César Cui – A Feast in Time of Plague – Valeri Polyansky

remembering César Cui on his birthday

(18 January 1835 – 13 March 1918)

César Cui (1835-1918):
A Feast Time of Plague - a dramatic setting in one act *
Three Scherzos, op.82
Les Deux Ménétriers, op.42 +
Fair Spring #
Budrys and His Sons, op.98 §

Andrei Baturkin - baritone * §
Alexei Martinov - tenor *
Dmitri Stepanovich - bass *
Ludmila Kuznetsova - mezzo-soprano * #
Tatiana Sharova - soprano * +
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valeri Polyansky - conductor

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César Cui – 25 Preludes op.64 – Jeffrey Biegel

César Cui (1835-1918):
25 Preludes, op.64

Jeffrey Biegel - piano

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A.Rubinstein, César Cui – Violin and Orchestra – Nishizaki

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894):
Violin Concerto in G major, op.46 *
César Cui (1835-1918):
Suite Concertante for Violin and Orchestra, op.25 *

Takako Nishizaki - violin
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra *
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra +
Michael Halász - conductor *
Kenneth Schermerhorn - conductor +

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César Cui – Suites No.2 & No.4 – Stankovsky

César Cui (1835-1918):
Suite No.2 in E major, op.38
Suite No.3 "A Argenteau", op.40
Le Flibustier - prelude

Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Robert Stankovsky - conductor

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César Cui – Suite Concertante, Suite Miniature – Schermerhorn

remembering César Cui on his birthday

(18 January 1835 – 13 March 1918)

César Cui (1835-1918):
Suite Concertante for Violin and Orchestra op.25
Suite Miniature op.20
Suite op.43 "In Modo Populari"

Takako Nishizaki - violin
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Kenneth Schermerhorn - conductor

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Glière - Coloratura concerto; Harp concerto; Glazunov - Violin concerto - Bonynge

Reinhold Glière (1875-1956):
Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra, op.82 *
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Pastorale for Soprano and Orchestra *
César Cui (1838-1918):
Ici-bas for Soprano and Piano +
Alexander Gretchaninov (1864-1956):
Lullaby for Soprano and Piano +
Reinhold Glière (1875-1956):
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, op.74 #
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op.82 §

Joan Sutherland - soprano * +
Osian Ellis - harp #
Josef Sivo - violin §
Richard Bonynge - piano +
London Symphony Orchestra * #
Richard Bonynge - conductor * #
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande §
Horst Stein - conductor §

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