Igor Markevitch
Igor Borisovich Markevitch (27 July 1912 – 7 March 1983) was a Russian composer and conductor who studied and worked in Paris and became a naturalized Italian and French citizen in 1947 and 1982 respectively. He was commissioned in 1929 for a piano concerto by impresario Serge Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes. Markevitch settled in Italy during World War II. After the war, he moved to Switzerland. He had an international conducting career from there. He was married twice and had three sons and two daughters.
Genre: orchestral-performance, historic-orchestral-performance, russian-modern-classical
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Top Tracks
- Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
- Symphony of Psalms: I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine
- Swan Lake, Ballet suite, Op. 20a, Dance of the swans
- Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. The Hut of Baba Yaga
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86
- Swan Lake, Ballet suite, Op. 20
- Night on Bald Mountain
- Cassation in G Major for Orchestra and Toys: 3. Finale
- Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36, TH 27: 1. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima - Moderato assai, quasi Andante - Allegro vivo
- Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191: II. Andante ma adagio
- Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191: I. Allegro - Cadenza: Edouard Flament
- Messe solennelle de Ste. Cécile: No. 3 Credo
- Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate of Kiev
- Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries
- Pictures at an Exhibition: II. The Old Castle
- Pictures at an Exhibition: I. The Gnome
- Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade I
- Scheherazade, Op. 35: IV. Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - The Shipwreck
- Romeo and Juliet, TH 42
- Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": II. Scene am Bach. Andante molto moto
Albums (41)
- Glinka: A Life for the Tsar (Arr. N. Rimsky-Korsakov) (2014-10-01)
- Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, CNW 28 "The Inextinguishable" (2022-12-02)
- Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile; An Interview with Igor Markevitch (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 19) (2021-09-17)
- Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique / Brahms Sinfonies 1 and 4: Igor Markevitch (2023-03-03)
- Wagner: Orchestral Works (Live) (2022-09-02)
- Ride of the Valkyries and Other Works (2022-07-18)
- Igor Markevitch in Italy (Live) (2022-06-03)
- Hommage à Diaghilev (2022-03-04)
- Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, K. 191; Haydn: Sinfonia concertante; Cimarosa: Concerto for two flutes; Schubert: Symphony No. 3 (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 3) (2021-09-17)
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Berlioz: Harold en Italie (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 8) (2021-09-17)
- Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 16) (2021-09-17)
- Beethoven: Overtures (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 4) (2021-09-17)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; Hamlet (2021-08-27)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3; Francesca da Rimini (2021-08-27)
- Mussorgsky: Songs; Tcherepnin: Tati-Tati; L. Mozart: Toy Symphony; Bizet: Jeux d'enfants (2021-08-27)
- Haydn: Symphony No. 103 'Drum Roll'; Symphony No. 104 'London'; Webner: Preciosa Overture (2021-08-27)
- De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; El amor brujo; Chabrier: España; Ravel: Boléro (2021-08-27)
- Berg: Violin Concerto; Brahms: Tragic Overture; Alto Rhapsody; Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus (2021-08-27)
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 8 (2021-08-27)
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3; Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 (2021-08-27)
- Beethoven: Orchestral Works (2020-11-06)
- Tchaikovsky & Stravinsky: Works (2020-02-07)
- National Theatre Belgrade: Great Russian Operas from 1955 (2020-01-17)
