert) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphonies 1—6 (Review by Howard Kornblum) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2 in c, “Little Russian” (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: The Forbidden Works (Review by Michael Ullman) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: The Forbidden Works (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto. (Review by Robert Maxham) | ensemble or orchestra | TCHAIKOVSKY, BORIS: Theme and Eight Variations (Review by Randy A. Salas) | ensemble or orchestra | VALDES: Cuban Suite (Review by John Ditsky) | ensemble or orchestra | VILLA-LOBOS, HEITOR: Choros No. 10 (Review by John Ditsky) | ensemble or orchestra | VILLA-LOBOS, HEITOR: Forest of the Amazon (Review by William Zagorski) | ensemble or orchestra | WEBER, CARL MARIA VON: Turandot (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | ensemble or orchestra | WEINBERG, MIECZYSLAW: Symphony No. 12, op. 114 ("In Memoriam D. Shostakovich"). Concerto in D Minor for Flute and Orchestra, op. 75 (Review by Royal S. Brown) | ensemble or orchestra | WEINBERG, MIECZYSLAW: Symphony No. 12, op. 114 ("In Memoriam D. Shostakovich"). Concerto in D Minor for Flute and Orchestra, op. 75 (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | ensemble or orchestra |
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