Mariinsky Orchestra

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The Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest in Russia. Its history dates back to the first orchestra of the St Petersburg Imperial Opera Orchestra, covering a period of over two hundred years. In the distant past, the orchestra of the Board of Imperial Theatres emerged and developed its activities under two conductors. The first of them was composer Caterino Cavos (from 1803 Principal Conductor of the Russian Opera Theatre and, from 1832, Director of the Imperial Theatres´ Orchestras). As head of the ensemble, Cavos conducted not just premieres of his own numerous operas, but was musical director of productions of Mikhail Glinka´s opera A Life for the Tsar. Moreover, he was involved in the Russian premieres of operas by foreign composers – Cimarosa´s Horatii and Curiatii (1815), Weber´s Der Freischütz (1824), Bellini´s I Capuletti e i Montecchi and Rossini´s Semiramide (1835) and Le Compte Ory (1838) among others. In spring 1847 at the Bolshoi Theatre in St Petersburg, together with the orchestra of the Board of Imperial Theatres and guest musicians who had travelled to Russia with him, Hector Berlioz conducted two concerts, performing his Roméo et Juliette dramatic symphony for soloists, chorus and orchestra. Cavos was succeeded by outstanding musician Konstantin Lyadov (from 1850 Conductor of the Russian Opera and from 1860 Principal Conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre). Under his direction, the Theatre saw such significant opera premieres in the history

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Minkus: Don Quixote, Victor Fedotov

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A Selection from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker

Peter Tchaikovsky. The Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky: Complete Ballets

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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Stravinsky: Capriccio - Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No 2

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Alexander Glazunov. Raymonda

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

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Прокофьев: Ромео и Джульетта

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Russian Classics Vol. 2

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