Thrw Russian Songs

Thrw Russian Songs Thrw Russian Songs

symphony No. 2<br />

<strong>Thrw</strong> <strong>Russian</strong> <strong>Songs</strong><br />

Valeri P~Iyans


Sergey Rachmaninov (1 873-1 943)<br />

Symphony No. 2, Op. 27<br />

in E nllnor. e-h4oll . mi rnineur<br />

I Largo -Allcgm nod era to - Modcrarv<br />

11 Allegro rl~olro<br />

1 I Ad~gio<br />

1V Allepru vivace<br />

Thrce <strong>Russian</strong> <strong>Songs</strong>, Op. 41'<br />

1 Ovrr rhr srream, thc sw~ft strcdm<br />

El 2 Ah, Vanka, you arc so dxqhing<br />

3 My chccb, so ~vhi~e, so rosy'<br />

<strong>Russian</strong> State Symphonic Cappella*<br />

<strong>Russian</strong> State Symphony Orchestra<br />

Valeri Polyansb


Rachrnaninox Symphony No. 21Tkee <strong>Russian</strong> <strong>Songs</strong><br />

-<br />

By the ycar 1906, Racltrnanit~ov waq, at the<br />

age or rhirtyrhree. a lending figure in<br />

Kuss~an mtisi~al lik His hrnr 2% B cotlcrrl<br />

ni~nist nieanr rlrar he was in continual<br />

demaod, and this, togcthrr with h~s position<br />

as cundrlctor or the Imperial Opela In<br />

Moscow, !ek him little tlme for crcatlvc<br />

Syn~phot~y. Walk on th~s had begun In<br />

Kussi3, In characterist~c secrecy and hy<br />

Felxuary 1907 Rachmat~lnov was aldc to<br />

write ro a friend that ~t was now complctc<br />

in skctrh form, and liari hern for a mor~th.<br />

However, a leak In a <strong>Russian</strong> newFsl>~per<br />

now compcllcd him tu admit thc facr, as he<br />

work. A~cord~ngI~ tkc rlrcitird In u~irl~dtau~ setrlrd dnwn m irs orchesrrarioll.<br />

not only Lorn concert activity, bu~ IISQ<br />

from thc busy musical and su~ial sccnc, so<br />

as to devote Ilimqelf to cotnpo~irion.<br />

'rhe Sym~hvny is testimony to In<br />

unrist~ally prolific period in Rachmanit~uv's<br />

career, one that also saw the conlpobitlon of<br />

Cancelling all his engagements, which in 2% Lfc of the lkd and thc Op. 28 Piano<br />

any LXC. the turlulcnt puliricdl situation it1<br />

the wake of rhe 1905 Re\-olurion and<br />

subsequenr mass deportatrons had made<br />

un~crtain, hc sct oft wlth his Kamily Tor<br />

Sonara. Th~s is one of the longst and ntusr<br />

p~ofusely lyrical of all his nrorks. Thr ~ r ~ of l p<br />

thc Symphony IS not, howvcr, unrextrnable,<br />

t'or ~wrt oftl>e invetuiue expansivn thar<br />

nresden. It war a clg he greatly loved and characterizes rhis phase of 111s music is hrs<br />

one whose bmuty and tranquiIlity - as well intc~st in working wlrh lung-brearhed<br />

as its disrance From Moscow - gave him rhe<br />

circumstances he needed. Living rn<br />

seclus~on, he began work on an opcra on<br />

Maeterlinch play Manna kltna. hut was<br />

obIiged to abandon work afier a single act,<br />

prlncipallv rhrorl+ copyright difficulties<br />

with ihe author and ~>ublishrr He WJS aim<br />

anxious to devore himself to his Second<br />

rhemes. These need rhe f~rllength of thc<br />

work - about an hour - In order to find 11Jeir<br />

~vmplctc syrnphunic KL-dlizatiun. In turn.<br />

hchmaninnv wxs well aware rhdr a ~nrlnd<br />

srnictuie m necessary in order to supporr<br />

thc music, and so hc makes use of a mottu<br />

rhelne ro provide a unifyrug framework and<br />

to guide the Ilstener's mr.


