Great Russian Symphonies
Douban
Sinossi
19 世纪以后的交响曲，不论内容、形式及技巧，都有根大改革及创新，形成了一个群芳争研、繁花似锦的局面。这个时期的交响曲有一定的发展，其特征主要表现为：内容具有文学性、标题性，曲式结构更自由，乐章数目不定（有一、二、五、六、七乐章组成的交响曲），乐队编制庞大，音响华丽而丰满，民族风格浓郁等。以舒伯特、柏辽兹、李斯特、勃拉姆斯、德沃夏克、柴科夫斯基、布鲁克纳和马勒等作曲家的作品为代表。例如：F.舒伯特的《未完成交响曲》开拓了以歌唱性旋律取胜的抒情交响曲的新领域。F．门德尔松的《苏格兰》、《意大利》交响曲，飘逸、洒脱、旋律优美、配器华丽，均采用了具有3个主题的第1乐章形式。R·舒曼的交响曲以诗情 画意动人心弦，他的《第四交响曲》以一个主题贯串全曲，结构紧凑，犹如一部单乐章交响曲。H· 柏辽兹的《幻想交响曲》，开创了标题交响曲的先河，并首先采用代表特定形象的“固定乐思”，在全曲中贯串发展，成为标题音乐的重要表现手法。F.李斯特师法柏辽兹，创作了《但丁交响曲》与《浮士德交响曲》等，创造了单乐章标题音乐的新体裁——交响诗。A.布鲁克纳常采用德国众赞歌的和声及管风琴式的对位及踏板音，使交响曲具有浓郁的宗教气息。J．勃拉姆斯继承贝多芬常采用主题贯串发展的手法创作交响曲，使乐曲的结构严谨、乐思统一；并创造了以连续的三度关系来安排4个乐章的调性，效果新颖。G．马勒的交响曲规模宏大多用人声。他的作品常吸收民歌、圆舞曲、进行曲、众赞歌和歌 曲曲调来进行创作。他的《第八交响曲》规模宏大，演出人员众多，号称“千人交响曲 ”，是迄今为止，规模最大的交响曲之一。此外，由于当时欧洲民族意识高涨，许多作曲家）H·A·里姆斯基-科萨科夫、A.H.鲍罗丁、柴科大斯基、A.德沃夏克、J ．西贝柳斯等都创作了具有浓郁民族风格的交响曲。
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GREAT RUSSIAN SYMPHONIES
Tchaikovsky • Borodin • Prokofiev • Myaskovsky • Shostakovich • Rimsky-Korsakov • Rachmaninov • Scriabin • Glazunov • Kalinnikov
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The word ‘symphony’ is used to describe an extended orchestral composition in Western classical music. By the eighteenth century the Italianate opera sinfonia—musical interludes between operas or concertos—had assumed the structure of three contrasting movements, and it is this form that is often considered as the direct forerunner of the orchestral symphony. With the rise of established professional orchestras, the symphony assumed a more prominent place in concert life between 1790 and 1820 until it eventually came to be regarded by many as the yardstick by which one would measure a composer’s achievement.
The symphony came late to Russia. The first attempts at a Russian Nationalist symphony were made in the late nineteenth-century by Balakirev and his acolytes, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov as well as by Tchaikovsky, whose symphonies (despite his European leanings) have a distinctly Russian flavour. In their wake followed numerous composers, from Glazunov to Myaskovsky, similarly instilling their music with the melodies of their homeland. In the years that followed Russian politics had an unmistakable impact on the Russian symphonists, as Rachmaninov and Prokofiev (among others) went into exile whilst composers such as Shostakovich vented their political frustrations through the medium of music—his Leningrad Symphony being aprime example.
