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Known to Tchaikovsky as the ‘Russian Bach’ and to Rachmaninov as ‘a master composer [and] a pinnacle of musical Moscow’, Sergey Taneyev was one of the most highly regarded and influential musical figures of his time. His unfinished Symphony No. 2, begun while Taneyev was a student at the Moscow Conservatoire, was recognised by his teacher, Tchaikovsky, as a work of considerable promise. It is heard here in Vladimir Blok’s edition, first performed in 1977. Taneyev’s Symphony No. 4, composed twenty years later, is a large-scale masterpiece considered by many to be his finest orchestral work. | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg Philharmony, Mikhail Snitko DDD | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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"This is a striking, and very well-recorded pair of performances, well worth the attention of lovers of Russian music have not yet encountered the works." (Gramophone) “Polyansky provides a splendidly passionate and invigorating introduction to music that we really should know better in the West. The Fourth Symphony has always been the most popular of Taneyev's symphonies, and with good reason.
He writes a powerful opening Allegro and a wellbuilt finale, but for all his symphonic skills here, it's in the middle two movements that the most personal music is to be found. The scherzo dances along with the vitality that many a Russian composer has brought to comparable movements, and with the rhythmic quirks that he liked so much; but it's in the Adagio that something more is discovered. Taneyev has routinely been reproached for lacking melodic distinction, sometimes with reason, but this superb movement comes close to the manner of Bruckner, or sometimes Mahler. For English ears, the sense of 'stately sorrow' serves as a reminder that the phrase was coined of his own music by Elgar.
Conductor and players make of this fine music a tragic statement, and it's here that they're at their most intense. Polyansky also produces a strong case for the Second Symphony, his sense of structure holding the rather oddly organised opening movement together, as a powerful chorale passage has to be integrated with a sonata Allegro. He doesn't play down the suggestions of Dvorák, whom Taneyev clearly found sympathetic.
This is a striking, and very well-recorded, pair of performances, well worth the attention of lovers of Russian music.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Cui: | Suite No. 2, Op. 38 Suite No. 3 ‘In modo populari’, Op. 43 | Dargomïzhsky: | Baba Yaga | Debussy: | Danses sacrée et profane | Kryukov: | Czech Rhapsody | Laskovsky: | Mazurka for clarinet and orchestra | Lyapunov: | Symphony No. 1 in B minor, Op. 12 Zelazowa Wola, Op. 37 | Piston: | Symphony No. 6 ‘Gettysburg’ | Ravel: | Introduction & Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet | Roussel: | Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 53 | Schubert: | Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200 Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic' | Taneyev: | Symphony No. 4 in C minor Op. 12 | Tchaikovsky: | Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 53 Suite No. 4 in G major, Op.61 'Mozartiana' | Tchaikovsky, B: | Sinfonietta for Strings |
Alexander Gauk (1893-1963) studied with Glazunov and Tcherepnin at Petrograd Conservatory. His early appointments included the Petrograd Music Drama Theatre, the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (formerly the Mariinsky, latterly the Kirov), and he went on to become principal conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic, succeeding Nikolai Malko. He was also appointed to the role of first director of the USSR State Symphony. In addition, he taught at the conservatories in Tbilisi, Leningrad and Moscow. Gauk premiered many works, including Shostakovich’s 3rd Symphony, The Golden Age, and The Bolt. He was a champion of Khachaturian, Miaskovsky, Prokofiev and Shaporin, and was also one of the first conductors to resurrect Rachmaninov’s 1st Symphony after its catastrophic premiere under a clearly drunk Glazunov. He rather daringly (for the time and place) tackled Mahler and Richard Strauss. Gauk was a visceral conductor, favouring tight rhythms and driven structures, and the discipline he exerted over orchestral ensemble was breathtaking, and completely free of any blemish. His recorded legacy is extensive, and his is still a formidable name in Russian musical history. One of the great conductors of the 20th century who was closely linked with some of the greatest Russian composers, and who premiered many of their works. Extensive booklet notes. Some unusual Russian repertoire is included in the set. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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