TANEYEV Orchestral And Choral Works (2CD)

CD 1

S. Taneyev

John of Damascus, cantata for chorus and orchestra, Op. 1 (based on the poem of the same name by A.K. Tolstoy)

1. I. I begin a journey into the unknown. Adagio ma non troppo - 15.36

2. II. But while I sleep with the eternal sleep. Andante sostenuto - 2.31

3. III. On the day when the trump. Fuga. Allegro - 7.13

Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 12

4. I. Allegro molto - 11.43

5. II. Adagio - 13.45

6. III. Scherzo. Vivace - 5.56

7. IV. Finale. Allegro energico - 9.46

Total time: 66.35

Academic Choir of the USSR All-Union Radio (1-3)

USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Evgeny Svetlanov

Recorded in 1991 (1-3), 1988 (4-7).

CD 2

Concert suite for violin and orchestra in G minor, Op. 28

1. I. Prelude. Grave - 8.29

2. II. Gavotte. Allegro moderato - 5.28

3. III. Fairy Tale. Andantino - 9.17

4. IV. Theme and Variations. Andantino - 14.52

5. V. Tarantella. Presto - 6.32

6. Temple of Apollo at Delphi, entr’acte before scene 2, act III of the musical trilogy Oresteia based on the tragedy by Aeschylus - 5.56

Total time: 50.37

Andrey Korsakov, violin (1-5)

USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Evgeny Svetlanov

Recorded: at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in 1990 (1-5), broadcasted from the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory on December 28, 1984 (6).