Симфонический оркестр Мариинского театра (Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, fka Kirov Orchestra till 1992)

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The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or just the Mariinsky Orchestra (formerly known as the Kirov Orchestra) is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Catherine the Great, it was known before the revolution as the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra. The orchestra is one of the oldest musical institutions in Russia.

In 1935 Joseph Stalin changed its name (and that of the Ballet) to the Kirov, after Sergei Kirov, the first secretary of the Communist Party in Leningrad, whose 1934 murder by his regime Stalin was attempting to whitewash. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the name was changed to its current one in 1992.

The current artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre is the conductor Valery Gergiev. Under Gergiev, the Mariinsky Orchestra has become one of the leading symphony orchestras in Russia. Ensembles of the orchestra's soloists participate in festivals.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1992KhovanshchinaMoussorgsky; Kirov Opera and Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1992Romeo and Juliet: HighlightsProkofiev; Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1993Pique Dame (1992 studio cast)Tchaikovsky; Kirov Opera and Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1993The Sleeping BeautyTchaikovsky; Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1994Symphony no. 2Rachmaninoff; Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1994The Sleeping BeautyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Валерий Гергиев & Симфонический оркестр Мариинского театра1
1994White NightsVarious Artists; Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1995Prince IgorBorodin; Kirov Opera and Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1995Symphony no. 8 in C minorDmitri Shostakovich; Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1995A Russian SpectacularKirov Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev1
1995Prince Igor (highlights)Borodin; Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1995The Fiery AngelСергей Сергеевич Прокофьев; Galina Gorchakov, Sergei Leiferkus, Kirov Opera and Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1995The Swan LakeTchaikovsky; Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Viktor Fedotov1
1996Ruslan and LyudmilaGlinka; Netrebko, Ognovenko, Diadkova, Bezzubenkov, Gorchakova, Kirov Opera and Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1997The 5 Piano ConcertosProkofiev; Alexander Toradze, Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
1998The NutcrackerTchaikovsky; Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev52
1998The NutcrackerTchaikovsky; Valery Gergiev & The Kirov Orchestra1
2000Symphony no. 6 "Pathétique" / Romeo and Juliet Fantasy OvertureTchaikovsky; Valery Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra2
2000Love for Three OrangesProkofiev; Kirov Opera and Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2000Semyon KotkoSergei Prokofiev; Kirov Opera & Orchestra; Valery Gergiev1
2001Romeo and JulietProkofiev; Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev3
2001RequiemVerdi; Renée Fleming, Olga Borodina, Andrea Bocelli, Ildebrando d’Arcangelo, Kirov Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev3
2001Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Scriabin: The Poem of EcstasyStravinsky, Scriabin; Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
2002ScheherazadeRimsky‐Korsakov; Valery Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra3
2002Violin ConcertosTchaikovsky, Myaskovsky; Repin, Kirov Orchestra, Gergiev1
2002Kancheli: Styx / Gubaidulina: Viola ConcertoKancheli, Gubaidulina; Yuri Bashmet, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev1
2003Alexander Nevsky / Scythian SuiteСергей Сергеевич Прокофьев; Kirov Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, Valery Gergiev1
2004Symphonies nos. 5 & 9Dmitri Shostakovich; Valery Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg1
2005Piano Concerto no. 2 / Paganini RhapsodyRachmaninov; Lang Lang, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev4
2006Russian AlbumAnna Netrebko, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev56
2006Minkus: Don Quixote, Victor FedotovСимфонический оркестр Мариинского театра1
2007Swan LakeTchaikovsky; Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev3
2009ScheherazadeRimsky-Korsakov;Valery Gergiev & Kirov Orchestra1
2009The NoseShostakovich; Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev1
2009Symphonies nos. 1 & 15Shostakovich; Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
20091812 Overture / "Moscow" Cantata / Marche SlaveTchaikovsky; Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
2009Piano Concerto no. 3 / Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniRachmaninov; Denis Matsuev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev3
2010White Nights: Romantic Russian ShowpiecesKirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2010Oedipus rex / Les nocesStravinsky; Sergei Semishkur, Evgeny Nikitin, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Gérard Depardieu, Mariinsky Orchestra, Mariinsky Chorus, Valery Gergiev1
