Historical Russian Archives - Evgeny Svetlanov - CD

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The latest in this important historical series presents performances by the legendary Russian conductor <span data-scayt_word="Evgeny" data-scaytid="4">Evgeny</span> <span data-scayt_word="Svetlanov" data-scaytid="5">Svetlanov</span>. <span data-scayt_word="Svetlanov" data-scaytid="6">Svetlanov</span> claimed to have recorded practically the entire corpus of Russian orchestral music, and this set covers the gamut from dances and intermezzi by the first Russian composer of international fame, Mikhail <span data-scayt_word="Glinka" data-scaytid="8">Glinka</span>, to <span data-scayt_word="Svetlanov's" data-scaytid="9">Svetlanov's</span> own richly upholstered, post-Romantic music. In between are symphonies by <span data-scayt_word="Borodin" data-scaytid="11">Borodin</span> (<span data-scayt_word="No.1" data-scaytid="1">No.1</span>), <span data-scayt_word="Balakirev" data-scaytid="14">Balakirev</span> (<span data-scayt_word="No.1" data-scaytid="2">No.1</span>), <span data-scayt_word="Rachmaninov" data-scaytid="15">Rachmaninov</span> (<span data-scayt_word="No.2" data-scaytid="3">No.2</span>) and <span data-scayt_word="Myaskovsky" data-scaytid="17">Myaskovsky</span> - whose vast symphonic output (27 in all) <span data-scayt_word="Svetlanov" data-scaytid="7">Svetlanov</span> is so far the only conductor to have performed and recorded complete - as well as dashing miniatures by <span data-scayt_word="Glazunov" data-scaytid="18">Glazunov</span>, <span data-scayt_word="Liadov" data-scaytid="19">Liadov</span>, <span data-scayt_word="Rimsky-Korsakov" data-scaytid="20">Rimsky-Korsakov</span> and many others. All are performed with <span data-scayt_word="Svetlanov's" data-scaytid="10">Svetlanov's</span> trademark flair and intensity, mostly in company with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, which he trained and nurtured for 40 years before political machinations in Putin's Russia caused him to be relieved of his post and in practice exiled in 2000: he died two years later.<br /> <br /> Of particular interest to connoisseurs of Russian music will be the works by Communist composers almost unknown (and largely unheard) in the West, including Boris <span data-scayt_word="Parsadanian" data-scaytid="21">Parsadanian</span>, Alexandra <span data-scayt_word="Pakhmutova" data-scaytid="22">Pakhmutova</span>, <span data-scayt_word="Rostislav" data-scaytid="23">Rostislav</span> <span data-scayt_word="Boiko" data-scaytid="24">Boiko</span> and <span data-scayt_word="Halik" data-scaytid="25">Halik</span> <span data-scayt_word="Zaimov" data-scaytid="26">Zaimov</span>, who is (or was) famed throughout Russia as the composer of the immortal song 'Who is this daddy on the wall of our sunny room', subtitled 'This is our dear Lenin'.<br /> <br /> Program:<br /> <span data-scayt_word="Arensky" data-scaytid="27">Arensky</span>: Waltz from the Suite No. 3, Op. 33; Polonaise in D Major from Suite No. 3, Op. 33<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Balakirev" data-scaytid="28">Balakirev</span>: Symphony No. 1 in C major<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Boiko" data-scaytid="29">Boiko</span>: Symphony <span data-scayt_word="No.2" data-scaytid="30">No.2</span>; Peter's Chimes - Symphonic Suite, <span data-scayt_word="Op.36" data-scaytid="31">Op.36</span>; Symphony <span data-scayt_word="No.3" data-scaytid="32">No.3</span> in D minor<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Borodin" data-scaytid="38">Borodin</span>: Symphony No. 1 in E flat major; Symphony No. 3 in A minor (unfinished)<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Dargomizhsky" data-scaytid="40">Dargomizhsky</span>: <span data-scayt_word="Rusalka" data-scaytid="41">Rusalka</span> Overture<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Glazunov" data-scaytid="42">Glazunov</span>: Concert Waltz No. 1 in D, Op. 47; Concert Waltz No. 2 in F Major, Op. 51<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Ouverture" data-scaytid="44">Ouverture</span> <span data-scayt_word="solennelle" data-scaytid="45">solennelle</span>, Op. 73<br /> <br /> Cortege <span data-scayt_word="solennel" data-scaytid="46">solennel</span>, Op. 50<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Poème" data-scaytid="47">Poème</span> <span data-scayt_word="lyrique" data-scaytid="48">lyrique</span> Op. 12<br /> <br /> Finnish Fantasy, Op. 88<br /> <br /> March on a Russian Theme, Op. 76<br /> <br /> Triumphal March, Op. 40<br /> <br /> Mazurka in G major, Op. 18<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Glinka" data-scaytid="49">Glinka</span>: Patriotic Song; Prince <span data-scayt_word="Kholmsky" data-scaytid="51">Kholmsky</span> ' Incidental Music; Ivan <span data-scayt_word="Susanin" data-scaytid="52">Susanin</span><br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Liadov" data-scaytid="53">Liadov</span>: Polonaise, Op. 49<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Liapunov" data-scaytid="55">Liapunov</span>: Polonaise<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Mazaev" data-scaytid="56">Mazaev</span>: The <span data-scayt_word="Krasnodonians" data-scaytid="57">Krasnodonians</span><br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Miaskovsky" data-scaytid="58">Miaskovsky</span>: Symphony No. 22 in B minor, Op. 54 'Symphony-Ballad '; Symphony No. 25 in D flat major, Op. 69<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Muravalev" data-scaytid="65">Muravalev</span>: "<span data-scayt_word="Azov" data-scaytid="66">Azov</span> Mountain " Symphonic Poem in D major, <span data-scayt_word="Op.10" data-scaytid="59">Op.10</span><br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Napravnik" data-scaytid="68">Napravnik</span>: Polonaise from the Opera <span data-scayt_word="Dubrovsky" data-scaytid="69">Dubrovsky</span><br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Pakhmutova" data-scaytid="61">Pakhmutova</span>: Concerto for Orchestra in E major<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Parsadanian" data-scaytid="62">Parsadanian</span>: Symphony <span data-scayt_word="No.2" data-scaytid="63">No.2</span> <span data-scayt_word="‘Martyros" data-scaytid="79">'Martyros</span> <span data-scayt_word="Saryan’" data-scaytid="80">Saryan'</span> in E flat major, <span data-scayt_word="Op.6" data-scaytid="64">Op.6</span><br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Rachmaninov" data-scaytid="74">Rachmaninov</span>: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Rimsky-Korsakov" data-scaytid="75">Rimsky-Korsakov</span>: Snow Maiden Suite; Pan Voyevoda Suite<br /> <br /> Rubinstein: Valse Caprice in E flat major<br /> <br /> Svetlanov: Siberian Fantasy (composed with Igor Yakushenko); Preludes (Symphonic Reflections); Festive Poem, Op. 9; Daugava; Symphony No. 1 'The Red Guelder Tree'; Pictures of Spain<br /> <br /> Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from the Opera Cherevichki; The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers; Polonaise (from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24)<br /> <br /> Zaimov: Overture<br />