Steinberg: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 4 'Turkish'

Inspired by the opening of a new railway, the filmic ‘Turksib’ Symphony bears the marks of the Stalinist era in which it was written. It’s an enjoyable listen nonetheless, as is the autumnal... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th May 2017
Catalogue No: CDLX7341
Label: Dutton
Series: Epoch

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Steinberg, M: Violin Concerto

World Premiere Recording
Sergey Levitin (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates

Steinberg, M: Symphony No. 4 'Turkish'

World Premiere Recording
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates

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Maximilian Steinberg was a pupil – and son-in-law – of Rimsky-Korsakov in pre-Revolutionary Russia, exhibiting all the orchestral and lyrical characteristics one might expect of such a heritage. (Steinberg himself would later be a teacher of Shostakovich.) The Turksib Symphony – his fourth – completed in 1933, celebrates the building and completion of the Turkestan-Siberia Railway. Using Kazakh folk melodies and in four richly scored movements, it is an inspiring discovery. Contrastingly, Steinberg’s final work, the post-war Violin Concerto, has a valedictory and autumnal feeling, and soloist Sergey Levitin encompasses the virtuosic writing with complete authority while finding the music’s passionate and romantic manner.

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January 2018

Inspired by the opening of a new railway, the filmic ‘Turksib’ Symphony bears the marks of the Stalinist era in which it was written. It’s an enjoyable listen nonetheless, as is the autumnal Violin Concerto.

Steinberg: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 4 'Turkish'

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