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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 & Hamlet

Part of the RNO/PentaTone Shostakovich Cycle
Symphony No. 15
Hamlet, a selection from the incidental music, Op. 32 (1931)
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
PTC 5186 331 (2009)

BBC Music Choice of the Month

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition
Night on the Bare Mountain
The Sorochinsky Fair
Khovanschina
Carlo Ponti, conductor
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Pentatone SACD 5186332 (2008)

Tchaikovsky: Hamlet & Romeo and Juliet

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Pentatone 5186330 (2008)

Recording of the Month, Gramophone Magazine (March 2009)

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Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concertos No. 1-5
[three compact discs]
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Christian Gansch, conductor
The Beethoven Project
DG 477 7475 (2008)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Christian Gansch, conductor
The Beethoven Project
Deutsche Grammophon 477 641-7 (2008)

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Symphony No. 5 in B flat, Op. 100 (1944)
1. Andante (13:23)
2. Allegro marcato (8:31)
3. Adagio (11:41)
4. Allegro giocoso (9:15)
5. Ode to the End of the War, Op. 105 (1945) (14:17)
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Pentatone 5186083 (2007)

Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonies No. 1-9
Additional Artists: Angela Denoke, Marianna Tarasova, Endrik Wottrich, Matthias Goerne, The Moscow State Chamber Choir (conducted by Vladimir Minin)
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
The Beethoven Project
Deutsche Grammophon 477 640-9 (2007)

WGUC Top CD of 2007
Recording of the Month, MusicWeb

Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 2 and No. 4

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2
Piano Concerto No. 4
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Christian Gansch, conductor
The Beethoven Project
Deutsche Grammophon 477 641-6 (2007)

Best Concerto Recording 2007, Tokyo Record Academy

Dead Symphony

Dead Overture mvt I
Saint Stephen mvt II (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh)
Here Comes Sunshine mvt III (Hunter, Garcia)
Mountains of the Moon mvt IV (Hunter, Garcia)
Blues for Allah mvt V (Hunter, Garcia)
Sugar Magnolia mvt VI (Hunter, Weir)
To Lay Me Down mvt VII (Hunter, Garcia)
If I Had the World to Give mvt VIII (Hunter, Garcia)
Stella Blue mvt IX (Hunter, Garcia)
Bird Song mvt X (Hunter, Garcia)
China Doll mvt XI (Hunter, Garcia)
Dead Finale mvt XII
Lee Johnson, composer and conductor
JAM-0635-CD (2007)

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 3
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Christian Gansch, conductor
The Beethoven Project
Deutsche Grammophon 477 641-5 (2007)

Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 5 and No. 9

Part of the RNO/PentaTone Shostakovich Cycle
Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op. 47
Symphony No.9 in E flat, Op. 70, for violin and orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Alexei Bruni, concertmaster
Pentatone SACD
PTC 5186 096 (2007)

Choc du monde de la Musique (May 2007)
Edison Award Nominee, 2008 (Holland)

Prokofiev & Beintus: Peter and the Wolf / Wolf Tracks (in Spanish)

Prokofiev:Peter and the Wolf
Sophia Loren, narrator (in English)
Beintus: Wolf Tracks
Antonio Banderas, narrator (in Spanish)
Kent Nagano, conductor

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D (Julia Fischer)

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26
Valse – Scherzo, Op. 34
Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42
Julia Fischer, violin
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Pentatone SACD

2007 Gramophone Artist of the Year
Echo Klassik Award, Best Instrumental Performance of 2007
Best of 2006, Audiophile Audition
Editor's Choice, Gramophone Magazine (April 2007)
Financial Times Critics Choice

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8

Part of the RNO/PentaTone Shostakovich Cycle
Symphony No. 8
Paavo Berglund, conductor
Pentatone SACD

Supersonic Award, Pizzicato, (Luxembourg)

Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 1 and No. 6

Part of the RNO/PentaTone Shostakovich Cycle
Symphony No. 1 in F minor Op. 10
Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 54
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Pentatone SACD

Editor's Choice, Gramophone
Diapason d'Or de l'année
Choc du monde de la Musique de l'année
Double 10, Classics Today
Best of 2006, Soundstage

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905"

Part of the RNO/PentaTone Shostakovich Cycle
The Palace Square – Adagio
The Ninth of January – Allegro
In memoriam - Adagio
The Tocsin – Allegro non troppo
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Pentatone SACD