2010Symphonies nos. 2 & 11Shostakovich; Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
2011Symphonies nos. 3 & 10Shostakovich; Mariinsky Orchestra, Mariinsky Chorus, Valery Gergiev1
2011Symphony No 6Пётр Ильич Чайковский; Валерий Абисалович Гергиев, Симфонический оркестр Мариинского театра1
2011Symphony No. 4Tchaikovsky; Valery Gergiev & Mariinsky Orchestra1
2011Symphony No. 5Tchaikovsky; Valery Gergiev & Mariinsky Orchestra1
2011The Tsar’s BrideRimsky‐Korsakov; Shaguch, Hvorostovsky, Akimov, Borodina, Kirov Opera & Orchestra Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev2
2012Don QuichotteMassenet; Ferruccio Furlanetto, Anna Kiknadze, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2012La forza del destino (Original St Petersburg Version, 1862)Giuseppe Verdi; Marinsky Theater Chorus, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev1
2012Piano Concerto no. 1Tchaikovsky; Daniil Trifonov, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2012Shostakovich: Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Shchedrin: Piano Concerto no. 5Shostakovich, Shchedrin; Denis Matsuev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
2012Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad'Shostakovich; Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra2
2012Symphonies 7 "Leningrad" & 8Shostakovich; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2013Die WalküreWagner; Anja Kampe, Jonas Kaufmann, René Pape, Nina Stemme, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2013Symphony no. 8Shostakovich; Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
2013Das RheingoldRichard Wagner; René Pape, Nikolai Putilin, Stephan Rügamer, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2014Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2Tchaikovsky; Denis Matsuev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
2014Piano Concerto no. 3 / Symphony no. 5Prokofiev; Denis Matsuev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
2014Symphonies nos. 4, 5 & 6Shostakovich; Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2015Pictures at an Exhibition / Songs & Dances of Death / Night on Bare MountainMussorgsky; Ferruccio Furlanetto, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
2015Symphony no. 9 / Violin Concerto no. 1Shostakovich; Leonidas Kavakos, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
2015Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Shchedrin: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Stravinsky: CapriccioRachmaninov, Shchedrin, Stravinsky; Denis Matsuev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2015The Cello ConcertosShostakovich; Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Gautier Capuçon1
2016Symphonies Nos 4, 6 & 7 / Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 5Prokofiev; Alexei Volodin, Sergei Babayan, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2016The Nutcracker / Symphony no. 4Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev43
2018Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 2Rachmaninov, Prokofiev; Denis Matsuev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2018Petrushka / Jeu de cartesIgor Stravinsky; Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev1
2020Muhly, Helbig, Long: Three Continents / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 2Muhly, Helbig, Long, Shostakovich; Jan Vogler, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Cristian Măcelaru, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
2020Silver AgeScriabin, Stravinsky, Prokofiev; Daniil Trifonov, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev3
The Maid of OrleansTchaikovsky; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro di Leningrado (Kirov), B. Khaikin1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1998Stravinsky: The Firebird / Scriabin: PrometheusStravinsky, Scriabin; Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Alexander Toradze1
2010The Enchanted WandererShchedrin; Sergei Aleksashkin, Evgeny Akimov, Kristina Kapustinskaya, Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev1
2011Rimsky-Korsakov: 5 OperasMariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev; Rimsky-Korsakov1
2023Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty / Swan Lake / Pique DameTchaikovsky; Mariinsky Orchestra1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1994СадкоНиколай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков; Симфонический оркестр Мариинского театра, Валерий Гергиев2
1998MazeppaTchaikovsky; Kirov Opera and Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Putilin, Alexashkin, Diadkova2
1999The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (1994 St. Petersburg cast)Rimsky-Korsakov; Gorchakova, Galuzin, Putilin, Okhotnikov, Marusin, Minjilkiev, Ognovienko, Kirov Opera & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev2
2010Variations on a Rococo Theme / Sinfonia ConcertanteTchaikovsky, Prokofiev; Gautier Capuçon, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev1
2020Contractual Obligation #3: Live in St. PetersburgIan Gillan with The Don Airey Band and Orchestra1

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