Moscow Symphony Orchestra - Symphony in D minor / 3 PCS for Orchestra - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Moscow Symphony Orchestra - Symphony 3 in de Minor [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/25/2004

If there were only one word that could be used to describe Bill Meyers, it would have to be multi-faceted. In addition to being an accomplished musician in his own right. Meyers has produced, arranged, composed and orchestrated platinum selling music for some of the most prolific artists of our time. Here the virtuosic jazz pianist and composer comes out with another set of incredible variations and dazzling original compositions on this essential album.

Arvids Jansons (1914-1984) was born in Liepaja on Latvia's west coast. He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepaja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga from 1940 until 1944, while working as a violinist at Riga Opera. In 1944, he was appointed conductor of Riga Opera, then of the Latvian Radio Orchestra (1947-1952), and in 1952 he was appointed associate conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic under Yevgeny Mravinsky. He toured frequently with them as well as with other Russian orchestras, to the UK and to the Continent, from 1970 onwards. Jansons became principal guest conductor of Manchester's Hallé Orchestra in 1965 at the personal invitation of Sir John Barbirolli, who knew of Jansons as an expert orchestral conductor but a genius in the rehearsal studio. It was in Manchester that Jansons collapsed and died from a heart attack in 1984 while conducting a concert with the Hallé. Arvids was the father of Mariss Jansons (1943-2019). The key point about this is that Arvids Jansons's recordings are extremely rare and will be sought after by collectors. This 2-CD set is the first to Arvids Jansons's recordings with the celebrated Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra.