Russian Composers

Russian Composers

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The Russian musical tradition has a very long history, starting with vocal folk songs that were a part of daily village life. Non-vocal music was banned for quite a long time, because the Orthodox church believed that musical instruments were an invention of the Devil. Russian composers do seem to have a knack for unforgettable melodies (often inspired by folk tunes) that are easy to sing and hard to get out of your head. No wonder they gave the world some of the greatest symphonies, operas, and ballets.

I. Moderato

Jesús López-Cobos, Hélène Grimaud, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

10:53

Overture from Ruslan and Ludmilla

Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Rico Saccani

5:50

II. Allegro con grazia

Berlin Philharmonic, Kirill Petrenko

7:38

II. Andante

Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Trpčeski, Cristian Măcelaru

6:50

IV. Allegro non troppo (Live)

Manfred Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

12:30

I. Allegro

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic

7:55

III. Adagio

Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra

14:04

I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko

9:42

The Firebird - Dances de L'Oiseau de Feu

Thierry Fischer, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

1:23

The Firebird - Capture do L'Oiseau de Feu ar Ivan Tsarevitch

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer

0:57

IV. Troika

Tugan Sokhiev, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

3:00

III. Allegro moderato

Yevgeny Sudbin, Andrew Litton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

10:59

Sonata - Reminiscenza for Piano in A Minor, Op. 38 No. 1 (from "Forgotten Melodies, First Cycle")

16:09

X. Lento in B Minor

Lukas Geniušas

5:24

14. Con Mortuis in Lingua Mortua. Andante Non Troppo, Con Lamento

3:54

II. Allegretto

Alexander Melnikov

4:13

Islamey

Boris Berezovsky

7:57

No. 6 in G Minor, June. Barcarolle

Nikolai Lugansky

4:59

Miniature Overture

Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle

3:09

I. Tempo giusto

Charles Dutoit, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

4:56

III. Summer

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

12:31

I. Allegro Moderato

Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra, Henning Kraggerud

17:19

Danse russe (1947 Version)

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

2:39

I. Allegro con fermezza

Julia Fischer, Yakov Kreizberg, Russian National Orchestra

14:56

10. the Young Juliet

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

3:25

1. Moderato assai

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Shura Cherkassky

13:50

III. Andante

Michail Lifits, Alexandra Conunova

7:09

II. Scherzo. Allegro molto

5:40

I. Introduzione. Adagio e Mesto

Lynn Harrell, Mikhail Pletnev, Vadim Repin, Nobuko Imai, Ilya Gringolts

19:07

The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62

Mikhail Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra

7:04

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra In a Minor, Op. 54

Vladimir Kozhukhar, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Irina Medvedeva

21:04

Letter Scene. "Puskai Pogilabnu Ya, No. Pryezhde"

Nuccia Focile, Semyon Bychkov, Orchestre De Paris

13:17

VII. How peaceful this spot

Joan Rodgers, Howard Shelley

2:12

None But the Lonely Heart, Op.6 No.6

Julius Drake, Christianne Stotijn

3:31

No. 2, Summer Night's Dream

Natalya Romaniw, Lada Valesova

5:25

No. 1, Winter Evening

Rodion Pogossov, Iain Burnside

3:39

I. How amiable are thy tabernacles, o Lord of hosts!

Valery Polyansky, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

4:04

We Hymn Thee

Nigel Short, Tenebrae

3:38

VI. Rejoice, O Virgin (Hail Mary)

Valery Polyansky, The USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir

3:15

II. This Collection of Songs

Kaspars Putniņš, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

8:05

III. Notturno

Takács Quartet

7:01

III. Andante

Gautier Capuçon, Yuja Wang

5:39

V. Largo (Live at Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, 1998)

Emerson String Quartet

3:34

In the Steppes of Central Asia

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

7:04

Feu d'artifice, K007

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

3:54

Symphony No. 4, Op. 54, "Poème de l'Extase"

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Adolph Herseth, Neeme Järvi

19:42

Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 "Naughty Limericks"

Mikhail Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra

8:12

Pt. 1

Andris Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

3:33

VI. Danse sacrale

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

4:44