Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915)

[eschiss1]

I have a Russian recording of Symphonies 1 & 3, which must have been made prior to 1956, if the conductor's name is correct - so the complete ms should've been available for some time.

That's interesting indeed as I was almost positive they were completely unrecorded until the two recent ones. But then I thought the Naxos recording of Creston's first symphony was its premiere too until I learned of an LP of that work from the 1950s.  By now I should know better than to say "first", I even try to write "by" (by date x rather than date x, I mean) on IMSLP "first publication" and "first performance" fields unless I am pretty sure I know what i'm talking about ... but the temptation is strong...

[Ilja]

This recording was made by the USSR State Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Kurt Eliasberg.

[eschiss1]

This recording was made by the USSR State Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Kurt Eliasberg.

A quick search of a few sources reveals a Karl Eliasberg who died in 1978 but very little if anything about this conductor... interesting.

[Hovite]

Bluster-wise, how would compare The Taneyev 1 coda to that of Tchaikovsky's 1, Hovite?

Well, Taneyev is less noisy, but Winter Daydreams hangs together better. But really they are chalk and cheese. Taneyev doesn't sound like his master, and there is no reason why he should. After all, Kreisler doesn't sound like Bruckner.

In fairness to Taneyev, it should be pointed out that his Symphony No. 1 was written when he was just 18.