Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev / Arvids Jansons

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Label
ICA Classics
Release Date
March 8, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Sergei Prokofiev, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Ussr Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Arvids Jansons
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 08, 2024
    • UPC
      5060244551770
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ICAC5177
    • LABEL
      ICA Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Introduction - Prologue The Christening: Pas de six: VI: The Lilac Fairy (Tempo di valse)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    2. Act I: Pas d'action: Adagio, "Rose Adagio"

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    3. Act II: The Vision: Panorama (Andantino: The Awakening)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    4. Act I: Waltz

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    5. Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    6. I. Allegro

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    7. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    8. III. Gavotte: Non troppo allegro

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    9. IV. Finale: Molto vivace

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    10. I. Andante - Allegro con anima

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    11. II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    12. III. Valse: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons

    13. IV. Finale: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Arvīds Jansons


Arvīds Jansons (1914-1984) was born in Liepāja on Latvia’s west coast. He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepāja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga from 1940 until 1944, while working as a violinist at Riga Opera.

In 1944, he was appointed conductor of Riga Opera, then of the Latvian Radio Orchestra (1947–1952), and in 1952 he was appointed associate conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic under Yevgeny Mravinsky. He toured frequently with them as well as with other Russian orchestras, to the UK and to the Continent, from 1970 onwards.
Jansons became principal guest conductor of Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra in 1965 at the personal invitation of Sir John Barbirolli, who knew of Jansons as an expert orchestral conductor but a genius in the rehearsal studio. It was in Manchester that Jansons collapsed and died from a heart attack in 1984 while conducting a concert with the Hallé. Arvīds was the father of Mariss Jansons (1943-2019).

The key point about this release is that Arvīds Jansons’s recordings are extremely rare and will be sought after by collectors. This 2-CD set is the first to release Arvīds Jansons’s recordings with the celebrated Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra.