Last one of the day, I promise. Hopefully you've had a good day with lots of family and food. Thank you for joining me here at the blog for our 21st Christmas sharity celebration. Always a pleasure to be able to share my hobby with you, in both good years and lean. This year promises to be a full one if I can just find the time to make it all happen. I've been working on it since before the season ended last year, and I've still got a lot of stuff I wanted to do that isn't going to get done. The last post of the evening is something more classical than the usual fare around these parts. I believe this is the US release of a Russian recording. Sort of an odd release for a US company in the middle of the Cold War. I wonder what the explanation is behind the different artist name on the rear sleeve versus the labels. Maybe an American company didn't want USSR right there on the outside of the record. Bolshoi may sound Russian but it's not as antagonistic as USSR. But I'm just making baseless suppositions here. For a bit of Tchaikovsky that isn't The Nutcracker, please give a listen to
Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra (AKA State Radio Orchestra Of The U.S.S.R.) Conducted By Nicolai Golovanov-
Symphony No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 13 "Winter Dreams" (Westminster XWN 18224, Mono, 1956).
1. Allegro Tranquillo
2. Adagio Cantabile Ma Non Tanto
3. Scherzo: Allegro Scherzando Giocoso
4. Finale: Andante Lugubre - Allegro Moderato
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Good Morning from Cologne. What a share, Ernie! I put all 67 (!) tunes from day one in a playlist that now plays on random. The soundtrack for the next weeks with New tunes every day!
ReplyDeleteThat's the way I frequently listen to my stuff, all in one big long giant playlist all on random. It's usually just background music, but sometimes something pops up and makes me go see what it is.
DeleteWe night owls enjoy the sneaky late posts...
ReplyDeleteYou're not gonna get any sleep this year. :)
DeleteThanks for this one. What is it about those old album covers that I find so appealing? They really make you want to listen to what's inside.
ReplyDeleteAmen. They were working harder at it, I think. Sometimes you're able to do more with less.
DeleteThanks for the transfer! This is a favorite work for me, and I don't have this performance. I am going to post this symphony myself later in the season in a different Russian recording. This particular one was made in 1947 with the Moscow (or USSR) Radio Orchestra, now called the Tchaikovsky Symphony. In Russian "Bolshoi" just means "large"; it's most associated with the Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Theater.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can tell me if I cut it right. Or did I cut it at all? I feel like I didn't know where one movement ended and the next began...
DeleteVery nice listening and relaxing while on the U-Bahn. Metro to other people. Helps to drown out the others going crazy for no reason at all.
ReplyDeleteI am not into ballet, as I find it boring, but I like it for the instumental effect. Glad you shared it.
I will keep it for awhile on my MP3 player, as a back-up album to hear when times are stressful.
It's anti-stressful. :)
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