REcordings

Donna Voce Volume III

Clara Schumann & Cécile Chaminade:
Concerti & Piano Works

Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7. Solo piano works.
Cécile Chaminade Concertstück for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 40. Solo and four-hands piano works.
Anna Shelest (piano), Neeme Järvi (conductor), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra,
Anna and Dmitri Shelest, piano four hands

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Donna Voce Volume II: Women of Legend

Fanny Mendelssohn Das Jahr (The Year)
Mel Bonis Femmes de Légende (Women of Legend)
Olena Ilnytska
Nocturne

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Donna Voce Volume II recognized as Record of The Year by Winnipeg Classic 107 FM

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Anton Rubinstein

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 25
Piano Concerto No. 2 in EF Major, Op. 35
Pièces caractéristiques, Op. 50

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Anna Shelest, piano

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Donna Voce

Fanny Mendelssohn Sonata in G Minor
Amy Beach
Ballade in D-Flat Major, Op. 6; Four Sketches: No. 2 & 3
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 14
Cécile Chaminade
Les Sylvains, Op. 60; 6 Concert Etudes, Op. 35: No. 1 & 2
Lili Boulanger
Prelude in D-Flat Major
Chiayu Hsu
Rhapsody Toccata

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Interviews on ClassicalMPR
Interview on WOSU
Interview on KPR
Review by Stage & Cinema

 
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Anton Rubinstein

Piano Concerto No. 3 in G, Op. 45
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 94

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Anna Shelest, piano

 
 
 

Anton Rubinstein

Piano Concerto No.4 Op. 70 in D minor; Caprice Russe Op. 102 in C minor

Live at Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.
Neeme Järvi, conductor
The Orchestra Now
Anna Shelest, piano

review in The Whole Note Magazine here

 

Ukrainian Rhapsody

Anna and Dmitri Shelest, piano

Mykola Lysenko Suite on Ukrainian Themes, Op. 2
M. Lysenko Overture to the Opera “Taras Bulba”, arr. for piano four hands by Levko Revutsky
L. Revutsky Preludes, Op. 4 & Op. 7, Waltz
Alexander Zhuk Ukrainian Rhapsody
Myroslav Skoryk Three Extravagant Dances for piano four hands

Review by Stage & Cinema…

 

Sergei Prokofiev

Piano Concertos No. 1, Op. 10 in D-flat and No. 2 Op. 16 in G minor

Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
Niels Muus, conductor
Anna Shelest, piano

 

TUTTI

Orchestral arrangements for piano four hands

Shelest Piano Duo

Bedřich Smetana Moldau
Franz Liszt Les Préludes
Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique": III. Allegro molto vivace
Maurice Ravel La Valse, arr. for piano four hands by Lucien Garban
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, arr. for piano four hands by Henry Levine

review in The Whole Note Magazine

 

Spirit & Romance

Bach-Busoni Chaconne
Franz Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Schubert-Liszt Gretchen am Spinnrade
Wagner-Liszt Isoldes Liebestod
Schumann Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11

 

Pictures at an Exhibition

Ginka-Balakirev “The Lark”
Tchaikovsky Romance Op.5; Valse Op.40 No.8; Romance Op.51 No.5; Valse Op.40 No.9; Nocturne Op.10
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

 

broadcasts:

Estonia Concert Hall
ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Artur Lemba. Piano Concerto No. 2 in E minor
Sergei Bortkiewicz. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 16
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Estonia Concert Hall
ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Anton Rubinstein Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 35
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Estonia Concert Hall
ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Clara Schumann Piano Concerto op. 7
Cecile Chaminade Konzertstuck op. 40
Francis Poulenc Concerto for two pianos
With Dmitri Shelest
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