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Franz Schubert: Symphony no. 8 "Unfinished" - Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

3/1/2009, 6 Tracks, 1:06:43

Featuring

  • Evgeny Mravinsky
  • Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Franz Schubert
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Performer Biography

Yevgeny Mravinsky won the All-Union Conductors' Competition in Moscow in 1938, which led to him becoming the permanent conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The cover illustration for this album is "Razin" by Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev, painted in 1916.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Yevgeny Mravinsky, the conductor on this album, began studying natural sciences at university before his father's death in 1920 led him to become a répétiteur at the Ballet School.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory on April 24, 1959.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Yevgeny Mravinsky remained musical director of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra until his retirement in 1982, rarely conducting other orchestras during that time.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Yevgeny Mravinsky introduced Soviet composers of his generation, including Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Miaskovsky, and Kabalevsky, to audiences.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Shostakovich dedicated his Eighth Symphony to Yevgeny Mravinsky, the conductor of this album, in 1943.

Source: Booklet

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