. .<br />

I hjs thcrnc is heard 3r oncc ~n the cellos<br />

2nd hasses, then ha-ly developed acrus5 the<br />

unusually rich orchestration that also<br />

characterizes the Sympllonr,. Though<br />

Kachmaninnv does nor, on thc whole, makc<br />

use or chamber musu ~uml,i~~ar~ons of<br />

instruments wirhin [he orchestra, in [he<br />

manner of Mkler, he d~cs cnnlrxr rhr<br />

individual groups of wrnd, brass and strings<br />

as wcll as draw upon his ear fur a rich, soft,<br />

full o~chesrral rmturc. The except~onal<br />

vlgour of thc scher/o which follows rs also<br />

rxprewd o~cliesti~ll~ III sharp. even<br />

dmrnatic contrasts between the diffcrcr~l<br />

orchestral groups a< [hey pass thc rhelne to<br />

and fm. Thiq rlieme, first heard on horns at<br />

[he start, derivcs from the melody which<br />

haunwd Rachn~aninov all his l~k, he<br />

ptail~chnnr from the Mass for the De.~d, the<br />

Dies Irac. r'unhermore, he 1s slulh~l it1<br />

wiring one of rhe most dcllute instrumental<br />

passages in rhc wholc of his music as the<br />

almost hpcctral conclusion to the scherzo, nor<br />

unlv For rrs own sake but tu set in reid the<br />

sumptuousnws of the Adqo. Thc finale,<br />

wh~ch pm\.~des a vigorous and wen<br />

vchement conclusion, includes a reference to<br />

the Aahgio: but iri general 31e klnship<br />

beovccn the movements, and therr<br />

rrla~~onshi~ to thc opening motto, is lcss a<br />

matter of quotation than of rhe<br />

preduminance of ~nelod~es that move hy step.<br />

Rack in Russia in i!108, Rarhman~ntw<br />

conducted [he first performance of rhe new<br />

Symphony ln St Pc'rtrrsburg on 8 1:ebruary A<<br />

part of one or rhe subscriptlun concerts given<br />

by 111s cousln tllrndnder Silori. It was<br />

enthusiast~cally rece~ved, even by rhnse who<br />

were


drrrk, who bcrvmcs alarmcrl and flit5 uff.<br />

The choml setting is for bames in unison, bur<br />

Kachmaninov draws upon his oruhwrral<br />

resou~ces to give an affecting picruie of rlie<br />

drakc's rlisrnay ant1 h ~surruwhll ialls aftcr<br />

her In a long oicl~est~al FIRII. The sec011d<br />

bung, 'i\l(h tv, vdnk~' (Ah, Vankx), ra fur altus<br />

alol~c, ~ n1s d a ~cnrlc lamcnr tor rhc lor oEa<br />

luvcr: ~t tuo ends wirh a long sigh. hummed<br />

on 3 desccnduns cl>rotnatic scale, atid an<br />

accompmying passage on orchesrra and<br />

piaiiu. Thc thlrtl, 'Rcl;l~tsv, rumanyitsy vrr<br />

nioy' (My cheek, so white, ho roqy!), uqe<br />

thc ~ hu~r in rhree pam, and is unusual in<br />

Racln ntanit>oi;p otirpur tn being a conled,<br />

cvcn 1f 3 wry one. A wife who 1~ been<br />

unfaltliful at a party watchcs with prctcnd~d<br />

p~i771~~nrnr nnrl rprrnr IF lirr li~~~h.~nr(<br />

