Igor Markevitch

Igor Borisovich Markevitch (Russian: Игорь Борисович Маркевич, Igor Borisovich Markevich, Ukrainian: Ігор Борисович Маркевич, Ihor Borysovych Markevych; 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 Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. 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.

classical

Mozart: Canons; Mass in C Major K.317 'Coronation Mass'; Exsultate jubilate - 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Ukrainian Classical Masterpieces - 2025-07-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Irmgard Seefried sings Sacred Arias - 2025-01-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky Historical, vol. IV (Remastered 2024) - 2024-11-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Wagner: Orchestral Works (Live) - 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Ride of the Valkyries and Other Works - 2022-07-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Igor Markevitch in Italy (Live) - 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Hommage à Diaghilev - 2022-03-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven & Berlioz: Orchestral Works - 2022-02-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Overtures (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 4) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 16) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Berlioz: Harold en Italie (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 8) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

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) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile; An Interview with Igor Markevitch (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 19) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3; Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 8 - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; El amor brujo; Chabrier: España; Ravel: Boléro - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Haydn: Symphony No. 103 'Drum Roll'; Symphony No. 104 'London'; Webner: Preciosa Overture - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Mussorgsky: Songs; Tcherepnin: Tati-Tati; L. Mozart: Toy Symphony; Bizet: Jeux d'enfants - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3; Francesca da Rimini - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; Hamlet - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Berg: Violin Concerto; Brahms: Tragic Overture; Alto Rhapsody; Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Orchestral Works - 2020-11-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky & Stravinsky: Works - 2020-02-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Igor Markevitch

Mozart: Canons; Mass in C Major K.317 'Coronation Mass'; Exsultate jubilate - 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Ukrainian Classical Masterpieces - 2025-07-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Irmgard Seefried sings Sacred Arias - 2025-01-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky Historical, vol. IV (Remastered 2024) - 2024-11-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Wagner: Orchestral Works (Live) - 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Ride of the Valkyries and Other Works - 2022-07-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Igor Markevitch in Italy (Live) - 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Igor Markevitch in Italy (Live) - 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Hommage à Diaghilev - 2022-03-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven & Berlioz: Orchestral Works - 2022-02-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Overtures (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 4) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 16) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Berlioz: Harold en Italie (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 8) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

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) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile; An Interview with Igor Markevitch (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 19) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3; Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 8 - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; El amor brujo; Chabrier: España; Ravel: Boléro - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Haydn: Symphony No. 103 'Drum Roll'; Symphony No. 104 'London'; Webner: Preciosa Overture - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Mussorgsky: Songs; Tcherepnin: Tati-Tati; L. Mozart: Toy Symphony; Bizet: Jeux d'enfants - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3; Francesca da Rimini - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; Hamlet - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Berg: Violin Concerto; Brahms: Tragic Overture; Alto Rhapsody; Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Orchestral Works - 2020-11-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky & Stravinsky: Works - 2020-02-07T00:00:00.000000Z

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