Presto CD, Mussorgsky (composer)
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A sizzling account of Borodin's Polovtsian Dances is the centrepiece here. Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture is equally electrifying, yet there is tenderness, too, in Musorgsky's Khovanshchina... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Elgar: Enigma Variations
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
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Russian Songs
RecommendedSongs for Children
Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suites Nos. 1 & 2
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Antal Doráti
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The uncanny, shimmering half-lights of "Catacombs", the bustle of the "Market Place at Limoges" and the majestic expanse of "The Great Gate of Kiev" show the dynamic range and perception of... —
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Building a Library, July 2002, Historic Choice
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Tchaikovsky - Piano Concertos
Gary Graffman (piano)
The Philadelphia Orchestra & Cleveland Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy & George Szell
Plush accounts of the concertos, especially of Nos 2 and 3, with the Philadelphia under Ormandy almost deliquescent. —
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Stravinsky: Three Movements From 'Petrushka'
Anatol Ugorski (piano)
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