apprunches her with a 'present' of a sirken<br />

whip There is tomc li\.cly balalaika imitation<br />

wlrh plucked srrinp (2 Gtinka idea<br />

Ra~hmanrnov urouid have enjoyed In A Lifi<br />

fir thc Em) at~d qnme tnnck-lamenting.<br />

whlle the rap ofrlie wood block sug:estq thar<br />

thc bt~ting nccrl not bc rakcn too scnously.<br />

The Snnp were given [heir f i perforniancr<br />

~<br />

by Leopold Srokowsk~ In Philadelphia in<br />

1927<br />

Q 1998 John Warrack<br />

Thr first L-O~CC~~ P~rforn~a~~~~<br />

givell by tlrr<br />

R,ioscow Conservatoire Sturlcnt Chnir, larer<br />

ro I>u~crmc rhc choir ofrhc <strong>Russian</strong> State<br />

S~mphollic Cappella. under Valrri I'ulyannrkl<br />

(alsu a rtudcnt at tlic Cuoscrvatoire) oti<br />

1 December 1'171, iq cons ldercd ru bc rhe<br />

datc. uf ln Fu~rnddlivn<br />

In 1775 rhc Cltoir, ultdcr Pnly~nslcy, u=vt,ll<br />

gold nnrl bronze medals st the rnrernatiun:~]<br />

co~npc~ition of polypltonic choirs, 'Guitlo<br />

d'Areuo' in Italy. Th~s was the fim tjme in<br />

tl~c hisrury uf thc <strong>Russian</strong> chural tmdition<br />

rl~ar u choir ]lad ken rnvordeci a prize it1 ail<br />

international competition. Valeri Polynnskv<br />

won a special pri~c as best conrtuctor nf the<br />

cornperition.<br />

Pulyansl


VJadimir Spivakr,v and Zuhin Mrhm.<br />

Since 1992 rbe urcl~csrra has been<br />

conductccl by Valeri Polyansky 2nd hu given<br />

int~un~erable concurs ~n~erher wirh thc<br />

<strong>Russian</strong> Statc Symphonic Cappella. In that<br />

same year [he Orchestra toured the USA,<br />

Canada, Germanv, Spain, Italy, AIIELI.~~.<br />

Jppati lnri Taiwsn<br />

Ahcr graduating froin rhe Mu\cow Srare<br />

(:onservatoire, Valeri 1'olyansk-y attcnrltd A<br />

postgraduate cuursc In npera and wn~phonlc<br />

condwring. where he studicd with Gennatlv<br />

Rozhde~rvznsk~.<br />

Valcri Polransky hepn his pmkusional<br />

coilducriilg at d ~e Mwow Operetra ll~arrc<br />

and t the Rolshoi Thmtrc. nllring ~l>ir. tinw he<br />

dso workul wit11 all the lading splphuny<br />

rrn-llr~rrx nf Mnsm In 19'12 he hewnlc<br />

Artisric Dircfror and Principal Gnrluctor of die<br />

Rurshl Stare Symphonic Ciippella aid h~ssinn<br />

State Symphntty Orche~tra.<br />

V~leri Polyaosky has wide connections<br />

wirb other Icatling <strong>Russian</strong> and intcm:~tim~al<br />

s~rnpllony nrchestras; he has co~~ducred the<br />

Srare Chamber Orcllrs~ra of Uyelorussia, rhr<br />

Hclsinki Sv~nphony Orchestra and he Taipei<br />

Sumpt~on~ Orchestra. He was i~~volved with<br />

a prodtictiun ofTchaikovskfs EI~~CVP OYIF@FI<br />

at rhc Gfirehorg Music Tl~c;trre in Sweden<br />

and in 1'113 u-s 1"incipal C:onducror at thc<br />

Gtircbuq Fcslivat.


