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Kalafati - Symphony in A minor, Legende, Polonaise | Naxos 8574132

Kalafati - Symphony in A minor, Legende, Polonaise

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8574132

Barcode: 0747313413270

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 28th August 2020

Contents

Artists

Choir of the Music Department of the University of Athens
Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Byron Fidetzis
Nikos Maliaris

Works

Kalafati, Vasily

Legende, op.20
Polonaise in F major, op.14
Symphony in A minor, op.12

Artists

Choir of the Music Department of the University of Athens
Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Byron Fidetzis
Nikos Maliaris

About

Greek by parentage, Vasily Kalafati (1869-1942) settled permanently in St Petersburg where he counted Rimsky-Korsakov among his teachers, and later included Igor Stravinsky among a distinguished roll-call of his own students. Kalafati’s style incorporated elements of the Russian National School into traditional forms, as can be heard in the wide-ranging contrasts and Romantic lyricism of his only Symphony. The Polonaise has a celebratory character with exceptionally bright orchestration, while the ingenious Légende commemorates Schubert by transforming his themes into a colourful late-Romantic symphonic poem that earned Kalafati some well-deserved distinction at its premiere.

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