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Disc 1
Peter Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36
1. I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima 00:18:59
2. II. Andantino in modo di canzona 00:09:52
3. III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato - Allegro 00:05:53
4. IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco 00:09:15
Alexander Porfir’yevich Borodin (1833–1887)
Symphony No 2 in B minor
5. I. Allegro 00:06:59
6. II. Scherzo: Prestissimo. Trio: Allegretto 00:05:31
7. III. Andante 00:07:50
8. IV. Finale: Allegro 00:06:19
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Disc 2
Peter Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64
1. I. Andante - Allegro con anima 00:15:09
2. II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza 00:13:38
3. III. Valse: Allegro moderato 00:05:39
4. IV. Finale: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivo 00:12:19
Peter Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Romeo and Juliet
5. Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (3rd version, 1880) 00:19:03
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Disc 3
Peter Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74 ‘Pathétique’
1. I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo 00:18:54
2. II. Allegro con grazia 00:08:40
3. III. Allegro molto vivace 00:09:21
4. IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso 00:10:49
Peter Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
1812 Overture
5. 1812 Overture, Op. 49 00:15:32
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Disc 4
Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Symphony No 5 in B flat major, Op 100
1. I. Andante 00:14:05
2. II. Allegro marcato 00:08:58
3. III. Adagio 00:13:30
4. IV. Allegro giocoso 00:10:31
Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (1881–1950)
Symphony No 25 in D flat major, Op 69
5. I. Allegro deciso 00:12:38
6. II. Molto sostenuto 00:11:04
7. III. Allegro appassionato 00:11:14
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Disc 5
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Symphony No 5 in D minor, Op 47
1. I. Moderato 00:18:01
2. II. Allegretto 00:05:12
3. III. Largo 00:15:34
4. IV. Allegro non troppo 00:12:50
Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, ‘Classical’
5. I. Allegro 00:04:50
6. II. Larghetto 00:04:42
7. III. Gavotte: Non troppo allegro 00:01:49
8. IV. Finale: Molto vivace 00:04:23
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Disc 6
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Symphony No 7 in C Major, Op 60 ‘Leningrad’
1. I. Allegretto 00:25:43
2. II. Moderato (Poco allegretto) 00:11:27
3. III. Adagio 00:18:11
4. IV. Allegro non troppo 00:19:57
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Disc 7
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Symphony No 2, Op 9 (Symphonic Suite), ‘Antar’
1. I. Largo - Allegro - Largo - Allegretto - Adagio - Allegretto - Largo 00:09:36
2. II. Allegro 00:04:16
3. III. Allegro risoluto 00:05:15
4. IV. Allegretto - Adagio 00:09:15
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Sheherazade
5. I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship 00:10:44
6. II. The Kalender Prince 00:11:33
7. III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess 00:10:44
8. IV. Festival at Baghdad - The Sea 00:12:51
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Disc 8
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873–1943)
Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27 Fantaisie, Op 7, ‘The Rock’
1. I. Largo: Allegro moderato 00:20:44
2. II. Allegro molto 00:10:41
3. III. Adagio 00:14:46
4. IV. Allegro vivace 00:11:55
5. Utyos (The Rock), Op. 7 00:14:33
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Disc 9
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
Symphony No 3 in C Minor, Op 43 ‘Le Poème Divin’ Le Poème de L’extase, Op 54
1. I. Lento 00:01:36
2. II. Luttes (Struggles) 00:25:37
3. III. Voluptes (Delights) 00:13:44
4. IV. Jeu divin (Divine Play) 00:11:10
5. La Poeme de l'extase (The Poem of Extasy), Op. 54, "Symphony No. 4" 00:24:10
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Disc 10
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865–1936)
Symphony No 6 in C minor, Op 58
1. I. Adagio - Allegro appassionato 00:11:05
2. II. Theme and Variations 00:11:04
3. III. Intermezzo: Allegretto 00:04:53
4. IV. Finale: Andante maestoso - Moderato maestoso - Scherzando - Allegro pesante - Allegro moderato 00:11:03
Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
Symphony No 1 in G minor
5. I. Allegro moderato 00:14:18
6. II. Andante commodamente 00:07:12
7. III. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo - moderato assai 00:08:14
8. IV. Finale: Allegro moderato 00:09:16