Siberian Symphony Orchestra - Orchestral Music 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Muscovite Alexander Tchaikovsky (b. 1946) - nephew of Boris Tchaikovsky but no relative to Pyotr Ilich - is one of the most highly respected composers at work in Russia today, and yet his music has had little exposure to western audiences. His symphonic style owes something to that of his uncle it likewise patiently develops enormous power over large expanses of sound, although there is also room for gently ironic touches of nostalgia - an inheritance, perhaps, from his uncle's teacher, Shostakovich. The monumental Third Symphony (1995-2002), scored for a huge orchestra, is infused with dance rhythms it uses material from an abandoned ballet based on Dostoyevsky's The Devils. The Seventh Symphony is very much a work de nos jours Tchaikovsky composed it during the Covid-19 pandemic, scored it for a socially distanced orchestra of strings, percussion and piano - at which point, as he writes, 'the virus then took revenge', and he fell ill himself. The message of the work is clear, as the turmoil of the first movement gives way to a message of hope in the second. Album Tracks 1. Symphony No. 7, Op. 139, Quarantine Symphony, for strings, percussion and piano~I. Andante - Allegro molto 2. Symphony No. 7, Op. 139, Quarantine Symphony, for strings, percussion and piano~II. Adagio 3. Symphony No. 3, Op. 75~I. Allegro 4. Symphony No. 3, Op. 75~II. Allegro molto 5. Symphony No. 3, Op. 75~III. Andante

Album Tracks 1. Vaterland Symphonic Poem (1915) 2. Symphony No.1 in F minor (1923)

Like his close friend and colleague Dmitry Shostakovich, Vissarion Shebalin (1902-63) knew a life of both celebrity and hardship he was another of the composers condemned in the infamous 1948 Party congress in Moscow, and in later life he fought to overcome a series of crippling strokes. But his personality remained undaunted, as his music resolutely proves. This is the first recording of his Third and Fourth Suites and Ballet Suite, all three prepared from theatre music, and showing the lighter side of Shebalin's symphonic muse. They have been recorded by the orchestra of his hometown, Omsk, the capital of Siberia. Album Tracks 1. Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 61~I. Introduction 2. Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 61~II. Laura’s Dance 3. Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 61~III. Habanera 4. Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 61~IV. Intermezzo 5. Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 61~V. Scene and Serenade 6. Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 61~VI. Chant in the Convent 7. Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 61~VII. Fast Dance 8. Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 61~VIII. Finale 9. Orchestral Suite No. 4, Op. 62~I. Introduction 10. Orchestral Suite No. 4, Op. 62~II. Arrival of the Guests 11. Orchestral Suite No. 4, Op. 62~III. Waltz 12. Orchestral Suite No. 4, Op. 62~IV. Erlynne’s Wait 13. Orchestral Suite No. 4, Op. 62~V. Dance of the Dolls 14. Orchestral Suite No. 4, Op. 62~VI. Farewell Waltz 15. Ballet Suite~I. Introduction and Waltz 16. Ballet Suite~II. Nocturne 17. Ballet Suite~III. Dance of the Girls 18. Ballet Suite~IV. Adagio 19. Ballet Suite~V. Gavotte 20. Ballet Suite~VI. Slow Waltz 21. Ballet Suite~VII. Galop