20th century unsung soviet period composers

[imirizaldu]

Sad ... I have recently discovered Weinberg and i am so impressed.


Regarding all these composers, i have come to find a lot of recordings , old an new of many of the ones mentioned in this thread. 


i still don t know what the policy is on this site regarding downloads, so i have not posted any.

[Latvian]

Sergei Slonimsky (Belarussian)(b 1932)

A fine composer! As far as I know he was  born in Leningrad/St. Petersburg and has spent most of his life there. I'm wondering why he's listed in the above post as Belarussian? Did his family come from there?

[eschiss1]

Weinberg's immediate family did not survive, but he was temporarily in the USSR with a famous relative (Solomon Mikhoels), I believe (or with his support?) - who in turn was murdered by the secret police, I believe... - then Weinberg was temporarily himself in prison indeed because... - well, see this Wikipedia article on Weinberg, e.g.

[Delicious Manager]

Sergei Slonimsky (Belarussian)(b 1932)

A fine composer! As far as I know he was  born in Leningrad/St. Petersburg and has spent most of his life there. I'm wondering why he's listed in the above post as Belarussian? Did his family come from there?

Yes, silly me - I was mixing-up his name (although not his music) with Valentin Silvestrov (he's the Belarussian), who is enjoying a fair degree of success in Europe nowadays.