HBDirect.com’s new review site Expedition Audio has another great review for our latest in the Igor Golovchin collection of Rubinstein recordings, Don Quixote and Ivan IV: “These two character pieces, while understandably not standard repertoire material, are suspenseful, rousing and rugged, and put on full display Rubinstein’s capacity for writing dramatic music…this recording, originally released…
Anton Rubinstein: Don Quixote & Ivan IV Delos re-releases acclaimed Russian Disc recording of Anton Rubinstein’s Don Quixote and Ivan IV Delos has lately been making classic Russian Disc recordings of seldom-heard Russian music available to the public again; most notably the important works of pianist, composer and pedagogical pioneer Anton Rubinstein. This release offers…
From the liner notes: As early as the mid-1860s Rubinstein developed a fascination for the legendary figure of Tsar Ivan IV (“the Terrible”) and his era. In 1866, the composer began working on a new opera, The Oprichniki (the “oprichina” was Russia’s first repressive institution, set up under Ivan IV for the express purpose of…
From the liner notes: In the autumn of 1869, Anton Rubinstein completed the score of yet another of his musical character pictures for symphony orchestra: Don Quixote, op. 87. However, in turning to Cervantes’ character, as well as to the legendary figure of the first Russian tsar, Rubinstein was not so much interested in this…
Now available for digital download: Anton Rubinstein: Don Quixote & Ivan IV Delos re-releases acclaimed Russian Disc recording of Anton Rubinstein’s Don Quixote and Ivan IV Delos has lately been making classic Russian Disc recordings of seldom-heard Russian music available to the public again; most notably the important works of pianist, composer and pedagogical pioneer…
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