Moscow Symphony Orchestra
The establishment of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra coincided with the crumbling of the former Soviet Union. The orchestra was founded in 1989 by Ellen and Marina Levine, who had both spent a number of years in the United States working in the fields of advertising and marketing. When political changes occurred, the two felt positive about a return to Russia and made moved back to their native country. The orchestra's director was the French conductor Antonio de Almeida (1928 - 1997), who initiated a subscription series in Moscow's Great Hall and presided over the recording of more than 20 CDs with the orchestra. Almeida's training (he studied with Ginastera, Hindemith, Koussevitzky, and Szell) and international experience (France, Portugal, and the United States) tended to assure that the orchestra would be exposed to music coming from sources beyond Russian borders.
In assembling the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the Levines pulled together players who were graduates of Russia's most distinguished conservatories (Leningrad, Moscow, and Kiev), many of them prize winners in Russian and international music competitions. These orchestra members had performed under many of the Soviet Union's best-known conductors, including Mravinsky, Rozhdestvensky, and Svetlanov. A tour to Finland and England in 1991 found the orchestra performing together with a famous rock band, evidence of the flexibility and willingness to work in a variety of genres that would subsequently result in the recording of a broad spectrum of musical styles and nationalities. In 1993, the orchestra made a tour of Spain that resulted in acclaim and positive reviews. With a joint British and Japanese commission, the ensemble was able to produce a 12-program television series intended for international distribution.
By 2001, the orchestra's recordings numbered well over 100, three-quarters of those for Naxos and its sister label Marco Polo. By then under the leadership of Vladimir Ziva (1961 - ), the Moscow Symphony Orchestra had amassed a remarkable range of music, from a Glazunov series to collections devoted to American film classics. Most of the latter have been conducted by William T. Stromberg. Other conductors who have led the orchestra on multiple occasions include Alexander Anissimov, Igor Golovschin, Frederic Devreese (in music by twentieth-century Flemish composer Marcel Poot), and Kerry Stratton. Also represented on disc with this orchestra are works by the Belgian violinist and composer Gottfried Devreese, father of Frederic. The orchestra's training in performing multiple styles has been especially important in the recording of American film scores. Several important movie composers are represented in the orchestra's recording catalogue, among them Bernard Hermann, Max Steiner, Franz Waxman, and Erich Korngold, and mastery of the idiom is much in evidence throughout these performances.
Several other rather obscure composers are represented in the Moscow Symphony Orchestra discography. Almeida recorded the symphonies of French composer Henri Sauguet (1901 - 1989) while Guatemalan composer Ricardo Castillo (1891 - 1966) is represented by a disc containing his ballet, Paal Kaba. Still other composers previously underrepresented include the Italian Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882 - 1973) whose symphonies were recorded under Almeida's direction, and the Frenchman Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939).
Among other distinctions for the Moscow Symphony Orchestra has been the presence as an ensemble member of cellist Scott Brady, the first American to have played in a professional Russian orchestra.
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Mosolov: Symphony No. 5 & Harp Concerto
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Taylor Ann Fleshman, Arthur Arnold
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 4 déc. 2020
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Juon: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Orchestra Della Svizzera Italiana, Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Sterling Records le 1 janv. 2014
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Tcherepnin: Le pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29 (Excerpts)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Henry Shek
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 9 août 1995
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Juon: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Classique - Paru chez Sterling Records le 1 janv. 2014
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Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D.417 "The Tragic" (Digitally Remastered)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Dimitriyev
Classique - Paru chez EMG Classical le 17 févr. 2015
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Arensky: Egyptian Nights, Op. 50
Alexander Avramenko, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kolpashnikov, Dmitry Yablonsky
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 1 janv. 1997
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Suter: Symphony in D Minor - Jelmoli: Three Pieces for Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Sterling Records le 1 janv. 2003
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Schulz-Beuthen: Symphony No. 5 "Reformation Hymn" - The Isle of the Dead - Nero Songs and Dances - Sounds of Farewell
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Anastasiya Sidelnikova
Classique - Paru chez Sterling Records le 3 juin 2014
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Pilati: Orchestral Works
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Vadim Davydov, Aleksandr Posikera, Adriano, Aleksandr Kosolov, Ellena Alekseyeva
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 10 janv. 2020
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Fritz Brun: Complete Orchestral Works
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Adriano
Classique - Paru chez Brilliant Classics le 26 avr. 2019
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Garden Of Evil & More Bernard Herrmann Film Scores
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez Master Classics Records le 1 oct. 2009
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Ocean of Dreams - Sample
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Ian Mulder
Classique - Paru chez Ami Records le 15 janv. 2019
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 (Digitally Remastered)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Sergei Skripka
Classique - Paru chez EMG Classical le 9 déc. 2014
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Soviet Trumpet Concertos
Eric Aubier, Thierry Gervais, Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Indesens le 15 avr. 2016
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Dmitri Kabalevsky: Requiem & Symphony No.4
Dmitri Kabalevsky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez JSC Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga Musica le 1 janv. 1992
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Cantates
Classique - Paru chez Brilliant Classics le 16 janv. 2013
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Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 2 - Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Blaricum CD Company (B.C.D.) B.V. le 7 nov. 2014
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 (Digitally Remastered)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Sergei Skripka
Classique - Paru chez EMG Classical le 9 déc. 2014
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Jaques-Dalcroze: Janie - 1914, Impressions Tragiques - Tableaux Romands
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Sergei Ryabov, Moscow Cappella
Classique - Paru chez Sterling Records le 4 mai 2010
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Tishchenko: Concerto for Piano, Violin and String Orchestra & Dante-Symphony No. 3 'Hell: Circles 7-9'
Victoria Postnikova, Alexander Rozhdestvenski, String Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Fuga Libera le 24 sept. 2007
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Jaques-Dalcroze: Concerto pour Violon et Orchestre, Op. 50 - 2ème Concerto "Poème"
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Rodion Zamuruev
Musique concertante - Paru chez Guild GmbH le 6 nov. 2009
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