{"product_id":"balakirev-symphony-no-2-in-bohemia-overture-on-3-russian-songs-suite-on-chopin-themes-evgeni-svetlanov-ussr-symphony-orchestra","title":"Balakirev: Symphony No. 2; In Bohemia; Overture on 3 Russian Songs; Suite on Chopin Themes - Evgeni Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/official_about_this_recording_sept_2022_480x480.png?v=1663272165\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e “an attractive piece- I am inclined to think the Svetlanov account is finer (than) Rozhdestvensky … Svetlanov plays with great élan, driving the Cossack scherzo on, and drawing almost risky sweetness from the orchestra in the Andante. …the USSR orchestra has much to recommend it: their strings certainly have greater sonority and weight though the brass and wind are not always to Western tastes .. some of the material of the scherzo was actually intended for the First Symphony. Yet the ideas are very engaging … [Overture] “In some ways the most striking is the Overture … beautifully orchestrated, with a lucidity which owes much to Glinka and even outdoes him. It should be better known to us” (Gramophone)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/official_TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_480x480.png?v=1663272176\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSymphony No.2 in D minor [35:35]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[1] I. Allegro ma non troppo 9:36\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[2] II. Scherzo alla Cosacca. Allegro non troppo,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ema con fuoco ed energico 7:47\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[3] III. Romanza. Andante 9:49\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[4] IV. Finale. Tempo di Polacca 8:22\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[5] In Bohemia, symphonic poem 11:56\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[6] Overture on Three Russian Songs 8:17\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuite in D minor of Four Pieces by F. Chopin [22:29]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[7] Preambule (Etude) 5:09\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[8] Mazurka 3:50\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[9] Intermezzo (Nocturne) 6:45\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[10] Finale (Scherzo) 6:43\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALTO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575541661946,"sku":"5055354414299","price":6.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/ALC-1429-Cover.jpg?v=1666540947","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/balakirev-symphony-no-2-in-bohemia-overture-on-3-russian-songs-suite-on-chopin-themes-evgeni-svetlanov-ussr-symphony-orchestra","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}