Yevgeny Svetlanov, London Symphony Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra - Rimsky-Korsakov & Glinka (Live) (2025)

Tracklist

01. The Maid of Pskov: Overture (Live)
02. Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship (Live)
03. Scheherazade, Op. 35: II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince (Live)
04. Scheherazade, Op. 35: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess (Live)
05. Scheherazade, Op. 35: IV. Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - The Ship Breaks Against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman (Live)
06. Symphony on Two Russian Themes, G.i193 (Live)

The great Russian conductor Yevgeny Svetlanov was born in Moscow in 1928 and studied with Alexander Gauk at the Moscow Conservatory. From 1955 he conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre, becoming principal conductor (1962-1964). From 1965 he was principal conductor of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra (now the Russian State Symphony Orchestra). In 1979 he was appointed principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Residentie Orchestra (The Hague 1992 - 2000) and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (1997- 1999). He frequently visited the UK, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, USA, and other countries. Svetlanov was a leading interpreter of Russian composers including Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Mussorgsky, Miaskovsky and Scriabin, but also a large number of non-Russian composers ranging from Debussy to Elgar. He died in Moscow aged 73 in 2002.

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