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Breaking Free: Schnittke, Rachmaninov, Shchedrin

Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture. A selection of music to mark the anniversary of the Russian Revolution. An all-Russian offering - some familiar tunes, some not.

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Tue 7 Nov 201719:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alfred Schnittke

    The Clerks (extract The Census List)

    Orchestra: State Symphony Capella of Russia. Conductor: Valery Kuzmich Polyansky.
    • Schnitke: Symphony No8; Censors List.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Sad night, Op.26 no.12

    Performer: Ivari Ilja. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
    • Rachmaninov Romances.
    • Ondine.

  • Rodion Shchedrin

    The Sealed Angel (excerpt)

    Performer: Alexander Golyshev. Choir: Moscow State Chamber Choir. Choir: USSR Russia Choir. Conductor: Vladimir Minin.
    • Shchedrin: Sealed Angel.
    • MELODIYA.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude in A minor

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op 87 No 2 (Fugue)

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Alexander Mosolov

    A Tractor column arrives at the village [1930]

    Orchestra: Orpheus Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sergei Kondrashev.
    • Alexander Mosolov: Orchestral Works.
    • Radio Orpheus.
    • 1.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    8 Concert etudes Op.40 (no.7 'Intermezzo')

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • This & That: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Galton Concert Productions.
    • 3.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Alexander's Entry in Pskov (Alexander Nevsky Op.78)

    Choir: Mariinsky Chorus. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.

Broadcast

  • Tue 7 Nov 201719:00
    BBC Radio 3

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