Leningrad Harp & Concertos - Tatiana Tower, Leningrad Chamber Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Serov

This is dedicated to the remarkable Russian harpist Tatiana Tower who became a musical legend of Leningrad. Born in Moscow in 1945 she started playing harp at the age of four on the advice of her aunt , soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre. She studied at the Gnessin College, and at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1969 she won the first International Harp Competition in Hartford, USA, and became a prize winner of international music festivals of Latin America. In 1968, Tatiana Tower’s life took a momentous turn – she became soloist of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra headed by Evgeny Mravinsky.

Leningrad Harp & Concertos
Valery Kikta (b. 1941): Frescoes of St. Sophia of Kiev (Harp Concerto), Op. 50 (1972)
1 Ornament I 2:41
2 The Beast Attacks the Horseman 1:50
3 Ornament II 0:58
4 Group Portrait of Yaroslav the Wise’s Daughters 2:58
5 St. Michael’s Aisle 3:46
6 Mummers Wrestling 2:07
7 Musician. Wandering Clowns 8:46
8 Ornament III 0:59
Leningrad Chamber Orchestra • Eduard Serov, conductor
9 Fantasy on themes from Tchaikovsky’s opera The Queen of Spades (1982) 10:12
Alberto Ginastera (1916-83): Harp Concerto, Op. 25
10 Allegro 8:52
11 Molto moderato 6:14
12 Liberamento capriccioso 7:31
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra • Eduard Serov, conductor
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
13. Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane for harp & strings (1904) 9:14
The Taneyev Quartet
Ekaterina Walter-Kühne (1870-1930)
14 Fantasy on Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin 6:51
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-93)
15 On the Troika (from The Seasons), arr. Xenia Erdely 3:11
Tatiana Tower, harp