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About the conductor Valery Gergiev

Born to Ossetian parents in Moscow in 1953 and raised in the Caucasus, Valery Gergiev studied music in the Leningrad Conservatory under Ilya Musin. Having trained as a pianist at first, at the age of 23 he was given his first passport to go to Berlin for the Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition and two years later took up a conducting post at the Kirov. Valery Gergiev was elected Artistic Director of the Mariinsky opera company in 1988 at the age of 35, and in 1996 the Russian government gave him complete control over the orchestra, opera and ballet. His ‘mission’ has been to make the Mariinsky companies the best in the world. He is considered today as one of the leading conductors, in demand at virtually all the world’s best orchestras and opera companies; but his main motivation always remains the same: to give people pride in St Petersburg and the Mariinsky (he sees their paths as inextricably intertwined). At the Mariinsky, Gergiev has brought on a number of world-class singers such as Galina Gorchakova and Olga Borodina. But his greatest musical achievement has been to expand and rejuvenate the repertoire, particularly that of the Russian composers, making his mark as no other late 20th-century conductor has done. He is devoted to Prokofiev, who he feels has ‘been neglected’. Important operas by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Shostakovich as well as Stravinsky’s ballets are now in the company’s repertoire. Now that Gergiev has rebuilt the orchestra and re-established its reputation, he has begun to introduce Western works. Two of his biggest achievements were the 1997 staging of Parsifal, given in Russia for the first time in 80 years, and his debut at the Metropolitan Opera with a new production of Otello with Placido Domingo. "Valery Gergiev is a maestro with an authority equal to the best conductors of this century. He has become the philosopher-king of Russian opera, the star of everything he conducts. Yet he is also able to bring a score to life with unsurpassed vigor and a sympathy for each composer’s unique voice. That’s a hard combination for musicians and listeners to resist." - Washington Post.

CDs and DVDs featuring the conductor Valery Gergiev

CATALOGUE NR: BAC053  (barcode: 3760115300538)
RECORD LABEL: Bel Air Classiques
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.49
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-2010

TITLE: You cannot start without me
TRACKS: Bonus Material - Interview / Concerts excerpts.
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: 16:9 NTSC / Sound Format: PCM stereo Dolby 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 156 minutes / Recorded: a film directed by Allan Miller / Subtitles: English French German Japanese Russian Spanish - Apr-2010 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2010 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Who can ever really know the super-maestro that is Valery Gergiev? This film accompanies him on his travels which, given that he wields major artistic influence in Russia, the US and the UK (and the rest) makes for an exhilarating journey.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 0741739  (barcode: 0044007417393)
RECORD LABEL: Philips
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 06-Oct-2003

COMPOSER: Alexander Borodin
TITLE: Prince Igor - complete
ORCHESTRA: Kirov Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Nikolai Putilin   Galina Gorchakova   Sergej Aleksashkin   Olga Borodina

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1988 - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: LSO0685  (barcode: 0822231168522)
RECORD LABEL: LSO Live
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 27-Jul-2009

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TITLE: Duke Bluebeard's Castle - complete
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Willard White   Elena Zhidkova    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: DSD recording live at the Barbican Jan-2009 / sung in Hungarian with spoken prologue in English / text in Hungarian with English translation - Oct-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: LSO0692  (barcode: 0822231169222)
RECORD LABEL: LSO Live
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 11-Apr-2011

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy
TRACKS: La Mer. Jeux. Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: DSD recording live at the Barbican London 2009-2010 - Jun-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: MAR0502  (barcode: 0822231850229)
RECORD LABEL: Mariinsky
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 29-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in F minor op.10. Symphony No.15 in A op.141.
ORCHESTRA: Mariinsky Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Dsd recording Marinsky Concert Hall St Petersburg 24/25-Jul-2008 - Sep-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: MAR0509  (barcode: 0822231850922)
RECORD LABEL: Mariinsky
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 06-Feb-2012

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1. Piano Concerto No.2 (Shostakovich). Piano Concerto No.5 (Shchedrin).
ORCHESTRA: Mariinsky Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Denis Matsuev      

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CATALOGUE NR: MAR0501  (barcode: 0822231850120)
RECORD LABEL: Mariinsky
FORMAT: Hybrid 2 SACD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.95
RELEASE DATE: 25-May-2009

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TITLE: The Nose - complete
ORCHESTRA: Mariinsky Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Vladislav Sulimsky   Alexey Tanovitsky   Tatiana Kravtsova   Andrei Popov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 104 page perfect bound book in slipcase - notes in Russian (cyrillic) English French and German - sung in Russian - Jul-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 0743117  (barcode: 0044007431177)
RECORD LABEL: Philips
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.99
RELEASE DATE: 17-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TITLE: Shostakovich against Stalin - film
TRACKS: plus - Symphony No.4 in C minor op.43 3rd movement conclusion. Symphony No.5 in D minor op.47 1st movement. Symphony No.6 in B minor 2nd movement. Symphony No.7 in C op.60 'Leningrad' 1st movement. Symphony No.8 in C minor op.65 3rd movement. Symphony No.9 in E flat op.70 1st movement. Shostakovich Wartime Radio Broadcast. Shostakovich Chronology.
ORCHESTRA: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC / Sound Format: DTS 5.1 Surround Sound PCM Stereo - Feb-2006 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: MAR0507  (barcode: 0822231850724)
RECORD LABEL: Mariinsky
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 06-Dec-2010

