54.00 PLN

2 CD:

Nr kat.: 8802037
Label  : Newton Classics

Short works by Borodin · Glazunov · Glinka · Kabalevsky · Liadov · Mussorgsky · Prokofiev · Rimsky- Korsakov · Shostakovich · Tchaikovsky · Tcherepnin This stunning 2CD set includes a mix of the familiar and the not-so-familiar: Liadov’s exquisite miniature tone poems and Glinka’s effervescent overture to Ruslan and Ludmila rub shoulders with a rare Tchaikovsky overture and two preludes by Tcherepnin. All the composers represented here had a deep knowledge of the traditional music of Mother Russia and every work on these discs has an unmistakable Russian sound, irrespective of whether it was composed under the Tsars or the Soviet regime. (Newton Classics) “Russian lollipops familiar (Glinka Ruslan, Borodin Prince Igor) and deeply unfamiliar (Tchaikovsky's very early Overture in F, for instance, or Nikolai Tcherepnin's Enchanted Kingdom).” (BBC Music Magazine, April 2011) “Pletnev is at his most successful with the more reflective introduction to Semyon Kotko, and with the beautiful evocation of dawn over the Moscow River that opens Khovanshchina. Tchaikovsky's almost unknown early overture is a curiosity. It is not hard to observe some of the features that were to distinguish Tchaikovsky's style, with hindsight, but who could have had the foresight to see the genius that would charge them?” (Gramophone, December 1994) "Helter-skelter Glinka confirms RNO’s unanimity and virtuosity; numerous personal touches display Pletnev’s individuality. These Russian favourites and rarities find no dud—vivid, evocative music of beauty, fantasy, exhilaration and theatre. Shostakovich’s orchestration of Khovanshchina is preferable to the (here unstated) Rimsky-Korsakov version (such advice contrary to the booklet note though), for Pletnev convinces; and such belief is a hallmark throughout." (Classicalsource.com, December 2010)