Machines and Mutations: Roslavets and Mosolov
Donald Macleod talks to Russian music expert Marina Frolova-Walker about the music of Alexander Mosolov and Nikolai Roslavets. Part of Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture.
Machines and Mutations: the music of Alexander Mosolov and Nikolai Roslavets. Donald Macleod talsk to Russian music expert Marina Frolova-Walker.
As part of 大象传媒 Radio 3's "Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture" season, Composer of The Week unravels the lives and masterpieces of the musicians that shaped musical life from the USSR's inception in 1917 through to its dissolution in 1991. In this first week, Donald Macleod explores a host of composers - from familiar names like Shostakovich and Prokofiev to lesser-known, though no less brilliant, figures like Gavriil Popov and Alexander Mosolov - whose music documents the turbulent and fascinating story of Russia up to Stalin's death in 1953.
Donald is joined by the Russian music expert Marina Frolova-Walker as they explore the tensions, censorship and cultural terror of the 1920s and 30s, followed by the trauma of the Second World War and finally the infamous Zhdanov affair of the late 1940s, which censured some of the USSR's foremost composers.
Today, Donald and Marina tell the story of two composers whose brilliant, daring music fell tragically foul of the authorities: Alexander Mosolov and Nikolai Roslavets.
Mosolov
Zavod (The Iron Foundry)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Roslavets
Three Compositions for Piano (1914)
Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin, piano
Roslavets
Piano Trio No 3
Trio Fontenay
Mosolov
Piano Concerto, Op 14
Stefan Schleiermacher, piano
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor.
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Alexandr Vasil'yevich Mosolov
The Iron Foundry [zavod] Op19
Performer: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA : 436-640-2.
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Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets
3 Compositions for Piano [1914]
Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.- HYPERION: CDA66926.
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Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets
Piano Trio No 3
Ensemble: Fontenay Trio.- TELDEC : 8573-82017 2.
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Alexandr Vasil'yevich Mosolov
Piano Concerto No 1 Op14
Performer: Steffen Schleiermacher. Choir: Berliner Rundfunk Sinfonie Chor. Conductor: Johannes Kalitzke.- CAPRICCIO: C5241.
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- Tue 7 Nov 2017 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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