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[Ouverture Fantasie (1907)]

Vasily Zolotarev (1872-1964) was born in the Russian city of Taganrog. He studied at the St Petersburg Conservatory with Rimsky-Korsakov and Mily Balakirev. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory for a number of years and then in Belarusian Academy of Music in Minsk.

Ouverture Fantasie lasts for about 14 mins and has, for me,  glimpses of the Russian masters,  Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and even Stravinski (listen 05:40) who was a contemporary (a little later maybe)

Ouverture Fantasie (1907)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgcWpvKLumY

As regards Mihalovich I don't think there is much to take in. The orchestral works are poor immitations of Listz as far as I can see after a bit of research. (And Liszt's orchestral stuff is poor to start with) Sorry!

Major might be a diferent case as he belongs to a different era of course. I have his Symphonie Hongroise (No2) op17 (1898) from the BL and it looks promising. We will see.

I have a copy 

Well done to him for making the effort!

However, it's more than "trying" to listen to isn't it.

If he used Musescore (which I suspect he did) there are far better "sound fonts" available than the bog standard issue that come with the editing software.

If I can find them I will put a link.

Dvorak for me the whole way 

The full Symphony is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJJuk_fMch4

All three movements of this accomplished piano concerto:

LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnl_M80W_ww

[SYMPHONY IN C - ENTIRE WORK]

SYMPHONY IN C  -  ENTIRE WORK


00:00  1st mov  -  Andante / Allegro
10:42  2nd mov  -  Andante
20:22  3rd mov  -  Scherzo / Idylle
26:25  4th mov  -  Allegro


For me the 2nd movement 10:42 is at the heart of this Symphony.  So many emotions packed into ten minutes - it's remarkable.



LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ievZpsWSPow

Should be able to put up the completed Becker later this week all being well.

The violin sonata sounds sumptuous. Thanks for the heads up 

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Prout's four symphonies, composed between 1873 and 1886, were all performed at the Crystal Palace and are startling for their conservatism at the time, although their style is typical of Prout as a whole. 

Apparently he took Raff to task for putting the second subject of the opening movement of the Im Walde Symphony in the sub dominant instead of the more conventional dominant key. This comment speaks volumes I feel. 

See this previous post: https://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,263.msg9481.html#msg9481

SYMPHONY No.3, Op.22 (1885)

LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Watz9DyE68U


The slow introduction to the 1st mov is, I think, actually the best piece of writing in the whole symphony. It has a measured grandeur in it's melodic shape and phrasing. Wonderful stuff from 1:20

The British Library has the following:

Two Concert Pieces for Viola and Pianoforte. [Score and part.] (1908)

[COMPLETED]

COMPLETED

All four movements:

LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLTG9hfa2xo&t=1173s

That's quite magnificent! Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

Very often the final movements in symphonies can be a let down I feel. However in this symphony the Finale is a powerful conclusion thanks to that wonderful development section where you are transported to another world for a few minutes!

Little did I know when I stuck that link to my rendition of Fritz's symphony that there would be such a commotion. It will be interesting to see how things develop?

By the way the cello concerto is a fine work too. I have only dealt with the first movement so far.