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Monday, February 26, 2018

Dmitri Shostakovich; Nikolai Myaskovsky - Symphonies (Evgeny Mravinsky; Kirill Kondrashin)


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Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich; Nikolai Myaskovsky
  1. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: 1. Moderato - Allegro non troppo
  2. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: 2. Allegretto
  3. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: 3. Largo
  4. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: 4. Allegro non troppo
  5. Myaskovsky - Symphony No. 15 in D minor, Op. 38: 1. Andante - Allegro appassionato
  6. Myaskovsky - Symphony No. 15 in D minor, Op. 38: 2. Moderato assai
  7. Myaskovsky - Symphony No. 15 in D minor, Op. 38: 3. Allegro molto, ma con garbo
  8. Myaskovsky - Symphony No. 15 in D minor, Op. 38: 4. Poco pesante - Allegro ma non troppo

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor (1-4)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin, conductor (5-8)

Date: 1963 (5-8), 1966 (1-4)
Label: Audiophile Classics

More info & reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Sym-No-Miaskovsky-15/dp/B00002541V


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Dmitri Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer, and a prominent figure of 20th-century music. Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union, but later had a complex and difficult relationship with the government. Shostakovich's music is characterized by sharp contrasts, elements of the grotesque, and ambivalent tonality; the composer was also heavily influenced by the neo-classical style pioneered by Igor Stravinsky, and by the post-Romanticism associated with Gustav Mahler. Shostakovich's works include 15 symphonies, 15 string quartets, and a substantial quantity of film music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich

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Nikolai Myaskovsky (20 April [O.S. 8 April] 1881 – 8 August 1950) was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the Soviet Symphony". Myaskovsky wrote a total of 27 symphonies (plus three sinfoniettas, three concertos and works in other orchestral genres), 13 string quartets, 9 piano sonatas as well as many miniatures and vocal works. He is professor of composition at Moscow Conservatory from 1921 until his death, and há an important influence on his pupils. His students include big names such as  Aram Khachaturian, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Rodion Shchedrin and Boris Tchaikovsky.

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Evgeny Mravinsky (4 June [O.S. 22 May] 1903 – 19 January 1988) was a Soviet-Russian conductor. He had made his debut as a conductor in 1931 with the Leningrad Philharmonic. In 1938, Mravinsky became principal of the same orchestra and hold the post until his death in 1988. He gave world premieres of six symphonies by Shostakovich: numbers 5, 6, 8 (which Shostakovich dedicated to Mravinsky), 9, 10 and finally 12 in 1961. He also gave the premier of Prokofiev's 6th. He was mainly known for his interpretation of Russian symphonic music, but in fact his repertoire is quite large.

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Kirill Kondrashin (6 March [O.S. 21 February] 1914 – 7 March 1981) was a Russian conductor. He was the artistic director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra from 1960 to 1975 and premiered Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4 and No. 13 during this period. He also gave several performances in Europe and America with other famous Russian musicians. Kondrashin left the Soviet Union in December 1978 while touring in the Netherlands and sought political asylum there. He took the post of Permanent Guest Conductor of Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Orchestra in the same year and remained in that position until his death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_Kondrashin

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