Russian National Orchestra
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The Russian National Orchestra premiered in Moscow
in 1990.
It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace
, Vatican
and in Israel
.
The RNO's first recording (1991) was Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, Pathétique, released on Virgin Classics. Since then, the orchestra has made over 75 recordings for Deutsche Grammophon
, PentaTone Classics, Ondine, Warner Classics and other labels, and with conductors that include RNO Founder and Artistic Director Mikhail Pletnev
, Vladimir Jurowski
, Kent Nagano
, Alexander Vedernikov
, Carlo Ponti
, José Serebrier
and Vasily Petrenko
.
The RNO’s recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Beintus's Wolf Tracks, conducted by Kent Nagano and narrated by Sophia Loren
, Bill Clinton
and Mikhail Gorbachev
, was the winner of a 2004 Grammy Award
, making the RNO the first Russian orchestra ever to win this honor. A Spanish language version narrated by Antonio Banderas
was released in 2007, following a Russian version narrated by actors Oleg Tabakov
and Sergei Bezrukov
, with a Mandarin edition following in 2011. Narrators in concert versions of these works have included actors Danny Glover
, Diana Douglas, Sean Dill and Debbie Allen, model Tatiana Sorokko
, Singaporean violinist Min Lee, and BBC anchor Seva Novgorodsev
.
A regular visitor to the Schleswig-Holstein, Gstaad and Rheingau festivals, the RNO is also the founding orchestra of Napa Valley Festival del Sole
, Festival of the Arts BOCA in Florida, and the Singapore Sun Festival
, and resident orchestra for multiple seasons of the Tuscan Sun Festival
in Cortona, Italy. The RNO launched its own annual festival in 2009, held each September in Moscow.
In 2008, a panel of international critics assembled by Gramophone named the Russian National Orchestra as one of the world's top orchestras.
The Russian National Orchestra is a private institution supported by individuals, corporations and foundations in Russia and throughout the world. Affiliated organizations include the Russian National Orchestra Trust, the Russian Arts Foundation and the American Council of the RNO. Another RNO innovation is Cultural Allies, an ongoing program encompassing exchanges between artists in Russia and the West, and the commissioning of new works.
For Recordings
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
in 1990.
It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace
Apostolic Palace
The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope, which is located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Sacred Palace, the Papal Palace and the Palace of the Vatican...
, Vatican
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
and in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
The RNO's first recording (1991) was Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, Pathétique, released on Virgin Classics. Since then, the orchestra has made over 75 recordings for Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical record label which was the foundation of the future corporation to be known as PolyGram. It is now part of Universal Music Group since its acquisition and absorption of PolyGram in 1999, and it is also UMG's oldest active label...
, PentaTone Classics, Ondine, Warner Classics and other labels, and with conductors that include RNO Founder and Artistic Director Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev is a Russian pianist, conductor, and composer.-Life and career:Pletnev was born into a very musical family in Arkhangelsk, then part of the Soviet Union; his father played and taught the bayan, and his mother the piano...
, Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski is a Russian conductor. He is the son of conductor Mikhail Jurowski.Jurowski began his musical studies at the Moscow Conservatory...
, Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano
__FORCETOC__Kent George Nagano is an American conductor and opera administrator. He is currently the music director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Bavarian State Opera.-Biography:...
, Alexander Vedernikov
Alexander Vedernikov
Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov is a Russian conductor. He is son of the bass Alexander Filipovich Vedernikov ....
, Carlo Ponti
Carlo Ponti
Carlo Ponti was an Italian film producer with over 140 production credits, and the husband of Italian movie star Sophia Loren.-Career:...
, José Serebrier
José Serebrier
José Serebrier is a Uruguayan conductor and composer. He married American soprano Carole Farley in 1969.- Youth :Serebrier was born in Montevideo, and first conducted an orchestra at the age of eleven, while at school. The school orchestra toured the country, which meant he was able to notch up...
and Vasily Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko is a Russian conductor. He attended the Capella Boys Music School and the St Petersburg Conservatoire. He studied conducting with Ilya Musin, and later under the tutelage of Mariss Jansons, Yuri Temirkanov and Esa-Pekka Salonen. He was resident conductor at the St. Petersburg...
.
The RNO’s recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Beintus's Wolf Tracks, conducted by Kent Nagano and narrated by Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance...
, Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
and Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
, was the winner of a 2004 Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
, making the RNO the first Russian orchestra ever to win this honor. A Spanish language version narrated by Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Banderas , better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer...
was released in 2007, following a Russian version narrated by actors Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov is a Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre.-Theatre career:...
and Sergei Bezrukov
Sergei Bezrukov
Sergey Vitalyevich Bezrukov is a Russian screen and stage actor, People's Artist of Russia, the laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation. He currently works at Tabakov Studio ....
, with a Mandarin edition following in 2011. Narrators in concert versions of these works have included actors Danny Glover
Danny Glover
Danny Lebern Glover is an American actor, film director, and political activist. Glover is perhaps best known for his role as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film franchise.-Early life:...