- Igor Markevitch, Vol. 1: Scheherazade and Symphonies by Beethoven, Haydn & Nielsen (2019-06-07)
- Beethoven : Piano Concerto No. 3 - Schumann : Piano Concerto In A Minor (2019-03-19)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Mussorgsky: 6 Songs (2018-04-20)
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Night on Bald Mountain (2017-01-20)
- Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies & Manfred (2016-04-08)
- Berlioz: Le damnation de faust (1959) (2015-07-01)
- Berlioz, Mussorgsky & Mozart: Orchestral Works (2015-07-01)
- Haydn : La Création (2015-02-23)
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Original Piano Version and Ravel Orchestration) (2014-10-31)
- Beethoven & Gluck: Orchestral Works (2014-10-01)
- Markevitch Conducts Verdi, Brahms, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Others (2014-02-09)
- Modest Mussorgsky: Russian Songs, Pictures at an Exhibition - Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (2013-10-01)
- Igor Markevitch Conducts Richard Wagner and Claude Debussy (2013-05-07)
- Manuel de Falla: Noches en los jardines de España, El sombrero de tres picos & La vida breve (interludio y danza No. 1) (2012-09-01)
- Gieseking plays Mozart (1944-1955) (2012-07-03)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6; Francesca da Rimini (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 13) (2012)
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture; Overture May Night; Le Coq d'or; Borodin: In The Steppes Of Central Asia; Liadov: Fragment de l'Apocalypse; Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila (Igo (2012)
- Bizet: Carmen & L'Arlésienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2 (2014-03-12)
Recordings with proof (53)
- Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191: III. Rondo (Tempo di menuetto); ISRC DEF055801333; CopyrightID 0x0d4c5b8c2c4d996c7b516b92ac2a682e589891df8545ed43e255b81ae1c57869; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191: I. Allegro - Cadenza: Edouard Flament; ISRC DEF055801331; CopyrightID 0x9235c570f1a67b589e2373ab28cd55c3fd5ec3950c828a817ce90d9aee272a3f; Bitcoin block 960348; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191: II. Andante ma adagio; ISRC DEF055801332; CopyrightID 0xd0c8e5e724df13e3fd3b5d4cc72f6991d720821a35c295dbbf03f28c7a1e7c59; Bitcoin block 960298; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Overture "Coriolan", Op. 62; ISRC DEF055800010; CopyrightID 0xe056462c9804c0055ee2aca0f4ae61519509bf89d76970739e89bea9df39d227; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Overture "The Consecration of the House", Op. 124; ISRC DEF055800040; CopyrightID 0xa1fbda6ad2359a53e9d2428e1de258c7ef23a5ba921179b1d4769500215c92e5; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Music to Goethe's Tragedy "Egmont", Op. 84; ISRC DEF055800050; CopyrightID 0x7982499661df6ce0e02c666ef4106ef4fb78818d4af089787d8697e5c55330b8; Bitcoin block 960485; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36, TH 27: 1. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima - Moderato assai, quasi Andante - Allegro vivo; ISRC NLA506300200; CopyrightID 0x01c4778bf7e3db8031a6619f2a6260a196083a65eb6ae037654b90872336e3c3; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: 1. Allegro con brio; ISRC NLA505900198; CopyrightID 0x52e0a624956f18a3fe8a3d776b27905457e21ea07b2487df2e42a299dede074c; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: 3. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio; ISRC NLA505900200; CopyrightID 0xa415cde6491b959df34bf72068ee144514bc7da0fcb251b28af25222774fc8e9; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: 2. Andante con moto; ISRC NLA505900199; CopyrightID 0x0abecbeefac3aedf1df6a0bd721ff5954f8b9331bf14b9fc876a7b2064072719; Bitcoin block 960441; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: 4. Allegro; ISRC NLA505900201; CopyrightID 0x0bef32843bd0bd11941e56d7c5b3b933d8ea6438f98d8b44bfe3eb7a3f2dd639; Bitcoin block 960334; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Coriolan Overture, Op. 62; ISRC ITX921003120; CopyrightID 0xfe00f5cdc251e444940be13ab4f0323508b864050f7e2ce15616d406c93d21cb; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Symphony of Psalms: