Yevgeny Mravinsky: Béla Bartók, Arthur Honegger & Igor Stravinsky

Featuring

Ilya Shpilberg
Evgeny Mravinsky
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Béla Bartók
Arthur Honegger
Igor Stravinsky

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Arthur Honegger titled his Symphony No. 3 'Liturgique' and used phrases from the Roman Catholic liturgy for its movements to reflect his experience of the War, rather than quoting chant melodies.

Performer Biography

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

Compositional Technique

Béla Bartók's 'Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta' is considered a revolutionary work, blending the intimacy of chamber music with the power of an orchestra of soloists.

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.

Compositional Technique

Igor Stravinsky's ballet 'Agon' demonstrates a unique blend of musical idioms, as its long creation period coincided with his transition from a diatonic to a twelve-tone compositional language.

Performer Biography

Yevgeny Mravinsky, the conductor on this album, began his studies in natural sciences before becoming a répétiteur at the Ballet School and later a renowned conductor.

Composition History

Béla Bartók's 'Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta' was commissioned by Paul Sacher to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Basle Chamber Orchestra.