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Tag: Svetlanov

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Rachmaninoff: The Rock, op. 7

January 28, 2016January 15, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the USSR Symphony Orchestra under Eugene Svetlanov The golden cloud slept through the night Upon the breast of the giant-rock While Rachmaninoff composed a number of symphonic poems and things, his real contribution to classical music, at least … Continue reading Rachmaninoff: The Rock, op. 7

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Myaskovsky Symphony no. 6 in E flat minor, op. 23

December 17, 2015December 6, 2015 Fugue for Thought

performed by the USSR State Symphony Orchestra under Evgeny Svetlanov (as with the others) (for a version with the choral part, see below) This is a tough nut to crack. Size does matter, but anyone who’s listened to something like Mahler 3 or … Continue reading Myaskovsky Symphony no. 6 in E flat minor, op. 23

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Nikolai Myaskovsky: symphony No. 2 in C#m

September 30, 2013September 17, 2016 Fugue for Thought

Performed by the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov conducting. (This piece has been ‘revisited’ since I felt the article below to be [beyond] inadequate. For the updated article, click here.) Do not be deceived; although a two-movement work, at … Continue reading Nikolai Myaskovsky: symphony No. 2 in C#m

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