Rachmaninow: Sinfonie Nr. 2IDrei russische VolksIieder<br />

Irn Jahre 1906 war Rachmanlno\\. niir seinen<br />

rlrri1rnddrriRig Jahren eine fuhrende Gesnlt<br />

des russischen Musiklcbcn3. Scin Rrlhn~ ats<br />

Konrrrrpianirr harre 7.ur Folge. dail er<br />

stindig gefrngt war, und cr hattc darum und<br />

wcgcn seiner Positioti aIs Dirigen~ der<br />

Kaiserlichen Oper in LMoskxu wnicnig Zcir,<br />

schBpfirisch tsrig zu scin. Darum heschloR<br />

cr, sich nicht nur 3us dem Konzertbetrieb.<br />

sonde~n such von der hcktrsihcn<br />

rnusika[~schen ~rnd gesellschafrlicl~en Szene<br />

~uruckruziehen, urn sich gam dcm<br />

Kornponiercn zu wirlmcn. Er sdgr allr seine<br />

Enga~rn~nrl ah, welche die lurl)ule~r~t.<br />

polirische Srtuation im Gefolgc dcr<br />

Revolution von 1905 und der<br />

an~cl11ieRende11 Mawendeportat~onen<br />

ahnehin gefjhrdet erscheincn LicK, und<br />

rnachti sich mit scincr Fnmilic auf dcn \Vcg<br />

11acI1 Dresden. Er iiebre dime Stndt iiber<br />

dles, und ihrc Schonhcir und rut~ige<br />

Xtrnosph~re - 11nd l~ariirlich ihre Entfernung<br />

van Moskau - lieferten ihm die<br />

BcdinSungcn, tlic cr brarichre. Er lehrc in<br />

AbBscl~iedrl~hrir und begann rnit der<br />

Komposirion einer Oper nach Mactcrlincks<br />

Schauspiel Molonnn Ntr17m. war jedoch<br />

g~-~w~~ngcn, nrrch einem Akr die Arhetr<br />

cinzusrellen, w s hauprsichl~ch nuf<br />

urhrbcrrcchtl~d~r Problen~e nut den1 Aurtlr<br />

und den1 Vertag zuriickzufiibren war.<br />

AufSerdcm drangtc LT ilul, sich seiner<br />

Zwcitcn Sinfonie 7.u widrnen. Die Arbeir<br />

daran hatte unter charakrcrisrischrr<br />

Gchcimlrsltudg ir) RuRl~~rd hegonnen, unrl<br />

i m Fehruar 15107 konnte Kichmininw- an<br />

einen 'Freund schrcibcn, rlaB tr sir sei~<br />

rinem<br />

Monat im Entwtlrf ferrig habe. Allerdingp<br />

sickerre die lnformntion zu cincr st~ssische~~<br />

Zt.i~ui~g duul ~1111 cl sah sic11 gcniirigr, AIIYA<br />

~~rzugehen, als er perade die Orchestrarion in<br />

Ang~iff nehmen wullrc.<br />

Pic Sinfonie ist sichrhartr Reweis einer<br />

ungewiihnlich fruchtbaren I'hsse in<br />

hchrnan~nows Wcrdcg~ng. die ~ i ~ dic c t ~<br />

Kornposi~ ion drr fii~ninrcl uild der<br />

Klwiei-sonare op. 28 erlebre. Sic ist clncr dcr<br />

lingsrcn IIJI~<br />

iitrerschwenglich Ivrisch~ren<br />

seiner Werke. Dabei wirkt der MalSsmb der<br />

Sinfonie vom MalJstab hhcr k~.insswegs<br />

iibcrtritbcn pK, dent1 die schiipferische<br />

Weirlaufigkeir, die die ~Musik dieser I'hasc


kennzeichnct, ist Yuln Teil auf scin Inrcrccsc<br />

wn Urnpllg nlit langgcmKe:rnen Themcn<br />

zuruckzufiihrca. Solche Themcn bculiirft.11 zu<br />

ihrer vollstiiodign sinfnnischen<br />

Venvirklichung drr vollei~ Liingc des Werks -<br />

r~rntl eine Stunde Spieldaucr. Andererseiis<br />

war sich h~hrnaninow ddruber im klaren,<br />

daH till solidcl Aufhau nijtig war, urn dic<br />

