Blu-Ray Video, Mariinsky (Kirov) Orchestra (orchestra)
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Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Avgust Amonov (Emperor), Mlada Khudoley (Empress), Olga Savova (Nurse), Edem Umerov (Barak), Olga Sergeyeva (Barak's Wife)
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Jonathan Kent (stage director)
Gergiev coaxes some magnificent playing from his Mariinsky orchestra...But it's [his] attention to detail that really counts with nothing smudged or generalised in his reading of the score...Best... — More…
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Verdi: Attila
Ildar Abdrazakov (Attila), Vladislav Sulimsky (Ezio), Anna Markarova (Odabella), Sergei Skorokhodov (Foresto), Mikhail Makarov (Uldino) & Timur Abdikeyev (Leone)
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Arturo Gama (director)
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Rimsky Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or
RecommendedVladimir Feliauer (King Dodon), Andrei Popov (The Astrologer) & Aida Garifullina (Queen of Shemakha)
Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Gergiev’s characteristically expansive conducting brings out Rimsky’s glowing Oriental languor…a fine cast [brings the characters] to life, notably Vladimir Feliauer’s gruffly vigorous Dodon,... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Opera Recording
DVD Video + Blu-ray
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Prokofiev: Semyon Kotko, Op. 81
RecommendedViktor Lutsyuk (Semyon Kotko), Gennadi Bezzubenkov (Tkachenko), Tatiana Pavlovskaya (Sofya), Varvara Solovyova (Frosya) & Evgeny Nikitin (Remenyuk)
Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Yuri Alexandrov (stage director)
Pavlovskaya makes a bright-voiced heroine among a strong supporting cast ... it gains from Gergiev’s crisp direction. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91
Yelena Prochina, Irina Bogachova, Alexander Gergalov, Nicolai Okhotnikov, Gegam Grigorian, Olga Borodina
Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Graham Vick (director)
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Gala Mariinsky II
Live recording from Mariinsky II in St. Petersburg, May 2, 2013
Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Olga Borodina, Plácido Domingo, Alexei Markov, Yevgeny Nikitin, Ildar Abdrazakov, René Pape, Mikhail Petrenko, Sergei Semishkur (Opera), Olga Esina, Kim Kimin, Anastasia Kolegova, Yekaterina Kondaurova, Ulyana Lopatkina, Alexander Sergeyev, Vladimir Shklyarov,...
The ballet excerpts highlight stunning technical control over bravura…the basses generally win the day, Mikhail Petrenko offering a sonorous ‘Ey Ukhnem!’ and Evgeny Nikitin an imposing Boris... — More…
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Prokofiev: The Gambler, Op. 24
Sergei Aleksashkin (The General), Tatiana Pavlovskaya (Pauline), Vladimir Galuzin (Alexei), Larissa Dyadkova (Babulenka), Nikolai Gassiev (Marquis), Alexander Gergalov (Mr Astley), Mlle Blanche (Nadezhda Serdyuk), Andrei Popov (Prince Nilsky), Oleg Sychev (Baron Wurmerhelm) & Andrei Spekhov (Potapych)
Mariinsky...
Gergiev conducts with exemplary clarity but not the requisite volatility — More…
