Moscow Chamber Orchestra
The Moscow Chamber Orchestra has been regarded for more than a half century as one of the greatest chamber ensembles in the world. Shostakovich considered it the greatest and entrusted the premiere of his Fourteenth Symphony to the orchestra. The MCO has made countless concert tours throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas and numerous acclaimed recordings. The MCO gives 120 concerts per year and the performance venues for subscription concerts are Moscow Conservatory's Large Hall and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. The MCO's repertory has been truly eclectic over the years, from Baroque to contemporary, from operatic fare to ballet, from transcriptions of Chopin and Gershwin to folk and traditional arrangements, and from light waltzes and tangos to tragic symphonies. It would be difficult to see the MCO as a specialist ensemble in any area, though Russian music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries has garnered a higher portion of the ensemble's attention. The MCO's recordings are available from such labels as EMI and Delos.
The Moscow Chamber Orchestra, also known as the Russian State Academic Chamber Orchestra, was founded in 1956 by conductor/violist Rudolph Barshai. The ensemble quickly earned a reputation for its collective virtuosity and interpretive skills.
In 1962 it debuted in England at the Bath Festival. The acclaimed performances there led to one of the first recordings in the west by a Russian ensemble, an EMI LP of Prokofiev's Visions Fugitives (arranged for string orchestra by Barshai) and Tippett's Concerto for Double String Orchestra. On September 29, 1969, Barshai led the MCO in the premiere of the Shostakovich Fourteenth Symphony, a work that stirred much controversy. Over the next decades the orchestra maintained its lofty reputation under conductors Igor Bezrodny (1976-1981), Victor Tretyakov, and Andrei Korsakov.
Upon the 1991 death of Korsakov, pianist/conductor Constantine Orbelian was appointed music director, the first American ever to hold a major conducting post in Russia. Under Orbelian, the MCO would draw greater attention in Western Europe and the U.S. Acclaimed concerts in Berlin, Paris, London, and Tokyo regularly followed, and from 1998 the MCO has made annual appearances at Carnegie Hall. In 2004 the MCO was given the prestigious invitation to appear at the Dean Acheson Auditorium, Washington, D.C., by the U.S. State Department for a concert to commemorate 70 years of U.S.-Russian diplomatic relations. Among the MCO's later recordings is the popular 2008 Delos disc, To Russia With Love, featuring baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
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Artistas semelhantes
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Mendelssohn: Klavierkonzerte
Jean Louis Steuerman, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
Classical - Lançado por Philips Classics em 1 de jan. de 1996
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J.S. Bach: Piano Works (Live)
Sviatoslav Richter, Anatoly Vedernikov, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai
Classical - Lançado por Russian Compact Disc em 5 de nov. de 2021
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Bibi Black plays Soviet Trumpet Concertos
Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Bibi Black
Concertos - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de mai. de 2000
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Haydn: Symphony Nos. 101 "The Clock", 102, 104 & 49 "La passione"
Rudolf Barshai, Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Denon em 1 de jan. de 2009
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Russian Piano School (L'Ecole russe de piano)
Dmitri Bashkirov, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Lev Markiz, Rudolf Barshai, Victor Dubrovsky
Classical - Lançado por Russian Compact Disc em 4 de out. de 2011
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Mozart: Symphony №. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 , Symphony №. 24 in B-flat Major, K. 182
Classical - Lançado por World Classical Music Digital em 14 de ago. de 1963
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Haydn: Symphony No. 49 'La Passione' in F minor, Hob.I:49
Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai
Classical - Lançado por Red Note OMP em 17 de mai. de 2010
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Haydn: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 44 & Symphony No. 94
Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Firefly Entertainment em 1 de jun. de 2013
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Haydn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIa/1 (Digitally Remastered)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov
Classical - Lançado por EMG Classical em 20 de ago. de 2013
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Haydn: Double Concerto for Piano & Violin No. 6 - Concerto for Violin No. 1
Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Valentin Zhuk
Classical - Lançado por Denon em 1 de jan. de 2009
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Violin Masterpieces: David Oistrakh Plays Brahms & W.A. Mozart
David Oïstrakh, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai, Kirill Kondrashin, Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Concertos - Lançado por Jube Classic em 5 de ago. de 2014
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Mozart, W.A.: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major / Grandjany, M.: Aria in Classic Style / Svetlanov, E.: Russian Variations
Oleg Sergeev, Tatiana Oskolkova, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Sergei Bolshakov, Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra String Quartet
Classical - Lançado por Delos em 1 de jan. de 2002
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Handel: Water Music - Royal Fireworks Music (2021 Digitally Remastered)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Ussr Symphony Orchestra, Leningrad Brass Ensemble, Vladimir Fedoseyev
Classical - Lançado por Fat Classics em 16 de out. de 2021
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Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 "Haffner"
Classical - Lançado por World Classical Music Digital em 2 de fev. de 1967
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Mozart: Сoncerto No. 21 for Piano and Orchestra in C Major, K. 467
Emil Gilels, Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por World Classical Music Digital em 19 de jan. de 1970
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Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 «Jupiter»
Classical - Lançado por World Classical Music Digital em 7 de abr. de 1966
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Classical - Lançado por World Classical Music Digital em 7 de mar. de 1962
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Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Violin Concerto No. 2
Ilya Grubert, Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Concertos - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de ago. de 1996
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Vivaldi : Four Concertos for Chamber Orchestra, Concerto Rv 577, for the Orchestra at Dresden, Concerto Rv 103, Concerto Rv 514, Concerto Rv 409
Classical - Lançado por World Classical Music Digital em 4 de mar. de 1971
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Stamic: Clarinet Concerto: Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano No. 2
Moscow Chamber Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Firefly Entertainment em 1 de jun. de 2013
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Haydn: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Chamber Orchestra No. 6 in F Major, Hob. XVIII/6 (Digitally Remastered)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Igor Oïstrakh, Natalia Zertsalova
Classical - Lançado por EMG Classical em 20 de ago. de 2013
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