Classical CD of the Week, The Telegraph, London
Best of 2006, Soundstage

Ravel & Prokofiev: Piano Concertos (Francesco Tristano Schlimé)

Ravel, Piano Concerto in G
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 5
Schlimé, 3 Improvisations
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Pentatone SACD

Choc du monde de la Musique (July/Aug 2006)
Editor's Choice, Gramophone Magazine (September 2006)
Classical CD of the Week, The Daily Telegraph

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Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3; Stravinsky: Divertimento

Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55 (1884)
Stravinsky: Divertimento (1934, rev. 1949)
Ballet Suite from Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy’s Kiss)
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
DSD recorded
Pentatone SACD

Classical CD of the Week: The Telegraph, London

Getty: Young America

Choral Works by Gordon Getty
Young America
Three Welsh Songs
Annabel Lee
Victorian Scenes
Jerusalem
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor) with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus ? Russian National Orchestra (Alexander Vedernikov, conductor) with the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Pentatone SACD

Russian Violin Concertos (Julia Fischer)

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Op. 19
Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 82
Julia Fischer, violin
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Pentatone

Editor's Choice, Gramophone Magazine (January 2005)
2005 Echo Klassik Award, Concerto Record of the Year

Taneyev: At the Reading of a Psalm

Sergei Taneyev
At the Reading of a Psalm
Cantata No. 2 Op. 36 (1914-1915)
With the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Choir and the Tchernushenko Boys Choir of the Glinka Choral College
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Pentatone

Classical CD of the Week: The Telegraph, London

Russian Ballet Suites

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 1, Op. 64-bis
Khachaturian: Suite from Spartacus
Shostakovich: Suite from "The Bolt", Op. 27a
Alexander Vedernikov, conductor
Pentatone SACD

Prokofiev & Beintus: Peter and the Wolf / Wolf Tracks

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Beintus: Wolf Tracks
Sophia Loren, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, narrators
Kent Nagano, conductor
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Winner of 2004 GRAMMY Award
Pentatone SACD

GRAMMY Award, 2004

Prokofiev & Beintus: Peter and the Wolf / Wolf Tracks [in Russian]

Prokofiev:Peter and the Wolf
Oleg Tabakov, narrator
Beintus: Wolf Tracks
Sergei Bezrukov, narrator
Bonus track: Sophia Loren narrates Peter and the Wolf in English.
Kent Nagano, conductor

Getty & Prokofiev: Joan and the Bells, Romeo and Juliet

Gordon Getty (b.1933):
Joan and the Bells, Cantata for Soprano Baritone, Chorus & Orchestra (1998)
Lisa Delan, soprano; Vladimir Chernov, baritone; Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Stockholm
Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Romeo and Juliet, Suite #2, Op 64-ter (1936)
Alexander Vedernikov, conductor
More info
Pentatone

Chopin & Loewe: Piano Concertos (Mari Kodama)

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Loewe: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A
Mari Kodama, piano
Kent Nagano, conductor

Pentatone SACD

Best of 2004, Audiophile Audition

Tchaikovsky: Violin and Piano Concertos

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Christian Tetzlaff, soloist)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 (Nikolai Lugansky, soloist)
Kent Nagano, conductor
Pentatone

Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos No. 3 (Mikhail Pletnev)

Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 26
Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor
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Nominated for a GRAMMY Award
DG 471476 (2003)

Nominated for GRAMMY Award, 2004

Dave Brubeck Returns to Moscow

Dave Brubeck Quartet
DVD/Video of Brubeck's 1997 trip to Moscow to perform with the RNO and the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Includes his mass, To Hope! A Celebration and Blue Rondo a la Turk.

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Romeo & Juliet

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 - Pathétique
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
DG 471 742 2 (2002)

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Encore! The Russian National Orchestra Live in Concert

1. Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
2. Waltz of the Flowers (from The Nutcracker)
3. Spanish Dance from Raimonda
4. Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
5. Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
6. Dance from Ballet Suite No. 1
7. Waltz-Joke from Ballet Suite No. 1
8. In the Hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt SuiteNo. 1
9. Young Prince and the Young Princess, from Scheherezade
10. Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 2 in E minor
11. Lezghinka
RNO 100 (2002)

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