Leningrad Harp & Concertos
Tatiana Tower (harp), Leningrad Chamber Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Serov
Frescoes of St Sophia of Kiev, not so much a concerto as a series of character pieces, shows off the range of Tower’s tone and technique. These are even more in evidence in Ginastera’s Concerto,...
Leningrad Harp & Concertos
Tatiana Tower (harp), Leningrad Chamber Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Serov
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Frescoes of St Sophia of Kiev, not so much a concerto as a series of character pieces, shows off the range of Tower’s tone and technique. These are even more in evidence in Ginastera’s Concerto,...
About
This is dedicated to the remarkable Russian harpist Tatiana Tower who became a musical legend of Leningrad. Born in Moscow in 1945 she started playing harp at the age of four on the advice of her aunt , soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre. She studied at the Gnessin College, and at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1969 she won the first International Harp Competition in Hartford, USA, and became a prize winner of international music festivas of Latin America. In 1968, Tatiana Tower’s life took a momentous turn – she became soloist of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra headed by Evgeny Mravinsky
Contents and tracklist
- Tatiana Tower
- Leningrad Chamber Orchestra
- Eduard Serov
- Tatiana Tower
- Tatiana Tower
- Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
- Eduard Serov
- Tatiana Tower
- Taneyev Quartet
- Tatiana Tower
- Tatiana Tower
Awards and reviews
June 2021
Frescoes of St Sophia of Kiev, not so much a concerto as a series of character pieces, shows off the range of Tower’s tone and technique. These are even more in evidence in Ginastera’s Concerto, uniting Tower with her colleagues of the Leningrad Philharmonic, where lyricism rubs shoulders with acerbic attack.
