Established in 1989, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra includes prize-winners and laureates of Russian andinternational music competitions and graduates of conservatories in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev who have played under such conductors as Svetlanov, Rozhdestvensky, Mravinsky and Ozawa, in Russia and throughout the world. In addition to its extensive concert programmes, the orchestra has been recognized for its outstanding recordings for Marco Polo, including the first-ever survey of Malipiero’s symphonies, symphonic music of Guatemala, the complete symphonies of Charles Tournemire and Russian music by Scriabin, Glazunov, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Nikolay Tcherepnin.
The orchestra also stays busy recording music for contemporary films. Critical accolades for the orchestra’s wide-ranging recordings are frequent, including its important film music re-recordings with conductor William Stromberg and reconstructionist John Morgan for Marco Polo. Fanfare critic Royal S. Brown, reviewing the complete recording of Hans J. Salter and Paul Dessau’s landmark House of Frankenstein score, saluted the CD (8.223748) as a “valuable document on the kind of craftsmanship and daring in film scoring that passed by all but unnoticed because of the nature of the films.” Film Score Monthly praised the orchestra’s recording of Korngold’s Another Dawn score, adding that “Stromberg, Morgan and company could show some classical concert conductors a thing or two on how Korngold should be played and recorded.” The same magazine described a recording of suites from Max Steiner’s music for Virginia City and The Beast With Five Fingers (8.223870) as “full-blooded and emphatic.” And Rad Bennett of The Absolute Sound found so much to praise in the orchestra’s film music series he voiced a fervent desire that Marco Polo stay put in Moscow and “record film music forever”. Many of these recordings are now being reissued in the Naxos Film Music Classics series.
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| ADAGIO |
7168 |
| ALBENIZ: Iberia (orch. P. Breiner) |
8.553023 |
| ALBERT: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Esther Overture |
8.553728 |
| ARENSKY: Egyptian Nights |
8.225028 |
| ARENSKY: Suites Nos. 1-3 |
8.553768 |
| ARNOLD, M.: David Copperfield / The Roots of Heaven |
8.225167 |
| AURIC: Belle et la Bete (La) (Beauty and the Beast) |
8.557707 |
| AURIC: La Belle et la Bete (Beauty and the Beast) |
8.223765 |
| AURIC: Lola Montez / Notre-Dame de Paris / Farandole |
8.225070 |
| AVSHALOMOFF: Flute Concerto / Symphony No. 1 |
8.225033 |
| AVSHALOMOFF: Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 2 / Elegy |
8.225035 |
| AVSHALOMOFF: Violin Concerto / Soul of the Ch'in / Hutungs of Peking |
8.225034 |
| BENNETT: Abraham Lincoln / Sights and Sounds |
8.559004 |
| BEST OF AMADIS (THE), Vol. 2 |
7802 |
| BRIAN: Symphony No. 2 / Festival Fanfare |
8.223790 |
| BRIAN: Symphony No. 2 / Festival Fanfare |
8.570506 |
| CASTILLO: Paal Kaba / Quiche Achi |
8.223719 |
| CHABRIER / GLINKA / MASSENET / RAVEL: Spanish Festival |
7137 |
| CHILL WITH TCHAIKOVSKY |
8.556785 |
| CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 / LISZT: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-2 |
7148 |
| CHRISTMAS (THE VERY BEST OF) |
8.570344-45 |
| DEUTSCH: Maltese Falcon (The) / High Sierra |
8.225169 |
| DEUTSCH: Maltese Falcon and Other Classic Film Scores (The) |
8.557701 |
| DEVREESE: Symphony No. 1 / Poeme Heroique |
8.223739 |
| DISCOVER FILM MUSIC |
8.558210-11 |
| DVORAK / ELGAR: Cello Concertos |
7149 |
| FAESY: Columbus / Sempach / Der Triumph der Liebe |
8.225134 |
| FAMOUS OVERTURES, Vol. 1 |
7136 |
| FAMOUS OVERTURES, Vol. 2 |
7140 |
| FRANCK: Symphony D minor / SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3 |
8.571058 |
| FRANCK: Symphony in D minor / SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3 |
7141 |
| FRIEDHOFER: Adventures of Marco Polo / Lodger (The) |
8.223857 |
| GILSON: The Sea / Melodies Ecossaises |
8.223809 |
| GLAZUNOV (THE BEST OF) |
8.556687 |
| GLAZUNOV: Carnaval / Spring / Salome / Waltzes |
8.553838 |
| GLAZUNOV: Chopiniana / Overtures on Greek Themes |
8.555048 |
| GLAZUNOV: Finnish Fantasy / Finnish Sketches |
8.553839 |
| GLAZUNOV: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 |
8.553928 |
| GLAZUNOV: Raymonda (Complete Ballet) |
8.553503-04 |
| GLAZUNOV: Seasons (The) / Scenes de Ballet |
8.553915 |
| GLAZUNOV: Stenka Razin / Une fete slave / Cortege solennel |
8.553538 |
| GLAZUNOV: Suite Caractéristique / Le Chant du Destin |
8.553857 |
| GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 |
8.553561 |
| GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7 |
8.553769 |
| GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 9 |
8.554253 |
| GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8 |
8.553660 |
| GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 6 / The Forest |
8.554293 |
| GLAZUNOV: The King of the Jews |
8.553575 |
| GLAZUNOV: The Kremlin / From the Middle Ages / Poeme Lirique |
8.553537 |
| GLAZUNOV: The Sea / Oriental Rhapsody / Ballade |
8.553512 |
| GLAZUNOV: Works for Cello and Orchestra |
8.553932 |
| GREEF: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 |
8.223810 |
| HERRMANN / NEWMAN: Egyptian (The) |
8.225078 |
| HERRMANN / NEWMAN: Egyptian (The) |
8.557702 |
| HERRMANN: Garden of Evil |
8.223841 |
| HERRMANN: Snows of Kilimanjaro (The) / 5 Fingers |
8.225168 |
| HERRMANN: Snows of Kilimanjaro (The) / 5 Fingers |
8.570186 |
| IBERT: Diane de Poitiers / La Licorne |
8.223854 |
| IVANOVS: Symphonies Nos. 8 and 20 |
8.555740 |
| JACK-IN-THE-BOX - A Collection of Amusic and Entertaining Works by Classical Composers |
8.570124-25 |
| KABALEVSKY, D.B.: Romeo and Juliet / Colas Breugnon / Comedians (Moscow Symphony, Jelvakov) |
8.553411 |
| KABALEVSKY: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Spring, Op. 65 |
8.553788 |
| KARAMANOV: Symphony No. 3 / Piano Concerto No. 3 |
8.223796 |
| KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto / Concert Rhapsody |
8.550799 |
| KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Suite No. 4 / Masquerade / Circus |
8.550802 |
| KORNGOLD: Adventures of Robin Hood |
5.220501 |
| KORNGOLD: Adventures of Robin Hood |
8.225268 |
| KORNGOLD: Another Dawn / Escape Me Never |
8.223871 |
| KORNGOLD: Devotion |
8.225038 |
| KORNGOLD: Sea Hawk (The) / Deception |
8.570110-11 |
| LARGO |
7169 |
| LAZZARI: Symphony in E flat major / Maritime Pictures |
8.223853 |
| MAGIC OF SPRING (THE) |
8.557785 |
| MALIPIERO, G.F.: Symphonies, Vol. 1 (Almeida) - Nos. 3 and 4 / Sinfonia del mare |
8.570878 |
| MALIPIERO: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 |
8.223603 |
| MALIPIERO: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 |
8.223602 |
| MALIPIERO: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6, 8 and 11 |
8.223696 |
| MALIPIERO: Symphonies Nos. 9 and 10 / Sinfonia dello Zodiaco |
8.223697 |
| MALIPIERO: Symphony No. 7 / Sinfonia in un tempo |
8.223604 |
| MARTINEZ-SOBRAL: Acuarelas Chapinas / CASTILLO: Guatemala I and II |
8.223710 |
| MEDTNER: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano Quintet |
8.553390 |
| MEDTNER: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 |
8.553359 |
| MEULEMANS: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 |
8.223776 |
| MIRACLE OF SUMMER (THE) |
8.557998 |
| MYSTERY OF AUTUMN (THE) |
8.557791 |
| NEWMAN: Hunchback of Notre Dame (The) / Beau Geste |
8.223750 |
| NEWMAN: Hunchback of Notre Dame (The) / Beau Geste / All About Eve |
8.570187 |
| POOT: Symphonic No. 6 / Pygmalion (Suite) |
8.223775 |
| POOT: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 and 7 |
8.223805 |
| RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 / RUBINSTEIN: Piano Concerto No. 4 |
7150 |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve / Night on Mount Triglav |
8.553789 |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Maid of Pskov (The) / Fairy Tale |
8.553513 |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Pan Voyevoda / Sadko / May Night |
8.553858 |
| Russian Ballet Favourites |
8.554063 |
| RYABOV: Symphony No. 4 / Concerto of Waltzes |
8.223749 |
| SAINTON: Moby Dick |
8.225050 |
| SALTER / DESSAU: House of Frankenstein |
8.223748 |
| SALTER / DESSAU: House of Frankenstein |
8.570188 |
| SALTER / SKINNER: Monster Music |
8.223747 |
| SALTER / SKINNER: Monster Music |
8.557705 |
| SAUGUET: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 |
8.223472 |
| SAUGUET: Symphony No. 1 |
8.223463 |
| SAUGUET: Symphony No. 2, Allegorique |
8.223464-65 |
| SCRIABIN: Piano Concerto / Prometheus |
8.550818 |
| SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 1 / Reverie, Op. 24 / 2 Poems, Op. 32 |
8.553580 |
| SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 2 / Symphonic Poem in D Minor |
8.553581 |
| SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 3 / Poem of Ecstasy |
8.553582 |
| SHOSTAKOVICH: Fall of Berlin (The) / The Unforgettable Year 1919 Suite |
8.223897 |
| SHOSTAKOVICH: Fall of Berlin (The) / The Unforgettable Year 1919 Suite |
8.570238 |
| SITKOVETSKY, Yulian: Art of Yulian Sitkovetsky (The), Vol. 3 |
AR-0028-2 |
| STEINER: Adventures of Mark Twain (The) |
5.110087 |
| STEINER: Adventures of Mark Twain (The) |
6.110087 |
| STEINER: Adventures of Mark Twain (The) |
8.557470 |
| STEINER: All This, and Heaven Too / A Stolen Life |
8.225218 |
| STEINER: All This, and Heaven Too / A Stolen Life |
8.570184 |
| STEINER: King Kong |
8.223763 |
| STEINER: King Kong |
8.557700 |
| STEINER: Lost Patrol (The) / Virginia City |
8.223870 |
| STEINER: Son of Kong (The) / The Most Dangerous Game |
8.225166 |
| STEINER: Son of Kong (The) / The Most Dangerous Game |
8.570183 |
| STEINER: They Died with Their Boots On |
8.225079 |
| STEINER: Treasure of the Sierra Madre (The) |
8.225149 |
| STEINER: Treasure of the Sierra Madre (The) |
8.570185 |
| STERNEFELD: Symphony No. 1 / Rossiniazata |
8.223813 |
| STRONG: Ondine / From a Notebook of Sketches, Suites 1-3 |
8.559078 |
| STRONG: Roi Arthur (Le) / Die Nacht |
8.559048 |
| STRONG: Symphony No. 2, 'Sintram' / Chorale |
8.559018 |
| TANSMAN: Concerto for Orchestra / Etudes for Orchestra |
8.223757 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY: Snow Maiden (The) |
8.553856 |
| TCHEREPNIN, N.: Pavillon d' Armide (Le) |
8.223779 |
| The Egyptian |
8.554913DX |
| TIOMKIN: Red River |
8.225217 |
| TIOMKIN: Red River |
8.557699 |
| TOURNEMIRE: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5 |
8.223476 |
| TOURNEMIRE: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 |
8.223478 |
| TOURNEMIRE: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 8 |
8.223808 |
| TOURNEMIRE: Symphony No. 7, 'Les Danses de la Vie' |
8.223877-78 |
| VASILENKO: Chinese Suite / Indian Suite |
8.223783 |
| WAXMAN: Mr. Skeffington |
8.225037 |
| WAXMAN: Objective, Burma! |
8.225148 |
| WAXMAN: Objective, Burma! |
8.557706 |
| WILLSON, M.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 |
8.559006 |
| WINTER |
8.557726 |
| YOUNG: Uninvited (The) / Gulliver' s Travels |
8.225063 |