USTVOLSKAYA: Suites & Poems; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Arvids Jansons (2CD)

CD1 37’50
Suites
Young Pioneers’ Suite (1953)
1. A Trumpet Calls! 1’38
2. In the Forest - A Fairy Tale 2’24
3. At Leisure 2’11
4. A Game 0’36
5. A Celebration 2’14
6. A Trumpet Calls! (Final) 1’49

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Arvıds Jansons conductor

Children’s Suite* (1955)
7. Morning 1’44
8. Cheerful walk 1’36
9. Ballerina Doll 1’35
10. Bears’ dance 1’44
11. ‘Touch-last’ 1’04
12. In the glade 1’38
13. ‘Battle’ 0’57
14. Dance and a cry-baby 1’27
15. Evening 2’30

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Yevgeny Mravinsky conductor

Sports’ Suite (Suite)* (1959)
16. I. Very quickly, cheerfully 0’31
17. II. Moderately, briskly 0’53
18. III. Melodiously, at a leisurely pace 2’09
19. da Capo I 0’33
20. IV. Quickly 1’03
21. V. Quickly 1’19
22. da Capo V 0’41
23. da Capo I 0’34
24. VI. Quickly 1’16
25. VII. Moderately 1’45
26. VIII. Very quickly, cheerfully – da Capo I0’33
27. IX. Moderately, briskly – Finale, da Capo II 1’12

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Arvıds Jansons conductor

CD2 42’51
Poems
1. Lights in the Steppe (Poem No.1) (1959) 19’45

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Arvıds Jansons conductor

2. Hero’s Exploit (Poem No.2) (1957) 10’06

Youth Symphony Orchestra
Igor Borisoglebsky conductor

3. Poem on Peace (Song of Praise)* (1961) 12’57
Words by Sergey Davydov

Ensemble-in-residence at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory ‘The Studio for New Music’
Vladislav Lavrik conductor
Moscow Boys Choir (School No. 1234)
Bogdan Petrenko choir director
Mikhail Turpanov piano

Recordings: 7 January 1954 (Young Pioneer’s Suite); 20 March 1957 (Children’s Suite); 8 October 1961
(Sport’s Suite); 7 October 1962 (Lights in the Steppe); 16 February 1958 (Hero’s Exploit); 23 October 2016
(Poem on Piece)