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Myaskovsky: Alastor, Symphony No. 7 & The Kremlin by Night

2/6/2026, 8 Tracks, 1:03:35

Featuring

  • Alexander Rudin
  • Albina Shaikhieva
  • Alexander Trofimov
  • Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra
  • Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir
  • Nikolai Myaskovsky

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Myaskovsky's interest in the Alastor subject reflected his attraction to tragic imagery, philosophical conflicts, and expressive emotion.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Myaskovsky's Symphony No. 7, composed in 1922, is compressed into two movements with clear thematic bridges, showcasing his 'great architectonic style'.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Myaskovsky could not attend the November 1914 premiere of Alastor, conducted by Sergei Koussevitzky, because he had been sent to the front in World War I.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Nikolai Myaskovsky, born in 1881, bridged the Imperial Russian and Soviet eras, maintaining his intellectual independence after 1917.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Myaskovsky's cantata The Kremlin by Night was successfully premiered in 1947 but was later criticized and banned after the Party Resolution of 1948.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Myaskovsky's Symphony No. 7 premiered in Moscow in 1925 and toured internationally to Prague, Vienna, London, New York, and Chicago in the following decade.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Myaskovsky dedicated his symphonic poem Alastor, based on Shelley's poem, to his friend Sergei Prokofiev.

Source: Booklet

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