Valery Gavrilin was one of the most colorful and significant Russian composers of the second half of the 20th century. He was only 25 when he composed 'The Russian Notebook,' a 'poem of love and death' crafted in a new musical language that doesn't employ folk melodies but does use folkloric texts, and with a virtuosic vocal part. These stylized tunes are combined with rich melodies to form a haunting cycle heard here in a 2018 orchestration. The ten numbers from the ballet 'Anyuta' are lively, melodious and touchingly beautiful. Yuri Serov has toured across over 35 countries and has recorded more than 70 albums for record labels across the world. Serov is chief conductor of the Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra and the St. Petersburg Mussorgsky Youth Symphony Orchestra, and is the author of many articles and essays on music.

Tracklist:

Russian Notebook (Arr. L. Rezetdinov For Voice & Orchestra): No. 1, Cranberry O'er The River
Russian Notebook (Arr. L. Rezetdinov For Voice & Orchestra): No. 2, Lament
Russian Notebook (Arr. L. Rezetdinov For Voice & Orchestra): No. 3, Lament
Russian Notebook (Arr. L. Rezetdinov For Voice & Orchestra): No. 4, Winter
Russian Notebook (Arr. L. Rezetdinov For Voice & Orchestra): No. 5, Sowing Flowers
Russian Notebook (Arr. L. Rezetdinov For Voice & Orchestra): No. 6, It All Started
Russian Notebook (Arr. L. Rezetdinov For Voice & Orchestra): No. 7, Laments
Russian Notebook (Arr. L. Rezetdinov For Voice & Orchestra): No. 8, In The Loveliest Month O' May
Anyuta (Excerpts): Grand Waltz
Anyuta (Excerpts): Department
Anyuta (Excerpts): Organ-Grinder
Anyuta (Excerpts): Adagio
Anyuta (Excerpts): In The Bedroom
Anyuta (Excerpts): Quadrille
Anyuta (Excerpts): Gypsies Dance
Anyuta (Excerpts): His Excellency
Anyuta (Excerpts): Tarantella
Anyuta (Excerpts): Postlude

UPC: 747313388370
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 4.24.20
Format: CD

Gavrilin / Shkirtil / Serov - Russian Notebook (CD)