Dmitri Kitayenko – Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 – Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Dmitri Kitayenko – Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 – Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:49 minutes | 580 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © SWR Classic

Dmitri Kitayenko directed various orchestras in Moscow before becoming chief conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic in 1976 and subsequently conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main, from 1990 to 1996. He went on to hold principal positions with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bern Symphony Orchestra, the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul and finally, in addition to his worldwide activities as a guest conductor, was appointed honorary conductor of the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne.

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Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko – Prokofiev & Khachaturian: Orchestral Works (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko – Prokofiev & Khachaturian: Orchestral Works (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:24:30 minutes | 810 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Oehms Classics

This recording brings together unique orchestral suites by the Soviet composer Sergei Prokofiev and the Soviet-Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. Summer Night Suite is based on the music from Prokofievs opera Betrothal in a Monastery and Scythian Suite was derived from his ballet Ala and Lolly. Aram Khachaturian wrote his Masquerade Suite in 1941 to accompany Mikhail Lermontovs play of the same name. His ballet Spartacus (1954) portrays the defeat the Romans by the hero Spartacus who leads an uprising of slaves. The suites present a range of moods and variety of melodic invention that are completely engaging. This is the Zagreb Philharmonics third recording for the OehmsClassics label. Their recording of Glazunovs The Seasons, also under the direction of Dmitrij Kitajenko, received an ICMA nomination.

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