The recording of Stravinsky's Le Baiser de la Fée was a live recording made in Leningrad on November 18, 1982.
Performer Biography
Yevgeny Mravinsky remained the musical director of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra for 44 years, from 1938 until his retirement in 1982.
Performer Biography
Yevgeny Mravinsky, the conductor on this album, began studying natural sciences at university before his father's death led him to music.
Recording & Production
The recording of Stravinsky's Pétrouchka (1947 version) was made in a studio in Leningrad on October 24, 1964.
Performer Biography
Yevgeny Mravinsky rarely conducted orchestras other than the Leningrad Philharmonic, except for a few concerts with the USSR State Symphony and the Czech Philharmonic.
Performer Biography
Yevgeny Mravinsky introduced Soviet composers like Prokofiev and Shostakovich to audiences, with Shostakovich dedicating his Eighth Symphony to him.
Performer Biography
Yevgeny Mravinsky won the All-Union Conductors' Competition in Moscow in 1938, which led to his appointment as permanent conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic.
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