Russian & Soviet Music

[Mark Thomas]

Thanks fyrexia for the Davrionas recording. And welcome to UC.

[eschiss1]

I believe btw (though I know this composer has come up before, when a violin concerto of his was recorded recently and the CD was mentioned a couple of years ago, coupled with Korngold's) - the recording is from about 1961, and the composer's vitals are
Balys Dvarionas (June 1904 - August 23 1972, Lithuanian, Wikipedia-en.
(I think I've seen your channel on youtube, fyrexia. some very good stuff there. appreciated finally getting to hear Golubev's 2nd concerto )

[jerfilm]

Yes, welcome fyrexia.  I'm a subscriber to your YouTube channel.

Jerry

[JimL]

Thanks for reminding me of that violin concerto.  I recall wanting to pick it up.  Let me see if it's made its way onto CD Universe yet.

[fyrexia]

Its good to know i have subscribers from my youtube channel around here.
I am not sure if the Dvarionas Concerto no.1 has been made a modern recording.
I know he also wrote a second concerto. But i never came to know any recording/performance of it.
Been trying to search several years for the lp that has his piano cycles titled "Winter Sketches", maybe someone might have heard it before?
I have only the first piece of the cycle posted on my Youtube channel.

Tony

[dafrieze]

Thanks very much, fyrexia!  I'm also a subscriber to your YouTube site, and I've found it invaluable for discovering unsung composers.  Welcome!

[eschiss1]

Golubev- thanks much, have been interested in his music for years (including some as far as I know mostly unrecorded late string quartets the local university library has in score- some of them are recorded though I haven't heard them. Have heard so far only a couple of symphonies - 5 and 7-- some quartets via MIDI, a few other things... ). Is the recording of piano sonata no. 4 and concerto 3 - IIRC - no longer available on Melodiya? (I haven't heard it even so, but wanted to be careful with our understandable guidelines.)

[fyrexia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vubqpd9eG00

Golubev String Quartet No.10

Tony

[Ilja]

Those interested in Matchavariani should probably also check out this web site:

http://www.matchavariani.ge/alexi/rec.html

[eschiss1]

Golubev cello concerto - a recording of this with Rostropovich is mentioned on Svetlanov's website, so it -might- be conducted by him... not proof though.

[fyrexia]

I am pretty sure that this is the exact performance. Thank you so much for finding such information.
I do not think the concerto was performed more then once. At least doubtful for producing another recording.

Tony

[eschiss1]

speaking of Golubev, anyone ever run into a performance (not even necessarily recorded- just perhaps attended one) or recording of his trumpet sonata? Looks good, though it's not an instrument (either one- piano either) I play...
I do have a tape of a recording of his harp quintet op39 (which unlike I think anything else of his has been recorded more than once, if memory serves. May be nla, though. Not sure where my tape is, either, but I have an idea. May see about digitizing and uploading it if it's been NLA quite long enough...)

[fyrexia]

Please post one day your recording of the Harp Quintet Op.39. Seems an interesting work !
I have been vaguely searching for his instrumental sonatas. Only to find his piano sonata no.4, with nikolayeva on the piano. Released on a melodiya lp, later reissued to cd. He also has a violin sonata, i hope i can play it someday with a friend.

Tony

[fyrexia]

Actually, i just found out i had the Harp Quintet! As well as his Piano Quintet, some other minor piano works. Memory to lermontov op.18 and piano responses op.79. Also a concert aria for cello and harp.
Hope to post them soon.

Tony

[eschiss1]

Anything by Gleb Taranov? I know his 6th symphony (for strings, D minor) was on LP, maybe one or two other works, don't know if his 5th symphony (Bflat minor) ever hit the recording studios (or the concert hall, or the radio, or...)