Breaking Free: Schnittke, Rachmaninov, Shchedrin
Episode b09d053z, broadcast at Tuesday 7th November 2017, 7:00pm.
“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.”
Track listing
- 0:38 – The Clerks (extract The Census List) (track 6, Schnitke: Symphony No8; Censors List)
- Composer Alfred Schnittke
- Orchestra State Symphony Capella of Russia
- Conductor Valery Kuzmich Polyansky
- 3:22 – Sad night, Op.26 no.12 (track , Rachmaninov Romances)
- Composer Sergey Rachmaninov
- Singer Dmitri Hvorostovsky
- Performer Ivari Ilja
- 5:45 – The Sealed Angel (excerpt) (track 1, Shchedrin: Sealed Angel)
- Composer Rodion Shchedrin
- Performer Alexander Golyshev
- Choir Moscow State Chamber Choir
- Choir USSR Russia Choir
- Conductor Vladimir Minin
- 12:19 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op 87 No 2 (Prelude) (track 3, Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva)
- Composer Dmitry Shostakovich
- Performer Tatiana Nikolayeva
- 13:16 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op 87 No 2 (Fugue) (track 4, Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva)
- Composer Dmitry Shostakovich
- Performer Tatiana Nikolayeva
- 18:14 – A Tractor column arrives at the village [1930] (track 1, Alexander Mosolov: Orchestral Works)
- Composer Alexander Mosolov
- Orchestra Orpheus Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Sergei Kondrashev
- 22:30 – 8 Concert etudes Op.40 (no.7 'Intermezzo') (track 3, This & That: Benjamin Grosvenor)
- Composer Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin
- Performer Benjamin Grosvenor
- 25:54 – Alexander's Entry in Pskov (Alexander Nevsky Op.78)
- Conductor Valery Gergiev
- Composer Sergei Prokofiev
- Orchestra Mariinsky Orchestra
- Choir Mariinsky Chorus