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Dechevov - Ice and Steel | Arthaus 101323

Dechevov - Ice and Steel

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Label: Arthaus

Cat No: 101323

Barcode: 0807280132397

Format: DVD - NTSC

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 1st September 2008

Contents

Artists

Yevgeny Taruntsov
Anna Toneeva
Hiroshi Matsui
Algirdas Drevinskas
Saarlandisches Staatsorchester
Chorus of the Saarlandisches Staatstheater

Conductor

Will Humburg

Works

Dechevov, Vladimir

Ice and Steel

Artists

Yevgeny Taruntsov
Anna Toneeva
Hiroshi Matsui
Algirdas Drevinskas
Saarlandisches Staatsorchester
Chorus of the Saarlandisches Staatstheater

Conductor

Will Humburg

About

During the 1920s Vladimir Dechevov (1889-1955) was regarded as one of the most promising younger Soviet composers. Darius Milhaud, who made his acquaintance in 1926 during a visit to Leningrad, praised him in the French press as a “genius” and “extremely original”. However, subsequent attempts to make his compositions better known abroad were unsuccessful.

In 1929 came Dechevov’s best-known composition: Ice and Steel. But such were the ideological tensions of this period that this avant-garde work soon disappeared from the public stage.

Although Dechevov was one of the chief proponents of the left wing musical avant-garde in the 1920s and explicitly came out in favour of critical appropriation of elements from Western modernism, he was not subjected to direct ideological attacks during the Stalinist era. Neither, however, despite clearly moderating his compositional style, did he succeed in obtaining a prominent position in the conformist musical culture of socialist realism that held sway after 1932.

It was only after the outbreak of the Second World War that he started once again to produce major works of his own: ballet music based on classical materials and patriotic tone poems. However, these did not prevent his name from increasingly being forgotten.

"The last notes had hardly died away before someone called out ‘bravo!’ - and he was right. This production of ‘Ice and Steel’ is magnificent." - SR 2 KulturRadio

World Premiere Recording.

Cast:
- Yevgeny Taruntsov: Dymchenko
- Anna Toneeva: Musja
- Hiroshi Matsui: Hertz
- Algirdas Drevinskas: Senka

Directed by Immo Karaman
Choreography by Fabian Posca
Set Design by Johann Jorg
Costume Design by Nicola Reichert

Live recording from the Saarlandisches Staatstheater, Saarbrucken 2007.

Sound Format: PCM Stereo,
DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Picture Format: 16:9
DVD Format: DVD9 / NTSC
Menu Language: GB
Subtitle Languages: RU, GB, D, F, SP, JP
Running Time: 96 min

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