Wydawca: Marketing Design

Oprawa: Plastikowa

The great Polish-born violinist Henryk Szeryng performs two cornerstones of the violin repertoire. Szeryng, who had a strong association with the Brahms concerto throughout his career, brings his technical assurance and elegant style to both performances, joined by the renowned partnership of Bernard Haitink and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Wydawca: Newton Classics

Oprawa: Plastikowa

Leopold Stokowski was a close friend and champion to many composers, especially the Russians who where exiled in the USA after the revolution. Chief among them were Stravinsky and Rachmaninov. The US premiere of The Rite of Spring was conducted by Stokowski, and in 1920 the US premiere of Rachmaninov’s choral symphony ‘The Bells’ was given by Stokowski, who together ...

Wydawca: Marketing Design

Oprawa: Plastikowa

Julian Rachlin (Viool) Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Lorin Maazel CD: Violin Concerto in D minor Op.47 1. I Allegro moderato 17’31 2. II Adagio di molto 8’18 3. III Allegro, ma non tanto 8’13 4. Serenade for Violin and Orchestra in G minor Op.69 No.2 8’25 5. En saga Op.9 17’08

Wydawca: Brilliant Classics

Oprawa: Plastikowa

Known for its fair which was held five times a year under the Russian Empire, the small village of Velyki Sorochintsi – located in Central Ukraine, south east of Kiev – was made famous by Nikolai Gogol’s opening story, Sorochintsi Fair, in his folk-tale collection Evenings on a Farm near Dinkanka. In 1874 the great innovator of Russian music, Modest ...

Wydawca: Brilliant Classics

Oprawa: Plastikowa

Angelo Gilardino’s compositions are all inspired by literary creations or paintings, although there is nothing deliberately programmatic about these works, which seek rather to convey in broad-brush strokes the associated atmospheres or connotations of their titles. Here’s a chance to devour three such pieces by this leading contemporary composer, beginning with Hykkara – whose prevailing atmosphere is that of a ...