Soviet Choral Music
Aled Jones explores how Soviet composers turned to choral music to meet the demands of their leaders for patriotic pieces.
Aled Jones explores how Soviet composers turned to choral music to meet the demands of their leaders for patriotic pieces. Including a complete performance of Prokofiev's Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution.
Yury Aleksandrovich Shaporin: Chorus of Soldiers (Decembrists)
Red Army Choir and Band
Victor Feorov (conductor)
Naxos 8553154, Tr 9
Georgy Sviridov: Three Choruses (Prayer - Tsar Feodor Ioannovich)
The Moscow New Choir
Elena Rastvorova (director)
Olympia OCD541, Tr 1
Alexander Kastalsky: Brotherly Prayer for the Dead - 1917 (Wrath of Nemesis - My Sword)
Radio Large Choir
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
Russian Disc RDCD10043, Tr 10
Shostakovich: Slava! (Song of the Forest)
Sergei Kisseliev (tenor)
Gennadi Bezzubenko (baritone)
Boys' Choir of Glinka College
St Petersburg Chorus
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
RCA 09026688772, Tr 7
Alexandr Vasil'yevich Mosolov: Collective Farm Meadows; Spring Song (ladies only); Dance Song (Collective Farm Meadows - eight choruses)
The Russian Song Chorus of the USSR TV and Radio
Nikolai Kutuzov (conductor)
Olympia OCD176 (Trs 16, 18, 19, 21)
Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op 74
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (speaker)
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
Chandos, CHAN9095, Trs 1-10.
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