This album features the world première recording of Boris Tishchenko's Symphony No. 7.
Performer Biography
Dmitry Yablonsky, the conductor, made his orchestral debut at age nine, performing Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major.
Composer Biography
Boris Tishchenko, the composer, is often considered the direct heir to the legacy of Dmitri Shostakovich, having studied with Shostakovich himself.
Composer Biography
Boris Tishchenko, the composer, has been a professor at the Leningrad (now St Petersburg) Conservatory since 1965, becoming a full professor in 1986.
Performer Biography
The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1951 by Samuel Samosud, a distinguished conductor of the Bolshoy Opera, initially for broadcasting operatic music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Boris Tishchenko's compositional idiom, which includes influences from folk and ethnic music as well as composers like Monteverdi and Mahler, was approved by Shostakovich for its 'undogmatic approach to tonal thinking'.
Composition History
Boris Tishchenko's Symphony No. 7 marks his return to orchestral symphonic writing after focusing on chamber and instrumental music, and choral works.
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