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Donald Macleod explores Myaskovsky's childhood, affected by the army background of his father and the religious mania of his aunt. With the Tchaikovsky-influenced Cello Concerto.
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Nicolay Myaskovsky, focusing on the composer's childhood. His father's army career impacted upon the young and reserved child, as did the extreme religious mania of his aunt, who lived with the family once Myaskovsky's mother died.
Featuring the Cello Concerto, Romantic in origin, which displays Myaskovsky's passion for Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, yet is one of the works denounced under the Stalin regime as 'formalist'. There is also the final movement of his Symphony No 1, which started the composer off on his long career of symphonic writing.
Napeve
St Petersburg Chamber Ensemble
Roland Melia (conductor)
ASV CD DCA 928 Tr 7
Her Picture (To a Portrait), Op 40 No 4 (1935-6)
Mary King (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Ball (piano)
大象传媒 Recording
Song-Idyll: Sonata No 8 in D minor, Op 83 (1949) - 2nd mvt
Murray McLachlan (piano)
Olympia OCD704 disc 3 Tr 3
Cello Concerto in C minor, Op 66 (1944)
Truls Mork (cello)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
Virgin Classics 5 45282 2 disc 1 Trs 4-5
Allegro assai e molto risoluto (Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 3 (1908) - 3rd mvt
State Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
Warner 2564 69689-8 disc 1 Tr 3.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Napeve
Performer: St Petersburg Chamber Ensemble Performer: Roland Melia (conductor)
- ASV CD DCA 928,.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Her Picture (To a Portrait), Op 40 No 4 (1935-6)
Performer: Mary King (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Andrew Ball (piano)
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Song-Idyll: Sonata No 8 in D minor, Op 83 (1949) - 2nd mvt
Performer: Murray McLachlan (piano) Performer:
- Olympia OCD704.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Cello Concerto in C minor, Op 66 (1944)
Performer: Truls Mork (cello) Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
- Virgin Classics 5 45282 2,.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Allegro assai e molto risoluto (Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 3 (1908) - 3rd mvt
Performer: State Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation Performer: Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
- Warner 2564 69689-8.
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- Mon 24 Aug 2009 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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