Myaskovsky – Alto CD

Myaskovsky: Cello Concerto / Cello Sonatas

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:36:35 +0000

“I am now quite convinced that [Tarasova] is one of the leading cellists of her generation. She has a tone as rich as the best Bordeaux, and the sheer intelligence of her playing, particularly in Myaskovsky’s frequent long-breathed cantabile passages, commands instant admiration: I knew within bars that I was in the presence of something special, for she really makes the instrument speak.”
—Martin Anderson, CD Review, 1994

***”Tarasova earns praise for the coupling, a strong musical personality and magnificent tone.”—Penguin Guide

Alto is pleased to return to international availability Marina Tarasova’s acclaimed recording of Nikolai Myaskovsky’s major works for the cello, originally released on Olympia and now available at an outstanding value price.

Nikolai Myaskovsky

Cello Sonata No.1 in D Major, Op.12

1 – Adagio–Andante–(attacca) Allegro passionato

Cello Sonata No.2 in a minor, Op.81

1 – Allegro moderato
2 – Andante cantabile
3 – Allegro con spirito
Alexander Polezhaev, cello

Cello Concerto in c minor, Op.66

1 – Lento, ma non troppo
2 – Allegro vivace

Marina Tarasova, cello
Yevgeny Samoilov / Moscow New Opera Orchestra

Originally released on Olympia
Produced for reissue by Paul Arden-Taylor

Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Volume 15

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:36:12 +0000

In partnership with UK-based independent label Olympia, Alto is pleased to present the fifteenth volume in the groundbreaking recorded retrospective of Soviet composer Nikolai Myaskovsky’s complete orchestral works, one of the last great recording projects undertaken by Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov prior to his death.

[1-3] Links, Op.65 (26:10)
[4] Slav Rhapsody, Op.71 (11:33)
[5-7] Serenade No.1 in E-flat Major, Op.32 No.1 (17:24)
[8-10] Sinfonietta in A Major, Op.10 (20:17)

Total playing time — 70:42
Recorded in the Great Hall Moscow Conservatory by L. Abelian
© 2000 Evgeny Svetlanov
© 2001 Olympia CD Ltd, London
Release under license from OlympiaCD Ltd, London

Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Volume 16

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:36:12 +0000

In partnership with UK-based independent label Olympia, Alto is pleased to present the latest volume in the first complete recorded retrospective of Soviet composer Nikolai Myaskovsky’s complete orchestral works, one of the last great recording projects undertaken by Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov prior to his death.

Silence, Op.9 (21:26)
Sinfonietta in b minor, Op.32 No.2 (27:16)
Divertissement, Op.80 (26:02)

Time: 75:05
Executive Producer: Jackie Campbell for Olympia
© 2000 Evgeny Svetlanov
© 2001 Olympia CD Ltd, London
Release under license from OlympiaCD Ltd, London

Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Volume 17

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:36:12 +0000

In partnership with UK-based independent label Olympia, Alto is pleased to present the final volume in the first complete recorded retrospective of Soviet composer Nikolai Myaskovsky’s complete orchestral works, one of the last great recording projects undertaken by Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov prior to his death.

Alastor, Op.14
Lyric Concertino in G Major, Op.32 No.3
Sinfonietta in a minor, Op.88 No.2

Executive Producer: Jackie Campbell for Olympia
© 2000 Evgeny Svetlanov
© 2001 Olympia CD Ltd, London
Release under license from OlympiaCD Ltd, London

Nikolai Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Volume 14

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:35:50 +0000

Symphony No.23 in G sharp major, Op.41

[1] I. Lento (15:17)
[2] II. Andante molto sostenuto (10:23)
[3] III. Allegretto vivace (7:47)

Symphony No.24 in F minor, Op.63 “To the Memory of Vladimir Derzhanovsky”

[4] I. Allegro deciso (12:00)
[5] II. Molto sostenuto (14:43)
[6] III. Allegro appassionnato (12:13)

