The Festive, or Festival, Overture, Opus 96, for full orchestra, was originally intended for a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1917 Russian ...
The *intent* behind the Festive Overture was nothing more than a plea from a musical director at the Bolshoi theatre who needed a bolstering piece for the 40th...
Almost every composer has written a piece of "fluff" to satisfy the public. Sometimes, that "fluff" becomes the composer's trademark. Both Ravel ("Bolero") and...
Click on the "§ Moskva, Cheremushki (Moscow, Cheryomushki)" link and will take you to a reveiew of a cd which includes an English libretto. The site is: ...
As goes symphonies, orch. try the 5 first then 10, also 1, 7, 11, 13 for starters. The Gadfly suite is nice. His Jazz suites are also nice listening, so is...
Has anyone had the honor to read that new "auto" biography of Tikhon Krennikov, as a journalist I wld find it very interesting to hear his side of the story...
... 13 ... First ... you ... others), they ... different ... gloom aspect ... i would add the 8th Quartet, and the Op.87 Preludes and Fugues,the latter a...
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Number 15 was the last complete quartet by DSCH. It is rather long for a quartet (about 45 minutes) and gave me a chilly feeling. The quartet is permeated by...
Number 15 was the last complete quartet by DSCH. It is rather long for a quartet (about 45 minutes) and gave me a chilly feeling. The quartet is permeated by...
... is ... earlier ... 15th, ... clearly. ... as ... come ... many thanks. i have 3,5,8,9 so belive i can now tackle 15, as i also have the complete bartok...
I salute you on the Bartok quartets. I tried those out with an Emerson Quartet recording...I understood them for the most part, but Bartok uses the quartet in...
... but ... i agree on bartok,a difficult listen,especially 3,4,DSCH more approachable,but i do find commonality especially between bartok 6 and some of the...
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I am looking for a source for the David Pountney English translation used in the Pimlico Opera recording of "Cheryomushki" issued on the BBC Music label. I...
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listened again after some years.the 2nd,slow,movement certainly one of his more intense,personal outpourings in what some consider a light work.have a listen...
Homage to Leningrad, perhaps? The slow movement of the 1st Concerto is very much like the slow movement of the 2nd Concerto, which both have that sort of...
... 1st Concerto ... which both ... to ... running ... good point.i listened to the slow movement of the 2nd concerto,then the slow movement of the 1st, and...
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