The 'third great Soviet composer'...

[Stanfordian]

A huge fan here, especially of the symphonies (apart from No.1 perhaps, the sort of musical joke you can only enjoy once, really...).... No.5 is one of my musical icons. No.2 has an obvious appeal for a devoted Brucknerian..!

I wasn't sure what to make of this reawakened thread.... I would have said: Schnittke, and Gubaidulina.....
And surely Tchaikovsky comes before all of them.....

But Tchaikovsky wasn't a Soviet composer, so not really pertinent to this thread.

[Bryn]

But Tchaikovsky wasn't a Soviet composer, so not really pertinent to this thread.

See #27 and 31.

[Bryn]

That four hand Shosty 10th is simply the most amazing single performance I have ever heard captured on CD.

I originally had that as one of the LPs in a 2 disc set. The other disc has the piano concertos with the composer as soloist (Soviet recordings, not the French ones). Just a reminder of this, too.

[Stanfordian]

See #27 and 31.

But I'm not sure Boris is a great composer!

[Bryn]

But I'm not sure Boris is a great composer!

Hence the "Hardly".

[Stanfordian]

Hence the "Hardly".

Hence the"not sure".

[CallMePaul]

Today I heard the Quatuor Danel play the 5th quartet by Vissarion Shebalin (1902-63), who is perhaps a more typical Soviet composer than say, Schnittke. I am not familiar with his symphonic or much of his other output, but this quartet seemed to get more interesting as it progressed. The Quatuor Danel has played a greats deal of Russian music both Soviet era and earlier, and tomorrow will play Les Vendredis at Manchester University. Next mpnth the quartet will play all of Weinberg's quartets plus the Piano Quintet over a long weekend - I will be there and am looking forward to it (there is a recording available for those who casnnot get to Manchester for the concerts).

[Beef Oven!]

Today I heard the Quatuor Danel play the 5th quartet by Vissarion Shebalin (1902-63), who is perhaps a more typical Soviet composer than say, Schnittke. I am not familiar with his symphonic or much of his other output, but this quartet seemed to get more interesting as it progressed. The Quatuor Danel has played a greats deal of Russian music both Soviet era and earlier, and tomorrow will play Les Vendredis at Manchester University. Next mpnth the quartet will play all of Weinberg's quartets plus the Piano Quintet over a long weekend - I will be there and am looking forward to it (there is a recording available for those who casnnot get to Manchester for the concerts).

Thanks for this. I've never heard of Vissarion Shebalin. Last night and today I've been listening to his fifth string quartet performed by the original Borodin Quartet (his son is the violist). I'll give his ninth a listen, in due course.Too early to say much other than I really enjoyed it and will be investigating further. It's not out of keeping with the modernist Soviet style of the time. I would like to hear a better, perhaps modern recording of the string quartets. Of the orchestral works, I shall seek out his fifth and final symphony, praised by Shostakovich.