OehmsClassics has compiled some popular Tchaikovsky works from earlier recordings with the Gürzenich Orchestra and Dmitrij Kitajenko. The Pizzicato review says: “With accents, rubato, finely controlled crescendi and an arsenal […]
CD recommendation by Operalounge
“For friends of Russian music” Daniel Hauser recommends at Operalounge the Kitajenko CD with Rachmaninov’s The Bells and the cantata John of Damascus by Sergey Tanejev, both played by the […]
New Scriabin CD “of incredible impact”
The new CD of Alexander Scriabin’s Second Symphony and Poème de l’Extase, performed by the WDR Rundfunkchor and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln under Dmitrij Kitajenko (Oehms Classics OC 474) has received […]
Fifth Award at ICMA: Kitajenko Collection wins in the 2021 Awards
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced today the Awards for 2021. In the Audio and Video categories, 18 productions are awarded a prize. In the category […]
All three releases are ICMA Nominations for the Awards 2021
The three releases conducted by Dmitrij Kitajenko and published by Oehms Classics and Melodiya between November 2019 and October 2020 have been nominated for the 2021 International Classical Music Awards […]
Pizzicato review of the Kitajenko Collection
The online magazine Pizzicato has published a detailed review of Melodiya’s new Kitajenko Collection. Here is the link: https://www.pizzicato.lu/spannend-spannend-die-kitajenko-collection/
Supersonic Award for the Prokofiev-Khachaturian CD
The new CD with works by Prokofiev and Khachaturian has been awarded the Supersonic prize of the online magazine Pizzicato. Here is the link to the review: Russische Musik mit […]
SWR broadcast to honour Dmitrij Kitajenko on its 80th birthday
Under the title Botschafter der russischen Musik – Dmitri Kitajenko wird 80, the German broadcaster SWR honoured Dmitrij Kitajenko in its series Treffpunkt Klassik. The author of the programme is […]
Kitajenko portrait in the Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ)
Under the title “Der Meister knapper Zeichensprache” and the subtitle “Russisch, romantisch, sachlich” the German newspaper FAZ published an article for the 8oth birthday of Maestro Dmitri Kitajenko. Here is […]
Melodiya celebrates Dmitrij Kitajenko’s 80th Anniversary with a Kitajenko Collection
On 18 August, Maestro Dmitrij Kitajenko turned 80. The Russian label Melodiya publishes now a collection of eight CDs (currently only in digital form) with an extremely varied and broad […]