Total playing time: 72:36

Recorded in the Great Hall Moscow Conservatory (L. Abelian)
Mastered for Olympia by Jeffrey Ginn, London
Executive Producer: Jackie Campbell for Olympia
© 2003 Evgeny Svetlanov © 2003 Olympia CD Ltd, London
Licensed from Olympia CD, London

Nikolai Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Volume 11

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:35:50 +0000

Available at last! By special arrangement with Olympia Records, Alto is pleased to announce the resumption of one of the most sought-sfter CD series in recent years: the complete orchestral music of the prolific Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky. Myaskovsky occupies a unique position in recent music history: his orchestral output is one of the largest since Mozart and Haydn. He wrote 27 symphonies, composed over a period of more than 40 years – an output which he continued to produce even when, like many of his Soviet colleagues, he was severely criticized by the Communist Party despite his prominence and popularity. His music was never avant-garde in the Western sense of the term, but did, however, combine the Russian traditions with harmonic and formal characteristics of a newer era, achieving an outstanding artistic quality in terms both of its epic proportions and its fine detailing. Apart from the symphonies, Myaskovsky wrote a dozen or so symphonic works in other genres as well as solo concertos, chamber music (13 string quartets), more than 100 piano works and about 100 songs, music for military band and several cantatas: all in all, a catalogue of works that is as colourful as it is extensive.

After the collapse of the Soviet union, the multitalented Russian maestro Yevgeny Svetlanov (b. 1930) undertook a formidable project: recording the complete orchestral music with the orchestra he had led for nearly three decades, the Russian Federation Academic Symphony Orchestra (previously known as the USSR State Symphony Orchestra). The recordings were made in the early 1990s in a partnership between Svetlanov and the UK’s Olympia Records, and the first tem volumes have been hailed as an extraordinary addition to the discography, introducing this enormously interesting and accessible music to a worldwide audience.

Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950)
Symphony No. 15 in D minor, Op. 38

[1] I. Andante- allegro appassionato 11:22
[2] II. Moderato assai 9:08
[3] III. Allegro molto, ma con garbo 6:52
[4] IV. Poco pesante – Allegro ma non troppo 9:20

Symphony No. 27 in C minor, Op.85

[5] I. Adagio – allegro animato 12:56
[6] II. Adagio 14:32
[7] III. Presto ma non troppo – Marciale – Tempo 1 7:30

Recorded in 1991 and 1993

Nikolai Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Volume 12

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:35:50 +0000

Symphony No.16 in F major, Op.39

[1] I. Allegro vivace 8:44
[2] II. Andante e semplice (quasi allegretto) 10:07
[3] III. Sostenuto – Andante marciale, ma sostenuto 14:13
[4] IV. Tempo precedente – Allegro, ma non troppo 12:46

Symphony No.19 in E flat major, Op.46
For Wind band

[5] I. Maestoso- Allegro giacoso 5:30
[6] II. Moderato 6:25
[7] III. Andante serioso 7:01
[8] IV. Poco maestoso- Vivo 4:37

Time: 70:42
Recorded 1970-93 in the Great Hall Moscow Conservatory by L. Abelian
Mastered for Olympia by Jeffrey Ginn, London
Executive Producer: Jackie Campbell for Olympia
© 2003 Evgeny Svetlanov
© 2003 Olympia CD Ltd, London
Release under license from OlympiaCD Ltd, London

Nikolai Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Volume 13

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:35:50 +0000

[1] Salutatory Overture in C major, Op.48
Allegro con brio e maestoso 10:02

Symphony No.17 in G sharp major, Op.41

[2] I. Lento – Allegro molto agitato 15:51
[3] II. Lento assai – Andantino (ma non troppo) 16:52
[4] III. Allegro, poco vivace 5:15
[5] IV. Andante – Allegro molto animato 10:29

Symphony No.21 in F sharp minor, Op.51

[6] Andante sostenuto – Allegro non troppo, ma non impeto – Tempo I 18:40

Time: 77:14