Mily Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 The Philharmonia & Herbert von Karajan, Moscow Radio Symphony & Gennady Rozhdestvensky

• Mily Balakirev (1837 - 1910): Symphony No. 1 in C Major:
• 1 Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 in C Major: I. Largo - Allegro vivo 15:04
• 2 Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 in C Major: II. Scherzo. Vivo 06:40
• 3 Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 in C Major: III. Andante 13:27
• 4 Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 in C Major: IV. Finale. Allegro moderato 08:57
• Symphony No. 2 in D Minor:
• 5 Balakirev: Symphony No. 2 in D Minor: I. Allegro ma non troppo moderato 10:18
• 6 Balakirev: Symphony No. 2 in D Minor: II. Scherzo alla cosacca. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco ed energico 07:07
• 7 Balakirev: Symphony No. 2 in D Minor: III. Romanza. Andante 07:51
• 8 Balakirev: Symphony No. 2 in D Minor: IV. Finale. Tempo di polacca 08:19
• Total Runtime 01:17:43

Info for Mily Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

A logical, albeit rare, association of symphonies by Balakirev, the composer of Islamey and Tamara He was the cornerstone of the Russian Mighty Five: César Cui, Aleksandr Borodin, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and Mily Balakirev, who in the 1860s banded together in an attempt to create a truly national school of Russian music; free of the stifling influence of Italian opera, German lieder, and other western European forms. In this album two prestigious conductors do them justice. Symphony No.1 in C major is a romantic and well constructed work, performed by the early Karajan/Walter Legge team and the Philharmonia was certainly a crack ensemble at the time. The 2nd Symphony, which has with some justice been described as a paler copy of the 1st, brings an opening movement which under Rozhdestvensky s baton moves forward strongly, generating much Slavic energy.

The Philharmonia (Symphonies Nos. 1 in C major)
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Moscow Radio Symphony (Symphonies Nos. 2 in D minor)
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

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