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Russian Spectacular / Shui, Singapore Symphony
BIS

Russian Spectacular / Shui, Singapore Symphony

$21.99

Details

Composer
BALAKIREV BORODIN MUSSORGSKY
Artist
Shui
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Apr 09, 2021
Catalog #
BIS-2412
UPC
7318599924120

About

This album of orchestral showpieces features four of the five members of the Mighty Handful, a group of Russian composers who, during the second half of the 19th century, collaborated to create a distinct national style. The recorded works illustrate different aspects of their endeavors – both in terms of the musical means they employ and their subject matter. Orientalism is one of the typical features of the music of the group, as witness Balakirev’s Islamey – employing material from the Caucasus Mountains – and Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, describing the revels of a nomadic eastern tribe during a 12th-century raid into the Russian lands. The most individual of the group was Modest Mussorgsky, with a musical language both powerful and startlingly vivid in imagination. His celebrated Pictures from an Exhibition was composed in 1874 as a tribute to a recently deceased artist friend, and takes in such specifically Russian elements as the fairy-tale witch Baba Yaga and the Great Gate of Kiev. Originally written for the piano it is here performed in the 1922 orchestration by Maurice Ravel. Also by Mussorgsky, the opening Night on the Bare Mountain paints a witch’s Sabbath in bold brushstrokes, and was re-orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov after the composer’s death. It is his version, with more sumptuous orchestral textures and a tighter formal plan that is heard here, performed by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Lan Shu

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 St. John's Night on Bald Mountain, "A Night on the Bare Mountain" (arr. N. Rimsky-Korsakov for orchestra) 12:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    St. John's Night on Bald Mountain, "A Night on the Bare Mountain" (arr. N. Rimsky-Korsakov for orchestra)
    Duration
    12:06
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  2. 2 Promenade 01:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    Promenade
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  3. 3 I. The Gnome 02:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. The Gnome
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  4. 4 Promenade 00:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    Promenade
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  5. 5 II. The Old Castle 04:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. The Old Castle
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  6. 6 Promenade 00:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    Promenade
    Duration
    00:33
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  7. 7 III. Tuileries 01:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Tuileries
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  8. 8 IV. Bydlo 03:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Bydlo
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  9. 9 Promenade 00:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    Promenade
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  10. 10 V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 01:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  11. 11 VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 02:22
    Track
    11
    Title
    VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  12. 12 VII. The Market Place at Limoges 01:25
    Track
    12
    Title
    VII. The Market Place at Limoges
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  13. 13 VIII. Catacombae: Sepulchrum romanum 01:57
    Track
    13
    Title
    VIII. Catacombae: Sepulchrum romanum
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  14. 14 Cum mortuis in lingua mortua 01:52
    Track
    14
    Title
    Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  15. 15 IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga) 03:42
    Track
    15
    Title
    IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  16. 16 X. The Great Gate of Kiev 05:43
    Track
    16
    Title
    X. The Great Gate of Kiev
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  17. 17 Islamey (arr. S.M. Lyapunov for orchestra) 08:31
    Track
    17
    Title
    Islamey (arr. S.M. Lyapunov for orchestra)
    Duration
    08:31
    Composer
    Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  18. 18 Act II: Introduction - Polovtsian Dances: Ulẽtay na krïlyah vẽtra (Female Captives) 02:43
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act II: Introduction - Polovtsian Dances: Ulẽtay na krïlyah vẽtra (Female Captives)
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Alexander Borodin
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Chorus, Singapore Symphony Youth Choir, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  19. 19 Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Wild Dance of the Men 01:09
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Wild Dance of the Men
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Alexander Borodin
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  20. 20 Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Poytẽ pẽsni slavï khanu! Poy! (Polovtsians) 02:10
    Track
    20
    Title
    Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Poytẽ pẽsni slavï khanu! Poy! (Polovtsians)
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Alexander Borodin
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Chorus, Singapore Symphony Youth Choir, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  21. 21 Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Slavoy dẽdam ravẽn khan nash (Men) 01:16
    Track
    21
    Title
    Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Slavoy dẽdam ravẽn khan nash (Men)
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Alexander Borodin
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Chorus, Singapore Symphony Youth Choir, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  22. 22 Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Ulẽtay na krïlyah vẽtra (reprise) (Female Captives) 01:43
    Track
    22
    Title
    Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Ulẽtay na krïlyah vẽtra (reprise) (Female Captives)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Alexander Borodin
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Chorus, Singapore Symphony Youth Choir, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  23. 23 Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Slavoy dẽdam ravẽn khan nash (reprise) (Men) 01:18
    Track
    23
    Title
    Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Slavoy dẽdam ravẽn khan nash (reprise) (Men)
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Alexander Borodin
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Chorus, Singapore Symphony Youth Choir, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  24. 24 Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Plyaskoy vashey tẽshtẽ khana (All) 00:24
    Track
    24
    Title
    Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Plyaskoy vashey tẽshtẽ khana (All)
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Alexander Borodin
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Chorus, Singapore Symphony Youth Choir, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  25. 25 Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Plyaskoy tẽshtẽ khana, chagi, khana svoyevo (All) 01:08
    Track
    25
    Title
    Act II: Polovtsian Dances: Plyaskoy tẽshtẽ khana, chagi, khana svoyevo (All)
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Alexander Borodin
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Chorus, Singapore Symphony Youth Choir, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui