MOSCOW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Established in 1989, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra includes prize-winners and laureates of Russian and international 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.

During the following years the orchestra not only survived in the period of economic difficulties, but strengthened its position and became one of the top orchestras in Russia. Since the early 1990s it has been a regular participant in the Moscow musical seasons. each year the orchestra presents around twenty concerts in Moscow’s two best concert halls, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, and has its own subscription series. The repertoire includes both traditional and less well known classical music, as well as compositions by contemporary composers.

The orchestra has recorded sound tracks for several Hollywood films. Since 1991 frequent tours have taken the orchestra to most European countries, as well as Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and the United States. The orchestra has also been a regular participant in international music festivals in Germany, Austria and Cyprus. The chief conductor and artistic director of the orchestra is Vladimir Ziva.

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, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Raymonda (Moscow Symphony, Anissimov)	8.553503-04
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - The Kremlin / From the Middle Ages / Poeme Lyrique / Poeme Epique (Moscow Symphony, Krimets)	8.553537
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - The King of the Jews (Moscow Symphony, Golovschin)	8.553575
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 - Stenka Razin / Une fete slave / Cortege solennel (Moscow Symphony, Krimets)	8.553538
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7, "Pastoral" (Moscow Symphony, Anissimov)	8.553769
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 - Carnaval / Spring / Salome / Concert Waltzes (Moscow Symphony, Golovschin)	8.553838
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 - Symphonies Nos. 1, "Slavyanskaya" and 4 (Moscow Symphony, Anissimov)	8.553561
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 8 - The Seasons / Scenes de Ballet / Scene Dansante (Moscow Symphony, Anissimov)	8.553915
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 9 - Finnish Fantasy / Finnish Sketches / Karelian Legend (Moscow Symphony, Golovschin)	8.553839
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 10 - Suite Caracteristique / Le Chant du Destin / Preludes (Moscow Symphony, Golovschin)	8.553857
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 11 - Concerto Ballata / Chant du menestrel (Rudin, Moscow Symphony, Golovschin)	8.553932
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 12 - Symphonies Nos. 3 and 9 (Moscow Symphony, Anissimov)	8.554253
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 13 - Symphony No. 6 / The Forest (Moscow Symphony, Anissimov)	8.554293
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 14 - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Yablonskaya, Moscow Symphony, Yablonsky)	8.553928
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 15 - Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8 (Moscow Symphony, Anissimov)	8.553660
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 16 - The Sea / Oriental Rhapsody / Ballade / Cortege solennel (Moscow Symphony, Golovschin)	8.553512
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 17 - Chopiniana / Overtures on Greek Themes / Serenades (Moscow Symphony, Ziva)	8.555048
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, G.F.: Symphonies, Vol. 2 (Almeida) - Nos. 1 and 2 / Sinfonie del silenzio e de la morte	8.570879
MALIPIERO, G.F.: Symphonies, Vol. 3 (Almeida) - Nos. 5, 6, 8, 11	8.570880
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
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - UZBEKISTAN: A Musical Tour of the Country's Past and Present (NTSC)	2.110535
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
PANDA CLASSICS - Issue No. 4: Toon Time	8.578011-12
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