Mu4 zu stiirzen, und dartit11 hedient cr sich<br />

cines Lcirthcmaa, nnl ein elnendcs<br />

Rahmen~verk und eine Orienrierunghilfc Ftrt<br />

den Zuhorer zu schaKcr~.<br />

Da bcsagte Themn wird einmni von Celli<br />

und Bken dargeboten und dann in frcicr<br />

Uurchfiihrung qucr drtrrrh die ungtw~~~nIich<br />

11ppige Rwer7.ung gelenkt, die cbmfalls die<br />

Sinfoilie kennzeichner. Auch wenn<br />

Rachmaninuw im Rzhmen &s Or~lrcrr~ix im<br />

allgerneinen keine hmctmusikkombinationen<br />

einxta, sorgt er doch mil<br />

cin7tlncn Gr~ippen von Holzbl;isctn,<br />

Rlechhlasern und Srreichcn~ fiir Kontmsrc<br />

11nd marhr GchrarlcIi von seinem Gcsptir fur<br />

rllchtzs, ~veiches, volles Orchtstergefi~~e. Dle<br />

auRerordentl~che Vitalirat des anschl1ef3entlm<br />

Scheruls tln~ckr slch such in1 Orchcster aus,<br />

und r.\rar in scharfen, wcnn nichr gar<br />

dmmatochen Kunrrasrm nuischen den<br />

venchi~dcnen Orchestergruppcn, wailrend sre<br />

das Thema hin- und hctreichen. Dieses<br />

Thema, das am Anfang zuersr von dcn<br />

Hhri~eril vorgetragcn wird, isr aus der<br />

Mclullk 11c1 volgcpgcn, d1.c ILchmani llr>\v<br />

sein Leben lanp vcrkdgt hat, dem Choml<br />

Urcs Irac .xi< der Totenniesse. Daniber 1rin;luq<br />

I>ewelsr er sein Geschl~k, indem er zum<br />

beinahc athcrischen AbschluP, dcs Sd~error<br />

cinr der fei~lsren Insrrumcntnl~m~~qen seines<br />

gesamren S~hafFetis komponiert, nlcht ntlr<br />

urn ilirer selhst willen, sondcrn auch, urn die<br />

Uppigkelt dzs Adagios I~ervorzuheben. Uas<br />

finalc, tlas einen energischen. wcnn nichr giIr<br />

vrhemenren Schluilpu~Ct wr77, ~nrhilr ~ i n ~ n<br />

Verweis 3uf das Adngio; generelC jedoch ist die<br />

H~xichring 7.wischen den Sitzcn rind ihr<br />

T'erhSlrnis zum anfinglichm Leirrhema<br />

~venigcr cinc Frage des Zirierens als cinc drr<br />

Vorhrrrscl~aTr veil Melodicn, dic schrirnvei~e<br />

~roranschreiren.<br />

Nach Rugland rur~ickgekehrt diripicrrc<br />

Racl~maninmrr im Ihhrnen cine3 von seioem<br />

Verrer Almzndcr Siloti veranstalteten<br />

Subskriptiunskotwerrs 1908 in St. Pcrcmhl~~<br />

dic Ura~iffuhrun~ der ncucn Sinlbrlie. Sie<br />

wurde begcistcrt a~rfgeno~n~nen, selbst von<br />

jenrn, dic ihre ungewohnliche Langc<br />

iibetra


311s dem I'rogmmm scincr Kur~~rr~e srricli.<br />

Trmt I>rac111e Rachlnallinow d~e Nachricht,<br />

dafl ihm der rnit I000 Rt~hcl rll~tirvre<br />

Clinks-Preis verl ielren worden war.<br />

Zchn Jahrr spitcr vcrtrid, die Rrvnlurio~~<br />

Rachmaninorv ertleut aus seiner I Icimar,<br />

tlicsmal auf Daucr. AL~x~clni~ren VOII<br />

scincm Land uid dc11 Quellen scincr<br />

Mutterspmche gab er suwuhl dic Oper als<br />

aucli dic la ti^ Reihe von Liedern auf die zu<br />

seinen charakterisrischcn kiinstlcrisclrrn<br />

Aussagcn zil~tcn. Die Drei russische<br />

Vollrslieder yon 1926. die lcntc rMusik, dic<br />

