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Aram Khatchaturian -- Symphony No. 3 (Symphony-Poem) -- Chicago Symphony Orchestra , Leopold Stokowski conductor
https://youtu.be/FvPa1ASaxLA?si=qQFFWDPjOpx1YtTLThis 1947 work in praise of the "Soviet Motherland" was condemned by Zhdanov as "formalistic".
I find this assessment difficult to understand. To my ears, this 24 minutes of vulgar bombast has more in common with the movies at their worst than with modernism.
Anyway, when the announcer on KMFA said that John Williams was coming up, that's when I knew it was time to switch off.
#ClassicalMusic #Khatchaturian #SovietMusic #20thCenturyMusic #JohnWilliams #Ahdanov #Formalism
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Feeling stressed by some bad news & these Prelues by Gayane Chebotarian are really hitting the spot. I was learning some of them a few years ago but never got to all of them. Really beautiful stuff by an underappreciated Soviet composer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVt8eG6HzqM#Armenia #SovietMusic #Preludes #Piano #WomenComposers #ArmenianComposers