Rodion Shchedrin - Carmen-Suite; Anna Karenina (Gennady Rozhdestvensky; Evgeny Svetlanov)

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Composer: Rodion Shchedrin

• (01-13) Carmen-Suite (based on themes of G. Bizet)
• (14-19) Anna Karenina

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor (1-13)
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor (14-19)

Date: 1968 (1-13), 1979 (14-19)
Label: Musical Heritage Society (recorded by Melodiya)

More info & reviews:
http://www.classical-music.com/review/shchedrin-1
https://www.amazon.com/Shchedrin-Carmen-Suite-Anna-Karenina-Rodion/dp/B000001HDI

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Rodion Shchedrin (born 16 December 1932 in Moscow) is a Russian composer and pianist. He is also a citizen of Lithuania and Spain. Shchedrin studied at the Moscow Choral School and Moscow Conservatory under Yuri Shaporin and Yakov Flier. Shchedrin's early music is tonal, colourfully orchestrated and often includes snatches of folk music, while some later pieces use aleatoric and serial techniques. In the west the music of Shchedrin has won popularity mainly through the work of Mstislav Rostropovich who has made several successful recordings. Shchedrin is a virtuoso pianist and organist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodion_Shchedrin

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Gennady Rozhdestvensky (born 4 May 1931 in Moscow) is a Russian conductor. He studied conducting with his father, noted conductor and pedagogue Nikolai Anosov, at the Moscow Conservatory and piano with Lev Oborin. Rozhdestvensky is considered a versatile conductor and a highly cultured musician with a supple stick technique. With the USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra he recorded all the symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich, Alexander Glazunov, Anton Bruckner, Alfred Schnittke, and Arthur Honegger for the label Melodiya. He also premiered many works of other Soviet composers.

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

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Evgeny Svetlanov (6 September 1928—3 May 2002) was a Russian conductor, composer and though less well-known, a pianist. Svetlanov was born in Moscow and studied conducting at the Moscow Conservatory. He was principal conductor of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra (now the Russian State Symphony Orchestra) from 1965 to 2000. Svetlanov was particularly noted for his interpretations of Russian works as he covered the whole range of Russian music, from Mikhail Glinka to the present day. He was also one of the few Russian conductors to conduct the entire symphonic output of Gustav Mahler.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Svetlanov

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