, Diana Douglas, Sean Dill and Debbie Allen, model Tatiana Sorokko
Tatiana Sorokko
Tatiana Sorokko is a Russian-born American model, fashion journalist and haute couture collector. She walked the runways for the world's most prominent designers and fashion houses, appeared on covers of leading fashion magazines, and became the first Russian model of the post-Soviet period to gain...
, Singaporean violinist Min Lee, and BBC anchor Seva Novgorodsev
Seva Novgorodsev
Seva Novgorodsev MBE is a radio presenter on the BBC Russian Service, and is famous through the former Soviet Union.He created the music programme «Рок-посевы» Seva Novgorodsev MBE (Russian: Се́ва Новгоро́дцев, which is a pseudonym, his real name being Vsevolod Borisovich Levenstein (Всеволод...
.
A regular visitor to the Schleswig-Holstein, Gstaad and Rheingau festivals, the RNO is also the founding orchestra of Napa Valley Festival del Sole
Napa Valley Festival del Sole
Napa Valley Festival del Sole was founded in 2006 by Richard Walker and Barrett Wissman. It is a ten-day festival of music, dance, art, wine and food, held each July. Concerts and events take place throughout the Napa Valley, involving internationally-renowned soloists, orchestras and ensembles,...
, Festival of the Arts BOCA in Florida, and the Singapore Sun Festival
Singapore sun festival
The Singapore Sun Festival is an annual music and life-style festival that runs over ten days and takes place in multiple venues across Singapore...
, and resident orchestra for multiple seasons of the Tuscan Sun Festival
Tuscan Sun Festival
The Tuscan Sun Festival is an annual music and lifestyle festival that takes place in the small Tuscan hilltop town of Cortona, in the province of Arezzo...
in Cortona, Italy. The RNO launched its own annual festival in 2009, held each September in Moscow.
In 2008, a panel of international critics assembled by Gramophone named the Russian National Orchestra as one of the world's top orchestras.
The Russian National Orchestra is a private institution supported by individuals, corporations and foundations in Russia and throughout the world. Affiliated organizations include the Russian National Orchestra Trust, the Russian Arts Foundation and the American Council of the RNO. Another RNO innovation is Cultural Allies, an ongoing program encompassing exchanges between artists in Russia and the West, and the commissioning of new works.
Awards
For the Orchestra and Ensembles- Top Moscow Orchestra, Gramophone magazine, 2008
- RNO Wind Quintet, 1st Place, 2005 Osaka Chamber Music Competition
For Recordings
| Recording | Award |
|---|---|
| Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 2 and No. 4 | Best Concerto Recording 2007, Tokyo Record Academy |
| Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies | WGUC Top CD of 2007; Recording of the Month, MusicWeb |
| Glazunov: Complete Concertos | Classical CD of the Week, The Telegraph; Recording of the Month, MusicWeb; CD of the Week (Colorado and Minnesota Public Radio); CD of the Week (WQZR New York, WETA Washington) |
| Prokofiev: Cinderella | Top Recordings of the 1990s, Gramophone Magazine |
| Prokofiev & Beintus: Peter and the Wolf / Wolf Tracks | GRAMMY Award, 2004 |
| Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3, Symphonic Dances | Romantic Record of the Year (Classic FM Magazine), 1998 |
| Scriabin: Symphony No 3, The Poem of Ecstasy | Classical CD of the Week: The Telegraph, London |
| Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 1 and No. 6 | Editor's Choice, Gramophone; Diapason d'Or de l'année; Choc du monde de la Musique de l'année; Double 10, Classics Today; Best of 2006, Soundstage |
| Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905" | Classical CD of the Week, The Telegraph, London; Best of 2006, Soundstage |
| Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 & Hamlet | BBC Music Choice of the Month |
| Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 | Supersonic Award, Pizzicato, (Luxembourg) |
| Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 5 and No. 9 | Choc du monde de la Musique (May 2007); Edison Award Nominee, 2008 (Holland) |
| Taneyev: At the Reading of a Psalm | Classical CD of the Week: The Telegraph, London |
| Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (Virgin Classics) | Gramophone List: The 100 Greatest Recordings |
| Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D (Julia Fischer) | 2007 Gramophone Artist of the Year; Echo Klassik Award, Best Instrumental Performance of 2007; Best of 2006, Audiophile Audition; Editor's Choice, Gramophone Magazine (April 2007); Financial Times Critics Choice |
| Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3; Stravinsky: Divertimento | Classical CD of the Week: The Telegraph, London |
| Tchaikovsky: Hamlet & Romeo and Juliet | Recording of the Month, Gramophone Magazine (March 2009) |
| Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Francesca da Rimini (PentaTone) | Disc of the Month, BBC Music Magazine (October 2011) |
| Russian Violin Concertos (Julia Fischer) | Editor's Choice, Gramophone Magazine (January 2005); 2005 Echo Klassik Award, Concerto Record of the Year |
| Ravel & Prokofiev: Piano Concertos (Francesco Tristano Schlimé) | Choc du monde de la Musique (July/Aug 2006); Editor's Choice, Gramophone Magazine (September 2006); Classical CD of the Week, The Daily Telegraph |
| Chopin & Loewe: Piano Concertos (Mari Kodama) | Best of 2004, Audiophile Audition |
| Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos No. 3 (Mikhail Pletnev) | Nominated for GRAMMY Award, 2004 |
Recordings
Since 1990, the RNO has released over 75 recordings on CD and SACD. These include:- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathetique
- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
- GlazunovGlazunovGlazunov can refer to:*Alexander Glazunov , a Russian composer*Andrei Glazunov, a 19th century Russian trade expedition leader*Ilya Glazunov , a Russian painter...