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: Symphony No.2 in B op.14 'To October'. Symphony No.11 in G minor op.103 'The Year 1905'.
ORCHESTRA: Mariinsky Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: DSD recording Mariinsky Concert Hall St Petersburg 2009-2010 - Feb-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: MAR0511  (barcode: 0822231851127)
RECORD LABEL: Mariinsky
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: Symphony No.3 in E flat op.20 'The first of May'. Symphony No.10 in E minor op.93.
ORCHESTRA: Mariinsky Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: dsd recording Mariinsky Concert Hall St Petersburg 2009-2010 - Jun-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jul-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice

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CATALOGUE NR: 4758070  (barcode: 0028947580706)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.95
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RELEASE DATE: 13-Nov-2006
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COMPOSER: Francesco Cilea  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Homage - The Age of the Diva
TRACKS: Adriana Lecouvreur : Poveri fiori (Cilea). Dalibor : Dobra! Ja mu je dam!... Jak je mi? (Smetana). Oprichnik : Pochudilis mne budto golosa… Za dvorom luzhok zelenvoshek (Tchaikovsky). Tosca : Vissi d'arte (Puccini). Das Wunder der Heliane : Ich ging zu ihm (Korngold). Mireille : O legere hirondelle (Gounod). Die Liebe der Danae : Orchesterzwischenspiel… Wie umgibst du mich mit Frieden (Richard Strauss). Servilia : Tsveti moi! (Rimsky-Korsakov). Il Trovatore : Che pie t'arresti?… Tacea le notte…. Di tale amo (Verdi). Cleopatre : J'ai verse le poison dans cette coupe d'or (Massenet). Jenufa : Mamicko mam tezkou hlavu … Kdo to je? - Jenufko ty jsi jeste vzuru? (Janacek). Die Kathrin : Ich soll ihn niemals niemals merh sehn (Korngold).
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Renee Fleming      

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CATALOGUE NR: 0762801  (barcode: 0044007628010)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.99
RELEASE DATE: 27-Jun-2011

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Summer Night's Concert at Schonbrunn
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Benjamin Schmid      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC / Region Code: 0 / Recorded: Palace of Schonbrunn 2011

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CATALOGUE NR: 4764211  (barcode: 0028947642114)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 27-Jun-2011

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Summer Night's Concert at Schonbrunn
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Benjamin Schmid      

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697891402  (barcode: 0886978914026)
RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 22-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Liszt: My Piano Hero
TRACKS: Romance O pourquoi donc in E minor. Grandes etudes de Paganini La campanella in G-sharp minor. Consolation No.3 in D-flat major. Grand Galop chromatique in E-flat major. Liebestraum No.3 in A-flat major. Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 in D-flat major. Trois etudes de Concert: Un sospiro in D-flat major. Hungarian Rhapsody No.15 in A minor Rakoczy March - Horowitz version. Ave Maria (Liszt / Schubert). Tristan - Liebestod (Liszt / Wagner). Piano concerto No.1 in E-flat major S124.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Lang Lang      

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CATALOGUE NR: MAR0512  (barcode: 0822231851226)
RECORD LABEL: Mariinsky
FORMAT: Hybrid 2 SACD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.95
RELEASE DATE: 01-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: Lucia di Lammermoor - complete
ORCHESTRA: Mariinsky Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Natalie Dessay   Piotr Beczala   Vladislav Sulimsky   Dmitry Voropaev

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Mariinsky Concert Hall St Petersburg 12-16-Sep-2010 / Notes in Russian (cyrillic) English French and German / libretto in Italian with English translation - Oct-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The new recording from the Mariinsky brings us into another world.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 107094  (barcode: 0807280709490)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 04-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
TITLE: Turandot - complete
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Gabriele Schnaut   Paata Burchuladze   Johan Botha   Cristina Gallardo-Domas

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.0 DTS 5.0 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 125 minutes + 16 minute bonus / Recorded: live at the Salzburger Festspiele 2002 / Subtitles: English German Spanish Italian Chinese French

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CATALOGUE NR: OA0967D  (barcode: 0809478009672)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2007

COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini
TITLE: Il Viaggio a Reims - complete
ORCHESTRA: St Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Anastasia Belyaeva   Vladislav Ouspenski   Larissa Youdina   Daniil Shtoda

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: PAL 16:9 anamorphic / Sound Format: LPCM Stereo DTS 5.1 Surround / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 135 minutes / Recorded: live at Le Chatelet Paris Dec-2005 / Subtitles: English German French Spanish Italian - Jul-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 4 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 707008  (barcode: 0814337010706)
RECORD LABEL: C Major Entertainment
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 30-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: At the Abu Dhabi Festival
TRACKS: Overture to Guillaume Tell (Gioachino Rossini). Symphony No.1 in D major op.25 Classical (Sergey Prokofiev). Symphony No.5 in E minor op.64 (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky). Bonus - a fascinating documentary about the orchestra founded by Sir Georg Solti
ORCHESTRA: World Orchestra for Peace
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo DTS 5.1 - bonus only Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 104 minutes / Subtitles: documentary - German English - original language - Oct-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 100078  (barcode: 4006680100784)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 29-Aug-2000

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: La Forza del Destino - complete
ORCHESTRA: Kirov Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Galina Gorchakova   Nikolai Putilin   Gegam Grigorian   Marianna Tarasova

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 160 minutes duration - Penguin Guide 4 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4783465  (barcode: 0028947834656)
RECORD LABEL: Decca The Opera Company
FORMAT: 3 CD Set  DURATION: 157 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.35
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RELEASE DATE: 20-Feb-2012

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: La forza del destino - complete
TRACKS: The force of destiny.
ORCHESTRA: Kirov Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Galina Gorchakova   Gegam Grigorian   Mikhail Kit   Olga Borodina

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: original St Petersburg 1862 version - multi-language libretto available online

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