{"product_id":"tchaikovsky-chamber-symphony-musica-viva-chamber-orchestra-rudin","title":"Tchaikovsky, Boris: Chamber Symphony, Sinfonietta for Strings - Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Rudin","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/official_about_this_recording_sept_2022.png?v=1663272165\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoris Tchaikovsky—no relation—belongs to that generation of Soviet composers falling between Shostakovich (one of his teachers) and Kabalevsky on the one hand and Schnittke and Gubaidulina on the other. Born into a musical family, the young Boris saw his musical language reach maturity in the years following World War II; he then joined the many of his compatriot composers in making a living from writing for the theatre, for film and for television. Such a background immediately lends his ‘serious’ compositions an accessibility and appeal which could perhaps be generally described as having something of the ‘Shostakovich-without-the-angst’ about them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Sinfonietta for Strings of 1953 is the earliest work on this disc. Its four movements are laid out on traditional lines and share much of their harmonic language with Shostakovich’s early quartets. The six tightly focused movements of the 1967 Chamber Symphony betray the influence of Britten (unusual for this period in Soviet Russia) and Panufnik; hints of intrigue, even unease, disturb otherwise literal responses to the movement titles. This fascination with the ‘perfectly formed miniature’ finds its apogee in the numerous sets of studies in Tchaikovsky’s output. In the Six Études for Organ and String Orchestra of 1976 any hint of the florid or the self-indulgent is scrupulously avoided, making for a remarkable demonstration of the ‘power of the unsaid’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis disc concludes with the short Prelude ‘The Bells’, one of Boris Tchaikovsky’s last works and perhaps an expression of his attachment to the Orthodox Church, his scepticism of the avant garde direction being taken by contemporary music, and his commitment to the preservation of a true Russian musical tradition. The more-or-less complete short score has been completed by one of Tchaikovsky’s composer-colleagues, Pyotr Klimov.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/official_TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_0dc0c6c8-3485-4867-8aa8-a09c520223c1.png?v=1668436329\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSinfonietta for string orchestra[19'24]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1 Sonatina[5'53]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2 Waltz[3'04]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3 Variations[6'06]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4 Rondo[4'21]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChamber Symphony[20'01]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5 Sonata[4'35]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6 Unison[2'04]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7 Chorale Music[2'33]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8 Interlude[1'54]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9 March Motifs[3'46]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10 Serenade[5'09]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSix Études for strings and organ[26'29]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLudmila Golub (organ)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11 Andante[5'37]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12 Allegro non troppo[3'22]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e13 Moderato con moto[4'18]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e14 Allegro moderato[3'22]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e15 Andante moderato[5'58]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e16 Allegretto[3'52]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e17 Prelude 'The Bells'[3'06]arr. Pyotr Klimov (b1970)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HYPERION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028557349114,"sku":"CDA67413","price":5.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/034571174136.png?v=1736541179","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/tchaikovsky-chamber-symphony-musica-viva-chamber-orchestra-rudin","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}