DVD Video, Mariinsky (Kirov) Orchestra (orchestra)
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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
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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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Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Anastasia Belyaeva (Madame Cortese), Vladislav Ouspenski (Baron von Trombonok), Larissa Youdina (Contessa di Folleville), Daniil Shtoda (Count Libenskof), Anna Kiknadze (Marchesa Melibea), Alexeï Safiouline (Don Alvaro), Irma Guigolachvili (Corinna), Dmitri Voropaev (Belfiore), Olga Kitchenko (Modestina),...
The director Alain Maratrat transforms the flimsy story - of upper-crust travellers stranded together on their way to the coronation of Charles X - into sparkling entertainment. Bertola's cream-coloured... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, DVD Choice
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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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33 CDs + 19 DVD Videos
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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)
Vocally they are consistently impressive… Ildar Abdrazakov bestrides the stage like a colossus and sings with firmness and grandeur… Anna Markarova is vocally and dramatically fearless of Odabella,... — More…
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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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Three Russian Operas from The Kirov Opera
Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa, Borodin: Prince Igor, Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery
Mazeppa: Nikolai Putilin (Mazeppa), Sergei Aleksashkin (Kochubey), Larissa Diadkova (Maria), Viktor Lutsiuk (Andrey), Marinsky Theatre, Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Prince Igor: Nikolai Putilin (Prince Igor), Galina Gorchakova (Yaroslavna), Jevgeny Akimov (Vladimir), Sergei Aleksashkin (Galitzky),...
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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…
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Gala Mariinsky II
Live recording from Mariinsky II in St. Petersburg, May 2, 2013
With Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Plácido Domingo, Alexei Markov, Anna Netrebko, Yevgeny Nikitin, René Pape, Mikhail Petrenko, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Sergei Semishkur (Opera), Olga Esina, Kim Kimin, Anastasia Kolegova, Yekaterina Kondaurova, Ulyana Lopatkina, Alexander Sergeyev, Vladimir Shklyarov,...
