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Russian Soviet composer
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2023-08-31 06:22:00
Exploring Rachmaninoff's songs alongside those of his contemporaries: Iain Burnside and friends at Wigmore Hall
Sergey RachmaninoffRachmaninoff wrote songs from his years at the Moscow Conservatory right through to 1916. There are over 80 songs (románsy in Russian) setting Russian romantic writers and poets. Intimately connected to the literature of the Russia that he left behind in 1917, the song genre was one to which Rachmaninoff never returned during his exile.Running from September 2023 until June next year is a Rachmaninoff Song Series at Wigmore Hall, four concerts curated by pianist Iain Burnside in partnership with Philip Bullock, professor of Russian literature and music at Oxford. The first concert, on 28 September 2023, features soprano Anush Hovhannisyan and bass Jasurbek Khaydarov with Iain Burnside in a programme of songs by Rachmaninoff alongside those of his contemporaries, Nikolay Myaskosvksy (1881-1950), Anatoly Alexandrov (1888-1982), Mikhail Gnesin (1883-1957), Yuliya Veysberg (1880-1942) and Maximilian Steinberg (1883-1946).The idea behind the series is to intertwine Rachmaninoff romances with those of his contemporaries, many now forgotten, ‘cancelled’ after […]
2021-11-29 20:18:00
Anglais - Armenian Baritone Gevorg Hakobyan extending his career with his debut in Wiener Staatsoper
While Armenian baritone Gevorg Hakobyan will make his Vienna State Opera debut in December in Tosca, we caught up with him for an interview. We talk about her career, her vision of Scarpia and her plans for the future, but also music and theater – and the growing role of directors. *** After your successful appearance in Termi de Caracala in Rome you are accomplishing your international career with your debut at Wiener Staatsoper in December 2021 as Scarpia in Tosca. How would you describe yourself, your job and career as a professional opera singer? What do you like and dislike? Gevorg Hakobyan: The opera is a world where I feel fulfilled and satisfied. Here I can fully express and constantly improve myself. Thanks to the music of the great composers, as well as through complexand diverse roles, I discover new worlds, new way of thinking, new colors, […]
2020-02-06 00:00:00
Martinon, Ansemet, Ashkenazy, Solti et al: The Essential Borodin
Alexander Borodin:Disc One01. Prince Igor. Overture* [10'50]02. Prince Igor. Act I. Galitzky’s Aria^~ [3'52]03. Prince Igor. Act II. Konchak’s Aria^~ [7'07]04. Prince Igor. Polovtsian Dances* [13'44]05. For the Shores of Your Distant Homeland^ #[4'27]Nicolai Ghiaurov- bass^; Zlatina Ghiaurov- piano#; London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by George Solti* and Edward Downes~06. - 09. Symphony No.1 in E-flat major [35'20]Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy Disc Two01. - 04. Symphony No. 2 in B minor [25'14]London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean Martinon05. - 08. String Quartet No. 2 in D major [27'46]Borodin Quartet (Rostislav Dubinsky & Jaroslav Alexandrov- violins; Dmitry Shebalin- viola; Valentin Berlinsky- cello)09. In the Steppes of Central Asia [6'44]10. - 11. Symphony No. 3 in A minor [16'04]L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest AnsermetDecca 455 632-2 (recorded 1954 to 1992; this CD release 1997)(CD rip; flacs, booklet, inlay and cover scans)Recording venues, Engineer and Producer […]
2019-12-05 00:00:00
The Russian Guitar 1800-1850 Vol. 6
The True RomanticsMusic by Nicholai Alexandrov, Fiodor Zimmermann &Vasily SarenkoOleg Timofeyev, Guitar (5-11, 14-16, 21-25, 27, 31-32)John Schneiderman, Guitar (1-4, 12-16, 17-20, 26, 28, 31-32)(Period Instruments)Brilliant Classics 95405 (2016) Disc 6 of 7[Flac & Scans]
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