Russian Symphonies

Affectionate though not flawless live performances of student first symphonies by Rimsky-Korsakov (conducted by Boris Khaikin) and his famous pupil, who conducts his own works. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 11th Aug 2017
Catalogue No: PRD250341
Label: Praga
Series: Digitals

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Rimsky Korsakov: Symphony No. 1

Moscow 26 March 1966
Moscow Radio Symphony
Boris Khaikin

Stravinsky: Symphony in E flat, Op. 1

Hollywood 2 May 1965
Columbia Symphony
Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantastique, Op. 3

Toronto 1st December 1962
CBC Symphony
Igor Stravinsky

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Master and pupil? A youthful venture on the part of Rimsky-Korsakov while a naval officer, his first symphony deploys fine rhetoric, worthy of Haydn’s ‘military’ model incorporating contemporary material. His ‘cadet’ applies himself studiously. After the death of Stravinsky’s father in 1902, the Rimsky-Korsakov clan became a second family for young Igor.Through them he made many friends, and from 1905-8 studied orchestration with his master. Stravinsky conducts his Symphony and Scherzo Fantastique, coupled together for the first time in decades, in Praga remasters from early 1960s stereo.

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January 2018

Affectionate though not flawless live performances of student first symphonies by Rimsky-Korsakov (conducted by Boris Khaikin) and his famous pupil, who conducts his own works.

Russian Symphonies

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