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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Nikolai Myaskovsky - Serenade; Sinfonietta; Lyric Concertino (Yevgeny Samoilov)


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Composer: Nikolai Myaskovsky
  1. Serenade for chamber orchestra in E flat major, Op. 32 No. 1: I. Allegro marcato
  2. Serenade for chamber orchestra in E flat major, Op. 32 No. 1: II. Andante
  3. Serenade for chamber orchestra in E flat major, Op. 32 No. 1: III. Allegro vivo
  4. Sinfonietta for string orchestra in B minor, Op. 32 No. 2: I. Allegro, piccante e serioso
  5. Sinfonietta for string orchestra in B minor, Op. 32 No. 2: II. Andante
  6. Sinfonietta for string orchestra in B minor, Op. 32 No. 2: III. Presto
  7. Lyric Concertino for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon, harp & string orchestra, Op. 32 No. 3: I. Allegretto
  8. Lyric Concertino for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon, harp & string orchestra, Op. 32 No. 3: II. Andante monotono
  9. Lyric Concertino for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon, harp & string orchestra, Op. 32 No. 3: III. Allegro giocoso
  10. Salutatory Overture in C major, Op. 48

Marina Stepanova (flute); Boris Sokol (clarinet); Kirill Arsenov (horn); Alexander Kozhevnikov (bassoon); Liudmila Yanchishina (harp) (7-9)
Moscow New Opera Orchestra
Yevgeny Samoilov, conductor

Date: 1993
Label: Regis


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Review

Lesser works that fill gaps in our appreciation of Myaskovsky

There have been several recent recordings of Myaskovsky's epic Sixth Symphony, and his nostalgic Cello Concerto is regularly revisited, but what of the rest of his oeuvre? The modest revival sponsored by the Olympia label proved abortive though Evgeni Svetlanov's symphony series may eventually re-emerge via Warner Classics. Meanwhile we have this modest reclamation: a clutch of lesser works decently executed in a “big” acoustic. While the programme won't win converts, those already attracted to the composer's world will find much of interest in the tripartite mini-symphonies comprising Op 32. Despite providing helpful notes, Regis's back inlay muddles the opus numbers. The idiom is self-effacing, anti-modern and anti-national: it's almost as if we're being invited to dismiss the results as directionless or merely pale.

Reviewing the original issue of these performances, David Fanning heard Hindemith grafted on to Glazunov. The expected ghosts of Borodin and Tchaikovsky are joined by what sounds like Frank Bridge in the Sinfonietta and a Gallic elegance in the Lyric Concertino. There are passages of Sibelian woodwind in thirds, others whose tortured chromaticism recalls César Franck. Some of the best moments are contained within the capacious slow movement of the Sinfonietta (tr 5). Not without its longueurs, this begins with a nobly affecting idea and embraces a magical, exploratory section in something akin to Prokofiev's delicate crepuscular mode. Composed in praise of Stalin in 1939, Myaskovsky's Op 48 is the abstract equivalent of Prokofiev's choral encomium, Zdravitsa. The tunes are not as good, the salutations to the Leader and Teacher rather more discreet.

-- David Gutman, Gramophone

More reviews:
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/miaskovsky-orchestral-works
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2006/Dec06/Myaskovsky_RRC1244.htm
http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/myaskovsky-orchestral-music-mr0002685941

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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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Myaskovsky

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Yevgeny Samoilov is a Russian conductor, Honoured Artist of Russia. Upon graduation from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory with degrees in choral and symphony conducting in 1978, he worked as a guest conductor of symphony orchestras in many cities of Russia, Moldavia, and Turkey. He was a conductor at the Rostov-on-Don Philharmonic Orchestra and the Moscow State Maly Symphony Orchestra. Since 1993, he has worked in the Novaya Opera. Samoilov has recorded two CDs of Myaskovsky’s compositions. In 2005–2009 he acted as artistic director and conductor of the Omsk Academic Symphony Orchestra.
http://www.novayaopera.ru/en?artist=evgeny_samoilov

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