Tribute To Evgeny Svetlanov
) | Label: BEL AIR CLASSIQUES Catalog: BAC107 Format: DVD PAVLOVSKAYA GRIVNOV LEIFERKUS BRONFMAN STATE ACADEMIC ORCHESTRA OF RUSSIA YURLOV STATE ACADEMIC CHORUS JUROWSKIThis release celebrates the 85th birthday of the great Russian composer Evgeny Svetlanov. Filmed in the magnificent room of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in which Svetlanov spent 35 years leading the Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation. The program is a selection of great pieces by Prokofiev, Bartok and Rachmaninoff. Evgeny Svetlanov began and ended his career with one of his favorite works, Rachmaninoff's choral symphony The Bells. He chose it for his final exam at the Moscow Conservatory and cucted it just two weeks before his death.  Price: $35.98 |