Parlando, Ian Niederhoffer - Censored Anthems (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Adagio (Arr. for String Orchestra by Ian Niederhoffer)
02. Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 42: I. Allegretto cantabile
03. Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 42: II. Lento – Adagio
04. Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 42: III. Allegro moderato poco rubato
05. Symphony for String Orchestra and Timpani: I. Andante patetico – Allegro moderato
06. Symphony for String Orchestra and Timpani: II. Allegro ma non troppo
07. Symphony for String Orchestra and Timpani: III. Adagio – Andante doloroso
08. Symphony for String Orchestra and Timpani: IV. Allegro vivo
09. Narration 1: Ian Niederhoffer on Shostakovich's Adagio
10. Narration 2: Ian Niederhoffer on Weinberg's Concertino
11. Narration 3: Ian Niederhoffer on Mirzoyan's Symphony

A Musical America New Artist and BBC Rising Star, Ian Niederhoffer is a fast-rising, young conductor. Here, together with his orchestra Parlando, he explores music as a tool of cultural resilience in the face of censorship, particularly within the Soviet Union. This eclectic program includes Shostakovich's Adagio from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, a work infamously censored after Stalin's disapproval, the Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra by Mieczyslaw Weinberg, a composer whose career was shaped by persecution during Stalin's anti-cosmopolitan campaign, and Edvard Mirzoyan's Symphony for String Orchestra and Timpani, which is a powerful testament to Armenian cultural survival despite Soviet Russification. Inspired by Parlando's mission that "every concert tells a story", the album ends with three narrated tracks detailing Soviet censorship.

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