Liadov conducted by Svetlanov

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  • Barbirollians
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    • Nov 2010
    • 11682
    #1

    Liadov conducted by Svetlanov

    Recommended recently in IRR so I decided to see what I thought . It is on Melodiya and recorded in 1970.

    Only 48 minutes but wholeheartedly I agree with the reviewer. An astonishingly vivid and thrilling set of performances . Kikimora a highlight but terrific from start to finish .

    Liadov may have written little but what gems his short orchestral works are .
    Last edited by Barbirollians; 13-06-12, 21:48.
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  • HighlandDougie
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    • Nov 2010
    • 3090
    #2
    Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
    An astonishingly vivid and thriving set of performances . Kikimora a highlight but terrific from start to finish .

    Liadov may have written little but what gems his short orchestral works are .
    Couldn't agree more. Inherited from my father (in vinyl form) - and treasured. Kikimora even finer than Mravinsky

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    • cloughie
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      • Dec 2011
      • 22120
      #3
      Originally posted by HighlandDougie View Post
      Couldn't agree more. Inherited from my father (in vinyl form) - and treasured. Kikimora even finer than Mravinsky
      Yes I agree also - had the LP and now the CD from when BMG had the rights.

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      • Barbirollians
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        • Nov 2010
        • 11682
        #4
        It is an extraordinary record . It has made me completely reevaluate Liadov as a composer . The vital and thrilling performances make these short tone poems sound like masterpieces. Perhaps they are and it needs this sort of inspired advocacy to bring it out . My record of the year so far.

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        • AmpH
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          • Feb 2012
          • 1318
          #5
          Certainly interested in these works as I do not have any recordings of these works ( and hardly any Liadov ) in my collection. I assume the disc under discussion is :-

          Product not available | Presto Music
          http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Melodiya/MELCD1001873


          Would appreciate confirmation that this is the case. Thank you.

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          • cloughie
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            • Dec 2011
            • 22120
            #6
            I think my first introduction to Liadov was the strange coupling of Baba Yaga and Kikmora with Falla's 3 Cornered Hat, done by SRO Ansermet on an Ace of Clubs LP around 1963!

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            • Barbirollians
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              • Nov 2010
              • 11682
              #7
              Yes amp that is the record.

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              • Barbirollians
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                • Nov 2010
                • 11682
                #8
                I cannot stop playing this record . It is like being a kid again when you could only afford a record a month or so and played it over and over .

                The more I listen to it I wonder how influenced so many later Russian composers were by him . There appear to be echoes of Liadov everywhere .

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