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Water Lily Acoustics is proud to present the legendary orchestras of St. Petersburg, Russia, in live concert recordings which capture the excitement & sense of occasion of attending a live performance as no studio recording can. The philosophical & technical ethos of the Water Lily approach to recording is, here, perhaps for the 1st time, given free rein to produce a musical experience unparalleled in its realism & impact. Forged from the precious metals of the opulent age of the Czars, & tempered in the crucible of Communism, the orchestras of the former Soviet Union occupy a position in world culture that is truly unique. It is a privilege to be the 1st American record company to have captured the essence of these great orchestras in their native city.
A virtuoso vehicle in the tradition of Liszt & Rachmaninov, Svetlanov抯 emotionally full-blooded concerto provides the ultimate showcase for internationally renowned pianist Vladimir Ovchinnikov, who has enjoyed a meteoric career since his ground-breaking success in the 1982 Moscow Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. Alternating scintillating showmanship & genuine depthof feeling, this gorgeously seductive work is sure to delight seasoned concertgoers & newcomers alike. The richness & warmth of the Romantic tradition continues in Skryabin抯 lush & dramatic 3rd Symphony, which links the emotionally extrovert world of Tchaikovsky to the renewed sense of spirituality essential to our time. A sonic & musical spectacular in every sense, Maestro Dmitriev & the St. Petersburg Symphony wring every last ounce of passion & excitement from these thrilling scores.
Yevgeny Svetlanov's Piano Concert in C Minor & Alexander Skryabin's Symphony No. 3 "The Divine Poem" performed by the Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Dmitriev. This recording features pianist Vladimir Ovchinnikov, the 1982 Tchaikovsky Competition winner.
Recorded in concert, St Petersburg, Russia, September 2003.
~ElusiveDisc
You can't please all the people, all the time:
Evgeny Svetlanov was the Soviet equivalent of Eugene Ormandy, and his many recordings with the USSR Symphony Orchestra showed him to be an impulsive conductor and a heart-on-the-sleeve interpreter who was at his best in Russian orchestral music of the last years of the empire, in the big tunes of Tchaikovsky, and the big sound of Rachmaninov. As exemplified by this Piano Concerto in C minor, Svetlanov the composer was the same man with the same habits and tendencies. In his two-movement Piano Concerto, played here by pianist Vladimir Ovchinnikov with Alexander Dmitriev conducting the St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra, Svetlanov the composer likewise had a tendency to rely on big tunes and a habit of accelerating to create climaxes. Although pianist Ovchinnikov is clearly up to the virtuosic demands of Svetlanov's keyboard writing and unafraid of the double octaves and 10-fingered chords, all of it is, at best, second-rate Medtner. And although conductor Dmitriev is clearly familiar with the idiom of Svetlanov's orchestral scoring and its overloaded octave doubling and gaudy colors, all of it is, at best, second-rate Miaskovsky.
At least it's not Scriabin. A second-rate Lyadov blown up to Brobdingnagian proportions, Scriabin said his Symphony No. 3, his "The Divine Poem," represents "the evolution of the human spirit which, freed from the legends and mysteries of the past achieves a joyful unity with the universe." What it actually achieves is something else entirely. Even in Dmitriev and the Academic Symphony Orchestra's thoroughly sincere performance, Scriabin's "Divine Poem" makes a totem of its own orchestral ecstasy and worships its own onanistic inspiration. Water Lily Acoustics' sound is much too forward and loud.
~AllMusic review by James Leonard 曲目列表：
1. Andante
Evgeny Svetlanov
Alexander Dmitriev
8:09
2. Allegro
Evgeny Svetlanov
Alexander Dmitriev
12:38
Prelude for piano in A minor
3. Allegro
Evgeny Svetlanov
Alexander Dmitriev
2:33
Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Divine Poem"), Op. 43
4. Luttes (Struggle). Lento - Allegro
Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Dmitriev
20:11
5. Volupt閟 (Delights). Lento
Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Dmitriev
10:45
6. Jeu divin (Divine Play). Allegro
Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Dmitriev
9:06 试听：
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