Myaskovsky: Alastor, Symphony No. 7 & The Kremlin by Night Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra, Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir & Alexander Rudin

• Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881 - 1950): Alastor, Symphonic Poem in C Minor After Shelley, Op. 14:
• 1 Myaskovsky: Alastor, Symphonic Poem in C Minor After Shelley, Op. 14 24:38
• Symphony No. 7 in B Minor, Op. 24:
• 2 Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 7 in B Minor, Op. 24: I. Andante sostenuto, calmo. Allegro minaccioso, poco stravagante 10:18
• 3 Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 7 in B Minor, Op. 24: II. Andante. Allegro scherzando e tenebroso 12:54
• The Kremlin by Night, Cantata-Nocturne for Soprano, Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 75:
• 4 Myaskovsky: The Kremlin by Night, Cantata-Nocturne for Soprano, Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 75: I. Introduction and Chorus 03:57
• 5 Myaskovsky: The Kremlin by Night, Cantata-Nocturne for Soprano, Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 75: II. Aria for Tenor 04:03
• 6 Myaskovsky: The Kremlin by Night, Cantata-Nocturne for Soprano, Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 75: III. Chorus 01:50
• 7 Myaskovsky: The Kremlin by Night, Cantata-Nocturne for Soprano, Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 75: IV. Aria for Soprano 03:10
• 8 Myaskovsky: The Kremlin by Night, Cantata-Nocturne for Soprano, Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 75: V. Chorus and Finale 02:40
• Total Runtime 01:03:30

Info for Myaskovsky: Alastor, Symphony No. 7 & The Kremlin by Night

The works of Nikolai Myaskovsky, one of the major composers of the 20th century, remain largely unexplored. The Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Rudin continue their project of reviving the composer’s unheralded masterpieces: his early symphonic poem Alastor embodies the aspirations of a lonely romantic hero towards an unrealisable ideal; the Seventh Symphony is a mature artist’s contemplation of a man and of the world; The Kremlin by Night cantata, composed late in his career, expresses Myaskovsky’s love for his motherland and its rich history. This is the first studio recording of the cantata. “Myaskovsky’s works are very close to me,” says Alexander Rudin, “his music is noble, darkened, philosophical and somewhat mysterious; much in it remains unknown. Deriving from Tchaikovsky, Myaskovsky also inherits Mussorgsky’s tragic disposition and premonition of catastrophe. His inherent awareness that life was restless, somewhat dangerous and unpredictable, was connected not only with his time but also with his perception of the world”.

Albina Shaikhieva, soprano
Alexander Trofimov, tenor
Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra
Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir
Alexander Rudin, conductor

Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra
is an orchestra-academy combining educational functions and concert activities. The orchestra started its life in 2006. Among its musicians there are students and graduates of musical educational institutions of Ekaterinburg. They take part in concerts and master classes, working with outstanding conductors and soloists; they study traditions underlying performance of classical and contemporary orchestral compositions.

The creative life of the orchestra is rich in events. Every year young musicians take part in 40 45 concerts, submitting about 30 programs to the audience’s approval.

The orchestra is directed by maestro Enkhe; besides, the orchestra enjoyed cooperation with such conductors as Vladimir Fedoseyev, Saulius Sondeckis, Dmitry Liss, Sergei Roldugin, Alexander Rudin, Rustem Abyazov, Sergey Krylov, Mikhail Tsinman, Borja Quintas, and Pavel Petrenko. The orchestra gave performances with participation of such celebrated soloists as Natalia Gutman, Alexander Rudin, Sergei Roldugin, Arkady Shilkloper, Daniel Kramer, Valeri Grokhovsky, Nikita Borisoglebsky, Andrei Korobeinikov, Dmitry Vasiliev, Ekaterina Derzhavina, Sviatoslav Moroz, Beatrice Magnani, David Kadouch, Pavel Milyukov, Juan Manuel Cañizares and others.

The young orchestra has impressive experience in concert tours: The International Festival of Youth Orchestras – Euroorchestria – held in Russia (2007) and in France (2008) was a European-level examination for its musicians. The nationwide debut of the orchestra took place in February 2009 when the Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra presented a concert program in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory as part of the subscription program of the Moscow Philharmonic (conductors — Alexander Rudin and Enkhe).

In 2012, musicians of the Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra took part in the Festival of Youth Symphony Orchestras in Berlin — Young Euro Classic – where they were the only orchestra representing Russia.

The Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra took part in the 3rd Denis Matsuev Music Festival - Crescendo (2007), Kogan Festival (2007), EURASIA International Music Festivals (2011, 2013, 2015), BACH-fest (2014, 2015), La Folle Journée International Music Festival (2015), Festival "Denis Matsuev presents…" (2016) which were held in Ekaterinburg, and in the Festival "Classics on the Volga" in Togliatti (2013).

The efforts of the Summer Orchestral Academy and the Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra resulted in the birth of a new group – the Tchaikovsky International Youth Orchestra, which took part in the Tchaikovsky Festival that was held in cities of the Sverdlovsk Region: Ekaterinburg, Kamensk-Uralsky, Alapayevsk (2014, 2015); it also participated in the International Festival "Classics on the Volga" in Togliatti (2015).

The performances of the Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra in Bulgaria are given at support from the Ministry of Culture of the Sverdlovsk Region, under the International Youth Project - UralMusicDialog`2016.

Alexander Rudin
People's Artist of Russia, winner of the Russian National Award Alexander Rudin is an internationally acclaimed cellist, Director, pianist, harpsichordist, professor at the Moscow Conservatory, researcher of early scores, author of the orchestral versions of chamber works. Musician has been Artistic Director and Principal Director of the Musica Viva Moscow chamber orchestra, and since 2021, he is Artistic Director of the Russian National Orchestra. Along with the ensemble, in Moscow has presented solo concert programs, many of which have taken place during the series of Masterpieces and Premieres and Musical Gatherings at the Tretyakovs' Housea and the Russian Gnessin Academy of Music and the Dedication festival. Guest conductor, Alexander Rudin appears with numerous acclaimed orchestras such as the Symphony Academic Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic (Russian honor ensemble), the Russian National Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of Tchaikovsky, the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra State of Russia and Orchestral and chamber symphony of Norway, Finland and Turkey. Alexander Rudin frequently performs different concert circuits. As soloist and director he has participated in the international festivals Les Pianos folies (France) and La Follé Journée (France, Spain, Japan) among others. Rudin performs recitals in countries such as Germany, Finland, Holland, Canada, Great Britain, Hungary, Slovenia and Turkey. The musician's activities as a teacher are related to the Moscow Conservatory (where he teaches a chamber ensemble class) and one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in Turkey, Yasar University in Izmir. Alexander performs mastercllass in different countries and collaborates as director of young orchestras. Alexander Rudin's discography includes more than thirty albums (Naxos, Olympia, Tudor, Melodiya, Cello Classics, Russian Season, Russian Disc, RCD). His recordings of six Bach suites (Naxos), cello concerti by Trickler, concert for cello by Miaskovski, an album by Grieg, works by Alexander Alyabiev and Alexander Cherepnin, as well as a live recording of a live concert were very well received. the great hall of the Conservatory (Third Symphony of Beethoven and Kraft (Cello Concerto) In 1983 Alexander Rudin graduated from the Institute of State Gnessin Musical Education Institute (violoncello class of Lev Yevgrafov) and piano class by Yuri Ponizovkin. He completed his studies at the Moscow State Conservatory (in Dmitri Kitaenko's class), while a student was still the winner of a prize in the prestigious Bach competition in Leipzig (1976), the Cassado Competition in Florence (1979) and the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1978, 1982).

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