REcordings

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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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