Gergiev Archive
Serge PROKOFIEV: Cinderella, Blu-ray & DVD (2017)
This would make a great introduction to Prokofiev’s ballets! Serge PROKOFIEV: Cinderella, Blu-ray & DVD (2017) Cast: Mariinsky Ballet Theater Director and Principal Choreographer: Alexei Ratmansky Music: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Ballet Theater Conductor: Valery Gergiev Stage Director: Yuri Fateev Studio: Mariinsky, Bluray & DVD [9/18/2015] TV Directors: Antoine Perset & Vincent Massip Run Time: […]
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker ballet; Sym. No. 4 in f – Mariinsky Orch./ Valery Gergiev – Mariinsky
The holiday favorite ballet has had better recordings, but this Fourth will knock your socks off. TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Op. 71; Sym. No. 4 in f, Op. 36 – Mariinsky Orch./ Valery Gergiev – Mariinsky multichannel SACD MAR0593 (2 discs), 129:02 [Distr. by Naxos] ****: This is Gergiev’s second go round with the Nutcracker; the […]
SHOSTAKOVICH: Complete Symphonies and Concertos/ Valery Gergiev – Blu-ray (2015)
Essential. Nothing else to say. SHOSTAKOVICH: Complete Symphonies and Concertos – Valery Gergiev, Blu-ray (2015) Performers: Orch. and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre/ Valery Gergiev/ Alena Baeva, violin/ Vadin Repin, violin/ Mario Brunello, cello/ Gautier Capucon, cello/ Denis Matsuev, piano/ Danil Trifonov, piano/ Timur Martynov, trumpet/ Veroinika Dzhioeva, sop./ Mikhail Petrenko, bass (Live from Salle […]
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN: The Complete Works (Playlist follows) – Decca (18 CDs)
An amazing collection of his complete works, in mostly excellent versions.
![* WAGNER: Complete Mature Operas [Details below] –
PENTATONE multichannel (32 SACDs + 1 DVD)](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WAGNER-PENTATONESA.jpg)
* WAGNER: Complete Mature Operas [Details below] – PENTATONE multichannel (32 SACDs + 1 DVD)
************* MULTICHANNEL CDs OF THE MONTH *************
If you love Wagner, you have to have this magnificent set.
WAGNER: Parsifal (complete opera) – Christian Elsner (Parsifal)/ Michelle DeYoung (Kundry)/ Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz)/ Evgeny Nikitin (Amfortas)/ Berlin Radio Choir and Sym. Orch./ Marek Janowski – PentaTone
So how does this Parsifal stack up to Gergiev? Very well, thank you…for the most part.
WAGNER: Parsifal (complete opera) – Gary Lehman (Parsifal)/ Violeta Urmana (Kundry)/ Rene Pape (Gurnemanz)/ Evgeny Nikitin (Amfortas)/ Alexei Tanovitski (Titurel)/ Mariinsky Soloists, Orchestra, and Chorus/ Valery Gergiev – Mariinsky (4 discs)
Presto, chango, Gergiev comes up with a really dynamic performance of a fiendishly difficult work.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
