Russian Adagios

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Release Date: 14th Nov 2011
Catalogue No: 9238
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 72 minutes

Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a

Work length6:04

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov

The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: III. Pas de deux: Adagio

Track length6:04

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Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a

Work length7:52

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov

II. Pas d'action: Adagio

Track length7:52

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Excerpt, Rimsky Korsakov: Pan Voyevoda

Work length4:57

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov

III. Nocturno

Track length4:57

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Glazunov: Raymonda, Op. 57, Act I

Work length5:39

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov

Intermezzo

Track length5:39

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Glazunov: Raymonda, Op. 57, Act III

Work length5:55

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov

Intermezzo

Track length5:55

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Khachaturian: Spartacus-Suite Nr. 2

Work length12:02

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov

Spartacus Suite No. 2: I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

Track length12:02

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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II

Work length5:26

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov

Pas de deux: Cinderella and the Prince

Track length5:26

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Khrennikov: Gusarskaya ballada (a Hussar's Ballad), Op. 25

Work length7:31

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov

Adagio

Track length7:31

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Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 27 in C minor, Op. 85

Work length16:35

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov

II. Adagio

Track length16:35

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A collection of famous Russian Adagios, some well-known (Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian), some true discoveries (Miaskovsky, Khrennikov).

Nobody captures the Slavic warmth, passion and bittersweet melancholy better than the great, legendary Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov and his wonderful Russian Sate Orchestra.

The apparently innate Russian genius for composing soulful melodies, combined with the influence of 200 years of Russian ballet, has resulted in a repertoire of dramatic and opulent scores.

Opera, symphonies, concertos, songs and chamber works from Russian composers are all infused with the spirit of Mother Russia – her suffering, her dramatic and eventful history, her people and their way of life.

This collection of heartfelt adagios includes famous excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty, and Glazunov’s Raymonda, Prokoviev’s Cinderella and the famous adagio from Spartacus by Khachaturian.

There are some rarer pieces as well – Rimsky-Korsakov’s Nocturne ‘Moonlight’ from his opera Pan Voyevoda and Khrennikov’s Hussar Ballad, as well as the wistful slow movement from Miaskovsky’s last symphony (No.27), written after he had been denounced by Stalin’s henchmen as being guilty of ‘Western Formalism’ (a charge levelled by Khrennikov).

Miaskovsky composed this work as he was ill with the cancer that would eventually kill him, and through it he harks back to the Russia of Tchaikovsky’s music – a nostalgic and dignified farewell in the face of Stalin’s tyrannical ignorance.

Russian Adagios

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