Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67 - Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra & Dmitri Kitayenko

• Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936): The Seasons, Op. 67, Pt. 1 "L'hiver":
• 1No. 1, Prélude - No. 2, Scène de l’hiver04:08
• 2No. 3, Variation du givre00:55
• 3No. 4, Variation de la glace01:17
• 4No. 5, Variation de la grêle00:59
• 5No. 6, Variation de la neige - No. 7, Coda00:59
• The Seasons, Op. 67, Pt. 2 "Le printemps":
• 6No. 8, Entrée de printemps, zéphyre, les fées des fleurs, les oiseaux et les fleurs05:44
• The Seasons, Op. 67, Pt. 3 "L’été":
• 7No. 9, Scène de l’été02:25
• 8No. 10, Valse des bleuets et des pavots02:14
• 9No. 11, La barcarolle (Entrée des naïades, le satyres et des faunes)02:27
• 10No. 12, Variation de l’esprit du maïs01:08
• 11No. 13, Coda04:25
• The Seasons, Op. 67, Pt. 4 "L'automne":
• 12No. 14a, Grande bacchanale des saisons - No. 14b, Entrée des saisons01:08
• 13No. 14c, L’hiver00:56
• 14No. 14d, Le printemps01:24
• 15No. 14e, L’été01:25
• 16No. 15, Petit adage04:26
• 17No. 16, Variation du satyre - No. 17, Coda générale03:51
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48:
• 18I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina10:26
• 19II. Valse04:11
• 20III. Elegia09:45
• 21IV. Finale08:03
• Total Runtime01:12:16

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After getting off to a flying start with Igor Stravinsky, OehmsClassics is delighted to be continuing its partnership with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dmitry Kitayenko – this time with the works of Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky and Alexander Glazunov. The Stravinsky recording was awarded with Pizzicato Supersonic immediately after release, and no doubt this album will be met with similar critical acclaim. Dimitri Kitaenko is one of the great maestros of our time. For decades now he has regularly conducted prestigious orchestras across Europe, America and Asia. Born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg), Dimitri Kitaenko studied at the famous Glinka School of Music and the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory before leaving to study with Leo Ginzburg in Moscow as well as Hans Swarowsky and Karl Österreicher in Vienna. In 1969 he won a prize at the first International Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition and at the age of twenty-nine he was appointed principal conductor of the Stanislavsky Theatre in Moscow. In recognition of his life's work and outstanding recordings, including the complete symphonic works of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Scriabin and Tchaikovsky, Dimitri Kitaenko received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) in March 2015.

Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

Dimitri Kitaenko
is one of the great maestros of our time. For decades now he has regularly conducted prestigious orchestras across Europe, America and Asia.

Born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg), Dimitri Kitaenko studied at the famous Glinka School of Music and the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory before leaving to study with Leo Ginzburg in Moscow as well as Hans Swarowsky and Karl Österreicher in Vienna. In 1969 he won a prize at the first International Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition and at the age of twenty-nine he was appointed principal conductor of the Stanislavsky Theatre in Moscow. In 1976 he assumed the post of principal conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic. In 1990 Dimitri Kitaenko moved to the West, successively becoming principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, the Symphony Orchestra of Bern/Switzerland and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as principal guest conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Since 2012 Dimitri Kitaenko has also been principal guest conductor of the Berlin Konzerthausorchester. In September 2015 he was named Conductor of Honor of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra.

Dimitri Kitaenko and the Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra, of which he has been honorary conductor since 2009, have recorded the complete symphonic works of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. These recordings have been awarded with countless international prizes and are considered important benchmark recordings. Their recording of Tchaikovsky's one-act opera Iolanta in 2015 with Olesya Golovneva, Alexander Vinogradov and Andrei Bondarenko in the lead roles caused a sensation and has been rewarded the "Opera of the Year Award" of the ICMA. In autumn 2016 the complete recording of Tchaikovsky's ballet music to The Nutcracker and the Divertimento from Stravinsky's Le baiser de la fée were released on OehmsClassic. Dmitri Kitaenko's discography encompasses a total of more than 250 recordings, mostly with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

In recognition of his life's work and outstanding recordings, including the complete symphonic works of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Scriabin and Tchaikovsky, Dimitri Kitaenko received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) in March 2015.

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