Yevgeny Mravinsky Conducts Stravinsky and Shostakovich
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Yevgeny Mravinsky conducts the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra in Stravinsky's Agon, ballet (recorded 1965) and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 15 in A major, op.141 (recorded 1976).


To me, this is a very interesting historic recording for several reasons. Of course, the recording itself of the two works are quite rare. But there's more. I read this from the CD's sleeve notes:

On Agon:
"Igor Stravinsky wrote Agon in 1957, at the age of 75, to a commission from George Balanchine. While related to ballet in style and tradition, the score is absolute music in terms of inner structure. According to Stravinsky, this requires technique, culture and knowledge and has the same finality as philosophy or mathematics. Emotion does not play any role here, except possibly for the audience.

To perform Agon with Russian players accustomed to a highly emotional style of music making in 1965, Mravinsky had to find a new approach stressing different values, i.e. to forge a new tradition for the performance of Stravinsky's later works in Russia. The result was surprising from a stylistic and interpretative viewpoint."

On Shostakovich's 15th Symphony:
"Shostakovich dies in the summer of 1975. He would have turned 70 in September 1976, and so his friend Mravinsky opened the year with a series of four concerts devoted exclusively to Shostakovich's symphonic output. This live recording of the Symphony No. 15 made on May 1976, was part of that extraordinary event."

CD info:
From Melo_diya, Mravinsky Edition Vol. 3 (CD pressed in Germany 1995)

Track / Timing
STRAVINSKY Agon (40mb)
1. Pas de quatre 1:48
2. Double Pas de quatre 1:36
3. Triple Pas de quatre 1:09
4. Prelude 0:57
5. First Pas de trios Saraband Step 1:18
6. Gaillarde 1:19
7. Coda 1:28
8. Interlude 0:55
9. Second Pas de trios Bransle simple 0:59
10. Bransle gay 0:53
11. Bransle double 1:27
12. Interlude 0:56
13. Pas de deux Adagio - variation - refrain 4:16
14. Coda 1:35
15. Four Duos 0:32
16. Four Trios 0:39
17. Coda 1:53

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.15 (70mb)
18. Allegretto 7:42
19. Adagio, Largo 14:28
20. Allegretto 3:38
21. Adagio,Allegretto 13:50


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Agon: http://rapidshare.com/files/63355582/mravinsky_agon.rar

Shostakovich Symphony No. 15: http://rapidshare.com/files/63353626/Mravinsky_15.rar

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