Episode 4
Donald Macleod charts how Myaskovsky began to be persecuted, as he was labelled as 'formalist' and 'anti-people'.
Donald Macleod explores the turbulent times before the Second World War, with Stalin attacking cultural figures and organisations. The Moscow Conservatoire where Myaskovsky was professor of composition, was renamed the Felix Kon School of Higher Musical Education, with the likes of Myaskovsky himself, Gliere and Gnesin being dismissed. Reading the signs Myaskovsky composed music more in line with Stalin's wishes, such as his village concertos, the 'Collective Farm' symphony, and the 19th Symphony, composed for the popular Red Army Band.
Lyric Concertino for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon, harp and string orchestra, Op 32 No 3 (1929) - 1st mvt
The Moscow New Opera Orchestra
Yevgeny Samoilov (conductor)
Olympia OCD528 Tr 7
Symphony No 12 in G minor, Op 35 (1931-2) - 3rd mvt
Russian Federation Academic Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
Olympia OCD735 Tr 7
Violin Concerto in D minor Op 44 (1938) - 2nd mvt
Vadim Repin (violin)
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Philips 473343-2 Tr 5
Symphony No 19 in E flat for wind orchestra, Op 46 (1939) - 3rd, 4th mvts
Stockholm Concert Band
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
Chandos CHAN9444 Trs 9-10
String Quartet No 5 in E minor, Op 47 (1938-9) - 4th mvt
Taneyev Quartet
Russian Disc RC CD 11 032 Tr 6.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
The Moscow New Opera Orchestra
Performer: Yevgeny Samoilov (conductor)
- Olympia OCD528 Tr 7.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No 12 in G minor, Op 35 (1931-2) - 3rd mvt
Performer: Russian Federation Academic Symphony Orchestra Performer: Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
- Olympia OCD735 Tr 7.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Violin Concerto in D minor Op 44 (1938) - 2nd mvt
Performer: Vadim Repin (violin) Performer: Kirov Orchestra Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)
- Philips 473343-2 Tr 5.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No 19 in E flat for wind orchestra, Op 46 (1939) - 3rd, 4th mvts
Performer: Stockholm Concert Band Performer: Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
- Chandos CHAN9444 Trs 9-10.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
String Quartet No 5 in E minor, Op 47 (1938-9) - 4th mvt
Performer: Taneyev Quartet
- Russian Disc RC CD 11 032 Tr 6..
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- Thu 27 Aug 200912:00BBC Radio 3
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