Mikhail Pletnev
Reaching the highest level of prominence as both pianist and conductor, Mikhail Pletnev is a major figure on the contemporary Russian musical scene. He is also a prolific composer and a competent amateur violinist.
Pletnev was born on April 14, 1957, in Archangelsk in the far north of what was then the Soviet Union. His family was musical; his father played and taught the bayan button accordion, and his mother was a pianist. When the family moved to Kazan in Russia's Tatarstan region, Pletnev began piano studies with Julia Shaskin. He moved to Moscow at 13 to study at the Moscow Central Music School with Evgeny Timakin, and a Grand Prix at the Jeunesses Musicales International in 1945 proved to be the first in a long series of prizes for the young pianist. At 15, Pletnev moved to the Moscow Conservatory for studies with Yakov Flier, whose teaching propelled him to gold medals in two of the Soviet Union's toughest events, the All-Union Competition in 1977 and the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1978. Pletnev launched a touring career that went fully international as restrictions on Soviet musicians loosened in the 1980s. His fluent, elegant style was sometimes likened to those of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and even Vladimir Horowitz. He made his recording debut in 1988 on the Virgin Classics label with Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1, and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, with the Philharmonia Orchestra.
In the late '80s, Pletnev struck up an acquaintance with Soviet head of state Mikhail Gorbachev, who aided him in founding the Russian National Orchestra in 1990; it was the first privately funded orchestra in Russia since 1917. The new orchestra, with Pletnev as conductor and artistic director, was successful from the start. It toured the U.S. in 1992 and 1993. In 1994, he moved to Deutsche Grammophon, recording Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, as conductor of the Russian National Orchestra. His repertory runs from Scarlatti to Rachmaninov, with whom he is especially identified; he is a superb Mozartian and a strong interpreter of a variety of Russian works, but he rarely performs contemporary music.
From the early '90s forward, Pletnev performed somewhat less often as a pianist, although he continued to record both as a pianist and conductor. He stepped down as the Russian National Orchestra's conductor in 1999 but continues (as of 2022) to hold the position of artistic director and to conduct the group occasionally. In the 2010s, he and the Russian National Orchestra often recorded for PentaTone Classics, and in 2022, he moved to Profil, leading the Russian National Orchestra and violinist Ivan Pochekin in violin concertos by Tchaikovsky and Glazunov. By that time, his recording catalog numbered well over 100 items.
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Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor / Après une lecture de Dante / Funérailles / Gnomenreigen
Clásica - Editado por Decca (UMO) el 1 ene. 1998
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Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 15-18
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MASTER OF PIANO VOL.2
Clásica - Editado por UME - Global Clearing House el 22 ago. 2023
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Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 ene. 1999
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Beethoven: The Symphonies
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 ene. 2007
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Scriabin: Symphony No.3 In C Minor, Op.43 "Le Poème Divin"; Le Poème de l'Extase, Op.54
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 ene. 1999
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Classical Piano - Schumann, Grieg & Rachmaninoff
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Recital of Mikhail Pletnev. Moscow, October 31, 1979 (Live)
Clásica - Editado por JSC Firma Melodiya el 12 nov. 2018
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Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 ene. 1996
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Prokofiev: Cinderella; Summer Night Suite
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Clásica - Editado por Decca (UMO) el 1 ene. 1995
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra, Christian Gansch
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 ene. 2007
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra, Christian Gansch
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 ene. 2008
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Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty Op.66
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 ene. 1999
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MASTER OF PIANO VOL. 1
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Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas, Op. 120 - Weber: Grand duo concertant, Op. 48
Michael Collins, Mikhail Pletnev
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 24 sept. 2021
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 "Pathétique" & Marche slave, Op. 31
Clásica - Editado por Erato - Warner Classics el 28 feb. 2003
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Beethoven: Symphony No.3 - "Eroica"; Symphony No.1
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 2007
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Twelve Pieces for Piano, Op. 40, Romance, Op. 5, Waltz-Scherzo, Op. 7 & Capriccio, Op. 8
Clásica - Editado por CDK Music Classical el 1 ene. 2016
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Klaviersonate H-moll, Gnomenreigen, Funerailles
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 ene. 2009
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Beethoven: Symphony No.6 - "Pastoral"; Symphony No.8
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 ene. 2007
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Prokofiev: Cinderella; Summer Night Suite
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 ene. 1995
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