I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine; ISRC ITCC56000006; CopyrightID 0x735c24fcc49ea69f46d87fc1f4260e532da5b21bf9da85fe81907605e8db2f2d; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade II; ISRC DES380022939; CopyrightID 0xf535891485c42f1265b6416323e4001d706c2399014f7f91ab3d7012a9e26d60; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: II. The Old Castle; ISRC DES380022940; CopyrightID 0xd4e17ff19efc570f2a20d86819ac9d41c5a9e337126eb3f27e51be5d69994412; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries; ISRC DES380022942; CopyrightID 0xf676859efced1d8659252029d122e35c6959499082b30c5f049131a19832daca; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Bydlo; ISRC DES380022943; CopyrightID 0x4688f3f7b9f7ae2e9945e1859e23dcf8004bd92e80a447bf4d1e45dd66d483c5; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle; ISRC DES380022946; CopyrightID 0xe6ed7ce66441d195a9de1a74342f66c59e2e209a2b86e4fef3c996418013a663; Bitcoin block 957122; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. The Hut of Baba Yaga; ISRC DES380022949; CopyrightID 0x175a89ef15d0e33f91b6e9137ee1886bc9a9ea61c6ff3aebac62789e02563e4a; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade I; ISRC DES380022937; CopyrightID 0xcf1b934e01fef31d542efdc15683445a8e22101d97e0e76413dcd41476070818; Bitcoin block 960379; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: I. The Gnome; ISRC DES380022938; CopyrightID 0x43d1565769a2b5fe64626fff03b2fa12fc133c21e6f661d7c04c68a4f5b32d0a; Bitcoin block 960344; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade IV; ISRC DES380022944; CopyrightID 0x7cd165b7443bbd2fd6915cbef7d6aa6510f10683384c63c0d3731c523478d19b; Bitcoin block 960441; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. The Market Place at Limoges; ISRC DES380022947; CopyrightID 0x557f846b6b84b51a602688735c2aa94becf046ac9b30982d5b2d588cc47e5c3d; Bitcoin block 960481; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate of Kiev; ISRC DES380022950; CopyrightID 0xac3ce02e035e50afebd51634cb86dc2f89e214b28d452a125b0bf171437f6475; Bitcoin block 960381; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Night on Bald Mountain; ISRC DES380022951; CopyrightID 0xa8789b2d882993fbeb11a379d4d73805e57b7ef1700938a573d74299699d089a; Bitcoin block 960362; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Manfred Symphony, Op. 58, TH 28: 1. Lento lugubre - Moderato con moto - Andante; ISRC NLA506300196; CopyrightID 0x15e0907d3ebbc2a50356d2ce46098b074769f8aff1aa31906f0006a7058fe81e; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13, TH. 24 "Winter Reveries": 1. Allegro tranquillo; ISRC NLA506600732; CopyrightID 0xe486e899b17f4de7c6564d4ec2a7188ca3ad614f62fca708c31db6835839d5d2; Bitcoin block 960455; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : Récitatif. "Und Gott sah das Licht"; ISRC FRX211501002; CopyrightID 0x1fe945db598c9abe3b02b44a9351c40affcc96c5c1ac921fe65949e6040f8db2; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : Aria. "Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle"; ISRC FRX211501003; CopyrightID 0x710d2b23d72c6630a9d2c89e45241cb095b0bb84842f732aea7e4cad3e8419d9; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : Mit Staunen sieht das Wunderwerk; ISRC FRX211501005; CopyrightID 0x28f6b0974151a603772d1bb4249df3d5d2a06973ae2e12569aacaaf531fc772e; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : Récitatif. " Und Gott sprach, Es sammle sich das Wasser; ISRC FRX211501006; CopyrightID 0xf4b040790c799d12d09b9131ebc56bcba24e4e146670328eeced6087e6f09eac; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : Aria. "Rollend in schäumenden Wellen"; ISRC FRX211501007; CopyrightID 0x9d5916cc650f8f7e842ee0bfd0a6d4eebf89e3145a44126d3edb6c2268da0f98; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : Récitatif. "Und Gott sprach. Es sei'n Lichter an der Feste des Himmels"; ISRC FRX211501012; CopyrightID 0xd091229ee5c9bb395d4c0fca0e2f6410c00d45b056bc9dc747ab1cb462fb2ff6; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2 : Aria. "Auf starkem Fittiche schwinget sich der Alder stolz"; ISRC FRX211501016; CopyrightID 0xe474e652af9a192d06e8404a8a3815db00a393e6c9704411b18d1164c5835be8; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2 : Récitatif. "Und Gott schuf grosse Walfische"; ISRC FRX211501017; CopyrightID 0xf11cf2bb699253eaceafccb12a7656e9dec5caf3fa79162e8287a27006d0e527; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2 : In holder Anmut stehn & No. 19, Der Herr ist gross in seiner Macht; ISRC FRX211501019; CopyrightID 0xbc12a34e527384d984cc661e701e108ee5b1011798dda35c65983c1fbcaaa0c6; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2 : Récitatif. "Gleich öffnet sich der Erde Schoss"; ISRC FRX211501021; CopyrightID 0x9cba83bdd958e45f2591e30bebba38487fccab986f61f2dc8891eaff65621d5f; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2 : Récitatif. "Und Gott schuf den Menschen"; ISRC FRX211501023; CopyrightID 0x87fc0a19b2d6414d19130f3a6efa47eb6f2303b1f8fd932f8f2af4a71233d6d7; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2 : "Vollendet ist das grosse Werk", No. 27, "Zu dir, o Herr, blickt alles auf" & No. 28, "Vollendet ist das grosse Werk"; ISRC FRX211501026; CopyrightID 0xba1d64a7def7d2f981b84058ecbb12235fedb068e70c87022ee1069e8d7d1aab; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 3 : "Singt dem Herren alle Stimmen!"; ISRC FRX211501032; CopyrightID 0xf90b337be5c46c2180ee66b44a31affbebdda9a0cb4ae95aa0c31f8e41aa1e6a; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : Introduction; ISRC FRX211501001; CopyrightID 0x178185e2e3d2630b4fa917cc1cb94c16e2afba31b287642d59cd0e965f0e3664; Bitcoin block 960138; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : Récitatif. "Und Gott machte das Firmament"; ISRC FRX211501004; CopyrightID 0xfd7179fdc8fb2ebbd5cde49e07e8f81b4324bdbd02eb465bc0ce917607493e12; Bitcoin block 960268; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : Aria. "Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün"; ISRC FRX211501009; CopyrightID 0x39f4cb1fe3547d652eae138e713cd4f99e4b281d782fb58a0c61bf6891918294; Bitcoin block 960381; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : Choeur. "Stimmt an die Saiten"; ISRC FRX211501011; CopyrightID 0x67ce624fc33537ff87909196af3199777926fc69c820c558be32dcef3cf16b4e; Bitcoin block 960348; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : Récitatif. "In vollem Glanze steiget jetzt die Sonne"; ISRC FRX211501013; CopyrightID 0x1a5051640b834da8402750f3c2842ea6309f52db32df861b1987076a7e5eab3d; Bitcoin block 960337; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1 : "Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes"; ISRC FRX211501014; CopyrightID 0x75950726fc7220da1f4391bd68fdc483e5d1da2def3cafd62be662e51b6a2af3; Bitcoin block 960340; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2 : Aria. "Mit Würd und Hoheit angetan"; ISRC FRX211501022; CopyrightID 0xd958d02d86ecc886bc2204551ef5de1c45977375658d0505177fc7bf9592c9fb; Bitcoin block 960427; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 2 : Récitatif. "Und Gott sah jedes Ding"; ISRC FRX211501025; CopyrightID 0x3dda1ac6b7d80f7a1e2a8ff88355fac1395da89c9343e203751747da5112cd43; Bitcoin block 960494; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 3 : Récitatif. "Aus Rosenwolken bricht"; ISRC FRX211501027; CopyrightID 0xb20d8a70df3f7c8bfb73ad6ee8fd10b0c307aaaecb43372ab45e70f0f9bd3e43; Bitcoin block 960441; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Création, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 3 : "Von deiner Güt, o Herr und Gott"; ISRC FRX211501028; CopyrightID 0xc83871bde156cfd88e5ef4ca1f0e6dbd0307cf642f49bb09f9cf9b74841dcd89; Bitcoin block 960337; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade 2; ISRC NLY331405668; CopyrightID 0xb6634c75bd7cbae4dd4a54bed487b90f01356c294d856f6bea4f82e20ca8285e; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Night on Bare Mountain; ISRC NLY331405680; CopyrightID 0x90338bacdbc3c53a73bc51007b13fe0b93526eab33f4eeaa3030b5a110ce3397; Bitcoin block 960481; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Messa da Requiem: XII. Sanctus; ISRC QM7281578313; CopyrightID 0x415990f5bf505be1bed97b361ead72efb475c6f775c23d78b5994ede95149c4e; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
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Popularity-0 recordings of Igor Markevitch in everplay, described from supplier metadata.