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Jonathan Swain

Jonathan Swain explores reflections of the Russian Orthodox Church in music, including works by Scriabin and Mussorgsky. The week's young artist is violinist Giovanni Guzzo.

Following on from this week's Building A Library selection of the music of Sofia Gubaidulina, Jonathan Swain explores reflections of Russian Orthodoxy in music, including works by Scriabin and Mussorgsky. The week's young artist is violinist Giovanni Guzzo, and the neglected masterpiece is Borodin's Symphony No. 2.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Sun 21 May 2017 09:00
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Music Played

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Scherzo in B flat

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • St John's Night on the Bare Mountain.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 007.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Vioin Sonata

    Performer: Giovanni Guzzo. Performer: Anne Lovett.
    • Violin Sonatas.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 005.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541

    Performer: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • JS Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 2.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Offertorium

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Offertorium.
    • DG.
    • 001.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Khovanschina Prelude (a.k.a. Introduction) Dawn over the Moscow River

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • St John's Night on the Bare Mountain.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 002.

  • anon.

    Matins of Holy Easter

    Choir: Choirs of Trinity-St Sergius Monastery. Ensemble: Moscow Theological Academy.
    • Russian Choral Music.
    • Melodiya.
    • 001.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Sonata No.4 Op.30

    Performer: Vladimir Sofronitsky.
    • Scriabin: Preludes.
    • Vista Vera.
    • 001.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    All-Night Vigil Op.37 - Nos.9 & 10

    Choir: 袚芯褋褍写邪褉褋褌胁械薪薪褘泄 邪泻邪写械屑懈褔械褋泻懈泄 褉褍褋褋泻懈泄 褏芯褉. Conductor: Alexander Sveshnikov.
    • Rachmaninov Vespers.
    • Melodiya.
    • 009.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphonies of Wind Instruments

    Ensemble: Pra啪sk媒 komorn铆 harmonie. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • L'Histoire du Soldat Ballet Suite.
    • Supraphon.
    • 012.

  • Vladimir Martynov

    Lamentations of Jeremiah

    Choir: Sirin Choir. Conductor: 袗薪写褉械泄 袙褟褔械褋谢邪胁芯胁懈褔 袣芯褌芯胁.
    • Martynov: Lamentations of Jeremiah.
    • Chant du Monde.
    • 7.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Songs Op.2: No.2 In the dark grove, the nightingale is silent (a.k.a. The Nightingale)

    Performer: Larissa Gergieva. Singer: Olga Borodina.
    • Songs of Desire.
    • Philips.
    • 004.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No.2

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.
    • Petrouchka.
    • Philips.
    • 005.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    24 Preludes in Jazz Style Op.53: No.13

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Piano Sonatas 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 008.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 May 2017 09:00
    91热爆 Radio 3