: Complete Concertos - Rachmaninov: Symphonies No. 1-3
- Rachmaninov: The Bells (Live in Moscow)
- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
- Prokofiev & Beintus: Peter and the Wolf / Wolf Tracks (in Mandarin)
- Gershwin and BernsteinBernsteinBernstein is a German and Jewish surname meaning "amber". The German pronunciation is , but in English it is often . It may refer to:-People:* Dan Bern , American musician who previously performed under the name Bernstein...
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Suites
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 & Hamlet
- MussorgskyMussorgskyMussorgsky can refer to:*The Mussorgsky family of Russian nobility;*Modest Mussorgsky, a Russian composer belonging to that family.*Mussorgsky , a 1950 Soviet film about the composer...
: Pictures at an Exhibition - Tchaikovsky: Hamlet & Romeo and Juliet
- Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
- Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies
- Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 2 and No. 4
- Lee JohnsonLee JohnsonLee Johnson may refer to:*Lee Johnson , American football punter*Lee Johnson , American basketball player*Lee Johnson , English footballer...
: Dead Symphony - Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3
- Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 5 and No. 9
- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D (Julia Fischer)
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
- Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 1 and No. 6
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905"
- Ravel & Prokofiev: Piano Concertos (Francesco Tristano Schlimé)
- Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3; Stravinsky: Divertimento
- GettyGordon GettyGordon Peter Getty was born on December 20, 1934. He is the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. His mother, Ann Rork, was his father's third wife. When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed control of Getty's US$2 billion trust...
: Young America - Russian Violin Concertos (Julia Fischer)
- TaneyevSergei TaneyevSergei Ivanovich Taneyev , was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.-Life:...
: At the Reading of a Psalm - Russian Ballet Suites
- Prokofiev & Jean-Pascal BeintusJean-Pascal BeintusJean-Pascal Beintus is a French composer. Born in Toulouse, France in 1966, he studied double bass and composition at the conservatories of Nice, Lyon and Paris during the 1980s. When John Eliot Gardiner created the Lyon Opéra Orchestra in 1983, he selected Beintus as a founding double bass player...
: Peter and the Wolf / Wolf Tracks - GettyGordon GettyGordon Peter Getty was born on December 20, 1934. He is the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. His mother, Ann Rork, was his father's third wife. When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed control of Getty's US$2 billion trust...
& Prokofiev: Joan and the Bells, Romeo and Juliet - Chopin & LoeweLOEWELoewe can stand for* Löwe Automobil, a German automotive part manufacturer, also referred to as Lowe Automobile, and Löwe Automobil;* Loewe AG, a German electronics manufacturer;* Loewe, a Spanish luxury brand;...
: Piano Concertos (Mari Kodama) - Tchaikovsky: Violin and Piano Concertos
- Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos No. 3 (Mikhail Pletnev)
- Tchaikovsky & ConusConusConus is a large genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, with the common names of cone snails, cone shells or cones. This genus is placed in the subfamily Coninae within the family Conidae. Geologically speaking, the genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent ...
: Violin Concertos (David Garrett) - Rachmaninov: The Bells; TaneyevSergei TaneyevSergei Ivanovich Taneyev , was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.-Life:...
, John of Damascus - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1, The Isle of the Dead
- ShchedrinShchedrinShchedrin is a Russian name. It may refer to:* Grigori Shchedrin, Soviet submariner* Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin , Russian writer* Rodion Shchedrin , Russian composer* Semion Shchedrin , Russian painter...
: Carmen Suite, Naughty Limericks, The Chimes - Scriabin: Symphony No 3, The Poem of Ecstasy
- Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty
- Beethoven & Mozart: Clarinet Concertos (Michael Collins)
- GlazunovAlexander GlazunovAlexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor...
, Kabalevsky & Tchaikovsky (Gil Shaham) - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3, Symphonic Dances
- Tchaikovsky: Symphonic Poems / Manfred Symphony
- Stravinsky: Firebird
- Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6
- Miaskovsky: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra (Mischa Maisky)
- DvořákAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
: Slavonic Dances Op. 46 & 72 - Prokofiev: Cinderella
- The Enchanted Kingdom: Orchestral Music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov, TcherepninNikolai TcherepninNikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. He was born in Saint Petersburg and studied under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory...
- Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2
- Russian Overtures
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6