IDAGIO | Anton Rubinstein: Symphony No. 2, "Ocean" - Ballet Music from Feramors 013491201023

Featuring

Igor Golovchin
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Anton Rubinstein

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in October 1993 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

Composer Biography

Rubinstein made his first public appearance at age ten and continued to perform for charitable causes throughout his 50-plus years of concert activity.

Composer Biography

Franz Liszt, a great composer and pianist, hailed Anton Rubinstein as his successor after Rubinstein's early European travels.

Composer Biography

Anton Rubinstein, a paragon of Russian pianism, was a brilliant keyboard artist, composer, and a major public figure who founded both the Russian Musical Society and the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

Performer Biography

Igor Golovchin, the conductor on this album, was admitted to the Moscow Conservatory at 19 and was granted the unprecedented privilege of choosing his own teacher, selecting Kiril Kondrashin.

Composition History

Rubinstein's Symphony No. 2, known as the 'Ocean' symphony, is a programmatic work expressing the struggle between man and elemental forces, with a glorious victory of the human spirit in the finale.

Historical Context

Rubinstein realized Russia's primitive musical establishment was not conducive to a professional musician's career, leading him to plan reforms for Russia's musical education.