er fiir Chur (untl cin uose:e\~ijl~t~licl~ groRes<br />

Orcheqrer samr Klavier) schrieh, bilden unter<br />

seiilen Vertonungcn russischcr Tcxtc riiir<br />

scltcnc A~lsnalirne. "Tschew~ rerschku" (Uber<br />

den Rxh), dzs ersre, is[ eine rchtichte<br />

vulkstiimliche Wisc iibcr cincn Erprl, der<br />

rnit ccincr ~eliehren grauen Enre eine kleine<br />

Holzbriicke iiberquerr, die daruber erschrickt<br />

und davonflicg. Dcr Chomtz isr einsrimmig<br />

hr Raqce. her Rachnlaninow numt die<br />

Mirrel des Orchesters, urn die Restiinung rlcs<br />

Erpcls rind scinr bekiimmerren Rufe nach ihr<br />

nit rinein langeil Urchesrewuher ergreifend<br />

darzusrellen. 'kh y, LVanIanlta" (Ah, Wanka),<br />

nur fiir Al~srim~nrt~ knmponierr, isr eine<br />

sachte Wage iiber den Verlust einej<br />

Gclicbtcn; u cndcr chcnfalls mit cinem<br />

Idngen Seufier, scsummt cntlang cincr<br />

abwarts ~cricl~reren chroinarisclien Tonleiter,<br />

und cincr bcglcircntlcn I'assagc dvs<br />

Orchrs~ers ~rnd Kfaviers. "Delilizy. rumanjizy<br />

~y moy" (Mcinc \X'an~c11, SO wciK, 30 rusiz!).<br />

rlns liri~rr Lid, reilr den Chor in cirei<br />

htimrnen airf unrl ist ;IF Ra~h~n:{n;no\vs<br />

Guanitwcrk insofcrn ungcv;iilinlich, at3 cr<br />

sic11 einer \Venn such vcrschruhcncn Komik<br />

bcflcii


Staacsrinfonie-CappcIla umbenannr, wird<br />

dcr I. Uerrtnller 1971 ynannt, daq Datum<br />

reinrs crsren Kur1,~rrdufrritts untcr Vxlcri<br />

Polj;~t~ski (damals sclbst StlirImr >In<br />

Konsernturiurn).<br />

1075 crrang der Char utlrcr Poljanski als<br />

ersrcr Chor in dcr Gcqchichre der russiscl~cn<br />

CIlurrnt~sik cinet~ Preis in cin~.m<br />

inrern~rionalcn \Vettbr-rucrb, a15 ihnt in<br />

lnlicn dic guldcnc und broilzcnc .Mcdaillr<br />

iln intertiariot~alen "C;uidu tl'Arrzzow-<br />

IVr~rbewerb fiir mchrsrimmige Chorc<br />

vcrI;c.I~c.n xvu rdc. VaIrri Pnljnnrki ywatln<br />

auRerdem cinen Sonder~rcis ah hesrer<br />

Uirigenr des \Wettb~~.ucrbs.<br />

Polianski 11nd der Russischcrl<br />

Sr3arrsinfonie-Cappella haben ausgedehntc<br />

Kunxrtreisen in RuI3land und im Auslard<br />

utirertion>men und werden \.on dcr Kririk<br />

init ~roRern Beifall nu&crlonllnen.<br />

~ A Russiqche V Smtssinfonieorche~ter,<br />

ehemals d- S~uw~ctis~be Philliarmonischc<br />

Orchr\rer, wlirde von dem Llirigcntcn<br />

Gennndi Roschdesnvcn>ki gegrundet. Es hxr<br />

zahlrcichc Konremreisen in Rufllnnd, Eurup,<br />

dcn USA ulld Japan unternommcn zrnd lrt<br />

nut vlelen wcltbcn~hrntrn Solisten ultd<br />

L)irlgnrcn wie Yehud~ Menuhin, N~kolai<br />

Prrro\r: Yuri Uaschmer, Vls~F~mir Cpivakow<br />

und Zuhin Mrhra nufgetrctcn<br />

Sclt 1992 5tcl1r


Cinfontrorchesrer von 'liipcb rltwer seiner<br />

Le~tung ~es~rclt. Er war an einer<br />

In~xnierung won Tscha~ltuwskis Oper Ezigcnc<br />

Oncg1~1 am Mustkrhearer tn Liireburg<br />

bete~lipt und war 1993 Chefdirigenr hrt dm<br />

Gutcburger hhukfestspielen.


