After a 1948 resolution, Ustvolskaya was accused of Formalism and had to create accessible works 'for the people', often excluding these from her later catalog.
Recording & Production
Most of the recordings on this album, including 'Young Pioneers' Suite' and 'Sports' Suite', are published for the first time.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ustvolskaya severely demarcated her own work into two categories: 'accidental' work written for money or Soviet authorities, and 'true, spiritual' compositions.
Performer Biography
Yevgeny Mravinsky, a Soviet conductor, was the principal conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra for 50 years, from 1938 to 1988.
Critical Reception
Ustvolskaya's 'Children's Suite' was her most popular work in the Soviet era, performed often and never criticized, which was rare for a composer at that time.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Shostakovich highly valued Ustvolskaya's work, predicting that her music would achieve worldwide renown for its truth.
Composer Biography
Galina Ustvolskaya, the composer, was the only female student in Dmitri Shostakovich's composition class at the Leningrad Conservatory in 1939.
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