Alexei Zhivotov
Donald Macleod presents Shostakovich's Third Symphony, plus a miniature masterpiece by the little-known Alexei Zhivotov.
Donald Macleod explores Shostakovich's brilliant youth - and the work of five extraordinary lost musical souls - amidst the turmoil and extraordinary originality of 1920s Russia.
Donald Macleod begins Thursday's programme with another dazzlingly witty arrangement - this time of a Broadway hit! - before introducing another 'black sheep' of the Shostakovich symphony family: his little-performed Third Symphony, complete with finale in praise of the Soviet revolutionary. His guest composer today is Alexei Zhivotov - a composer who barely registers in musical history - yet whose Fragments, Op.2, is one of the most original Russian chamber works of the 20th century.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Tahiti Trot (Tea For Two), Op.16
Performer: Royal Concertgebouw / Riccardo Chailly
- DECCA 4757431.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Suite from incidental music to "The Bedbug" by Mayakovsky, op.19a (1929)
Performer: USSR Ministry Of Culture Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky
- BMG Classics 74321 59058 2.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Alexei Zhivotov: Nine Fragments for Nonet, Op.2 (1928)
Performer: Bolshoi Chamber Ensemble - Alexander Lazarev
- OLYMPIA OCD170.
- 7.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony no. 3 in E Flat Major, Op.20
Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra + Choir / Bernard Haitink
- LONDON 4444203.
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