Khachaturian
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Tchaikovsky & Khachaturian: Piano Concertos
RecommendedXiayin Wang (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
From the first bar, you know that this brilliant Chinese-American pianist is the business...she leads from the front throughout to exhilarating effect...If you do not have a recording of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Khachaturian: Piano Concerto
RecommendedJean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
it’s a glittering account of [the concerto], not only from the soloist, but also the orchestra, who could be a lit tle more forward in the balance, especially the strings in the tuttis. Thibaudet... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Special offer. Sibelius, Khachaturian: Violin Concertos
Sergey Khachatryan (violin)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Emmanuel Krivine
Sergey Khachatryan is among the most compelling players of his generation. Being the youngest- ever winner of the Sibelius Competition (2000) he was bound to record the Sibelius Concerto.
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2004, Editor's Choice
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Baïka
Nemanja Radulovic (violin), Stephanie Fontanarosa (piano), Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Laure Favre-Kahn (piano)
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel
A fiery whirlwind of an album from the virtuosic Franco-Serbian violinist: the Khachaturian violin Concerto and new takes on Scheherazade are fabulous showpieces. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Khachaturian: The Concertante Works for Piano
RecommendedIyad Sughayer (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Andrew Litton
Praise be to Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer, Andrew Litton conducting a BBC National Orchestra of Wales on top form and the conductor’s regular producer Andrew Keener for keeping... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Aram Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3 & Gayaneh Suite No. 3
RecommendedRobert-Schumann-Philharmonie, Frank Beermann
Don't even think about attempting this one on headphones: the gloriously over-the-top Symphony involves fifteen trumpets squaring up to a thunderous organ solo, so crank up your sound-system... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Special offer. Rimsky & Co Originals
Russian Music for Military Band
Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy & Soloists of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Arjan Tien
The Dutch brass are on dazzling form throughout, with some superb cameo appearances from the principals of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Rimsky Korsakov’s concertos for trombone, clarinet... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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Rimsky Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, etc.
RecommendedRCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
Kondrashin's performance is affectionate and colourful as well as lively, and the warm resonance of the recording helps prevent the music from sounding too brash. It is irresistably tuneful... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Shura Cherkassky: The Complete 78rpm Recordings (1923-1950)
Shura Cherkassky (piano), Robert Lortat, Marcel Hubert, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Rachmilovich
APR’s is the most comprehensive single collection and has, by a country mile, the best annotation, booklet (Jonathan Summers) and transfers (Seth B Winner)...evidence, if it were needed, of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Archive Issue of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Special offer. Russian Violin Concertos
Julia Fischer (violin)
Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg
As Julia Fischer explains in the booklet-notes to this, her first CD, she has an abiding love of the Khachaturian Concerto, a work she found impossible to sell to concert-promoters. The freshness... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2005, Editor's Choice
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