Rachrnaninov: Symphonic no 2ITrois chansons msses<br />

En 1106, hcharnaninov itair dewnu, i<br />

rrente-trois ans, une figure de prouc de la vir<br />

~n~lsicalc rusre. Sa r+utation de pianisre de<br />

concerr signifiait unc clemaode continucllc,<br />

et ccci, vcnant s'ajouter i sa chars dr chef de<br />

I'Ol>era impkrial dc Musco~i, ne lui Eaisssit<br />

qtre peu de rernp, 5 rronsacrer i sun travail<br />

crk~rif. Par consequent, il dixida de re rerirer<br />

de ['acrivir; de conccrt, mais aussi de la schc<br />

n~rrsi~de et socialr, afin de se wucr H la<br />

coml>o~ition. Annulant mus se engagements.<br />

qui de toutes manikres avaient ere rcnrlus<br />

incrrrains par Its rurbulences dc la situation<br />

politique duer h la fiulurinn de 1905 aiirsi<br />

qucpar Ics dCportationr rnassives qui<br />

s'e~~ruivirenr, il alla s'imtallcr h Dreqde avec<br />

toute ss hmille. C'ttait rlne \rille qu'il aimait<br />

inormkmenr er l'une donr la beauti ct la<br />

tranquiliri - de nieme quc sa distance de<br />

Moscuu - lui proc~~raienr les conditions dont<br />

il wait hesoin. Vivant retire du monde, il<br />

commenqa i travaillcr i un opCra d'aprks une<br />

pikc de Maerertinck, Monna Wxnnn, mais il<br />

fur obligi d'abandonner I'muvre aprb ut~<br />

scul actc, princiyalemenr en raison de<br />

tlificulres aaec l'aureur et 1'Cditeur rdativcs<br />

au copyright. 11 trait Cgalcmcnt ktr-patient de<br />

cr mnsacrer h sa Deuxikne s)mpl~onie. I1<br />

avait cornmen& 4 y tmvailtcr cn Rrissic, dans<br />

un sccret caracrkrisrique, er en fevrier 1907.<br />

Rachmaninov pouvait Ccrirc 4 un ami quc<br />

l'i-bauchc cn dtait acliwde, et ce depuis un<br />

tnois dbji. Cependant, une fuite dins un<br />

journal russe I'obligra alvrs i adtnettre les<br />

faits tandis qu'il en enumair l'orchesrration.<br />

La Symphooie est le n!moignsgc d'unc<br />

piriodc cxccptivnr~cllemenr prnlifique dans la<br />

carri;lre de Rachmaninov, une pPriode qui vit<br />

nussi I'avtnement de LZe des murar ct de la<br />

Sonatc pour piano, op. 28. Cerce muvre est<br />

I'une des plus loilgues eF des plus lyriqua<br />

entre ~oures. Les proportion3 dc la<br />

Symphonic ne sont poltrranr par<br />

deraisnnnables, a r le dkeloppemenr invcntif<br />

qui caract


iCce.;saire nfin dc soultmir la mrlsirjr~c. er p3r<br />

cunsdqricnt il urilisa un rhtme cyclique pcrtrr<br />

lui co~~fdrer unc char~lellte ~~~liCita~licc cr<br />

~uidcr I'c>rrille de I'audiwur.<br />

011 entend tuur d'ahord le thtrnt: aux<br />

\.ic>l


"G~ridc d'Arr/z.o", ell Iralie. C'cst la premiere<br />

fois dans I'histo~re du char11 cl~ural russe<br />

qt


Drei rtrssische Lieder<br />

I,<br />

~t~-dcsus rltr ruisstmu. ctu r.epidr rtriwertl.<br />

Ao-dcrrur du ponr. Fraisc.<br />

,%tl-tl~st~s dtt \~brtqw, rrai>~l>nisc,<br />

Un canard trawrsc<br />

LC prlril. Cr,aihni


l'hree <strong>Russian</strong> <strong>Songs</strong><br />

t.<br />

Chcr 11ic *rrc;trrl, ttlc sxv14't atram.<br />

01cr rhc brid~c strawhcrr).<br />

(Iver rile sreel) bridge. r.lapbcrr):<br />

PI dr;ukc is crussin:<br />

Thc bridge. wrxwberry,<br />

He5 crussins, rarpbcrry!<br />

I-Ic ir lcxd~ng<br />

,4 grc) duck acmsr, srrawherry,<br />

I Ic is lr3d111g lirr BCRISI, nuspbrrrYl<br />

Thr gr duck rook frighr.<br />

Sllc look frr41*t, strawberry.<br />

And shc Hcw a\\, msl,hrrrv<br />

All!<br />

Thc dnkc FIZI>~< ~IICW. WCCPIIIR.<br />

Hc st~rlda thcrc, wccplnp.


