Leningrad Harp & Concertos

£10.99

Tatiana Tower, Harp
Taneyev Qt; Leningrad
Chamber & Philharmonic
Edward Serov

Catalogue Number: NFPMA 99140
Number of Discs: 1CD
Date/Runtime: 1978, 1984, Leningrad Studios Total Time: 76:48
Barcode: 5055354481406

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Description

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

Valery Kikta (b. 1941): Frescoes of St. Sophia of Kiev (Harp Concerto),
Op.50 (1972) [24:09]
1. Ornament I 2:41 2. The Beast Attacks the Horseman 1:50
3. Ornament II 0:58
4. Group Portrait of Yaroslav the Wise’s Daughters 2:58
5. St. Michael’s Aisle 3:46 6. Mummers Wrestling 2:07
7. Musician. Wandering Clowns 8:46 8. Ornament III 0:59
9. Fantasy on Tchaikovsky’s opera Queen of Spades (1982) [10:12]
 
Alberto Ginastera (1916-83): Harp Concerto, Op.25 (1956) [22:37]
10. Allegro 8:52 11. Molto Moderato06:14
12. Liberamento capriccioso 07:31
 
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
13. Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane for harp & strings (1904) [9:14]
 
Ekaterina Walter-Kühne (1870-1930)
14. Fantasy on Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin[6:51]
 
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-93)
15. On the Troika (from The Seasons), arr. Xenia Erdely [3:11]

Additional information

Weight 120 g
Dimensions 12.2 × 13.5 × 2 cm

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