Episode 5
Donald Macleod charts Myaskovsky's final, embittered years, as he was driven to an early grave through persecution.
Donald Macleod discusses Myaskovsky's final years, when he not only suffered with stomach cancer, but also with bitterness and resentment induced by a second wave of persecution during Stalin's cultural attacks. Some of the composer's final works - the Second Cello Sonata, the 13th String Quartet and the 27th Symphony - each won him a Stalin Prize. Having asked Shostakovich whether his life's work was pointless, the composer died a few days later in 1950.
Sonata No 5 in B, Op 64 (1944) - 3rd mvt
Murray McLachan (piano)
Olympia OCD704 disc 2 Tr 9
Symphony No 21 in F sharp minor, Op 51 (1940) - excerpt
State Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
Warner 2564 69689-8 disc 14 Tr 1
Sonata No 2 in A minor for cello and piano, Op 81 (1948-9) - 2nd mvt
Yuli Turovsky (cello)
Luba Edlina (piano)
Chandos CHAN8523 Tr 6
String Quartet No 13 in A minor, Op 86 (1949) - 2nd, 3rd mvts
The Kopelman Quartet
Nimbus NI5827 Trs 2-3
Symphony No 27 in C minor, Op 85 (1949)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valeri Polyansky (conductor)
Chandos CHAN10025 Tr 3.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Sonata No 5 in B, Op 64 (1944) - 3rd mvt
Performer: Murray McLachan (piano)
- Olympia OCD704 disc 2 Tr 9.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No 21 in F sharp minor, Op 51 (1940) - excerpt
Performer: State Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation Performer: Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
- Warner 2564 69689-8 disc 14 Tr 1.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Sonata No 2 in A minor for cello and piano, Op 81 (1948-9) - 2nd mvt
Performer: Yuli Turovsky (cello) Performer: Luba Edlina (piano)
- Chandos CHAN8523 Tr 6.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
String Quartet No 13 in A minor, Op 86 (1949) - 2nd, 3rd mvts
Performer: The Kopelman Quartet
- Nimbus NI5827 Trs 2-3.
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No 27 in C minor, Op 85 (1949)
Performer: Russian State Symphony Orchestra Performer: Valeri Polyansky (conductor)
- Chandos CHAN10025 Tr 3..
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- Fri 28 Aug 200912:00BBC Radio 3
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