Oui. \f:ti~k,a. Avec qu~<br />

vais-jc duric<br />

Ilr.<br />

II rapponc url c;ldrar~ de priu.<br />

Ag do! Ay dl<br />

[I mc rapporrc un cadeat] de prix.<br />

Un huct en soie c~asfc!<br />

Ay, .I Ipli! Ay Iyuli, &. lyr~sl>enki ti!<br />

Un foucr cn soir: rresr;Le!<br />

11 veur me harrrc, lnoi sa jcune tpouse<br />

r\y, lyulit Ap lyuli!<br />

I1 verrt Ine bzrrrc, m.4 sa icunc ipuusz.<br />

F.r jc nc sais pas, jc ne comprend~ par pourquvi!<br />

0. q It, lyuli, ekh, lyushcnki. Iyli!<br />

F,r je ne sais pas, jc nt. ch~ijprendt p~ pourquoi.<br />

Qucl ma1 ri-jc fair!<br />

L seule chow quc j'zit. jilrrlais Fn~te een<br />

Drz dunklei> Ahcndc<br />

3.<br />

LMcinc \X7anFn, srr WCIR,


FI il n press6 mn mains hlnnchcs amour 1111 \erIc.<br />

Kt it m'a .rppelic du nom dc d.18rle devanr tout Ic<br />

rnondc.<br />

All ...<br />

VOUS. ma datnc. tnnn cignc.<br />

I';~in~e irorrc rnxnilrc dr rnt:~r~her.<br />

Mcs jouca. pi blsnclicr cr si rusks!<br />

(Jur 1- Inrmcs coulci~r Ir long dc mcs juuca<br />

blant-hn.<br />

\loll jaloux dc mari s'm rcvicnr a la mxisutl.<br />

II rrur me barrrr, moi La jcunc tprtse.<br />


A...<br />

Tbl. C>-IIIP~LUKR. IIc~~cuYUIK~I ~ILIH.<br />

~(>H~~>"RIIA~Ic~ ~ O ~ O ~ l ~ 1T~OH.<br />

1 l K ~<br />

L~:IIIJI~I~~I.<br />

PY>IIIHIIULI UL.I ~IOII!<br />

COUBTHTCCL.<br />

JlllUa 61331B 110.l0~1.<br />

E:ler. ener ~oir pe~~rroblil PI~X fio~oii.<br />

Xon~e-I-. xuqel- >ICII~. hlonony. IIU~IITL.<br />

~ P ~ RC.IOR0. O YOxleT Clll LtCHII n0r)lI'l~l~.<br />

H m He Irrl;rlo rr HC B~RBIO. 3i1 '[TO!<br />

You, my I~d,v, ,<br />

I likc rhc W;I! ruu wdk.<br />

I\.lv cl>ccle, ru wllirc. so rr,r'<br />

Lcts 111e rear< flow dnwn lriy nhitc ctiru.lis.<br />

h.ly lcaluus Iiuah~nrl is riding hornc.<br />

Hc wmrr to hcnr mc, liir ynllrlg wTc.<br />

Hur~cstl~. tir s.tntr ru bcx mc.<br />

And 1 don'r k~>o\v. I crn'r t~t~rlvr\~imtd ~vtiv!


<strong>Russian</strong> Stare Symphony Orchestra and Valeri Polyansky<br />

Grechatsinov<br />

Masr 'Et in trrrx pax'<br />

Sun~pt~o~~y No. 2<br />

CHAN 9186


<strong>Russian</strong> State Symphony Orchestra and Valeri Polyansky<br />

Shostakovich<br />

Shostakmich<br />

Sp~phony Nn. 12 S~nlphony Nn. l 5<br />

'The Ye21 1917'<br />

Ccllo Con~rtu Nu. 1<br />

L'rllo Conccrtu No. 7 , CHAN 9550<br />

CHAN 95x5


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