Vasily Kalinnikov's Two Symphonies nWAY 文学城

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Vasily Kalinnikov (1866-1901) was a Russian composer of two symphonies, several additional orchestral works and numerous songs, all of them imbued with characteristics of Russian folksong. His symphonies, particularly the First, were frequently performed in the early 20th century.

Kalinnikov was a policeman's son. He studied at the seminary at Oryol, becoming director of the choir there at fourteen. Later he went to the Moscow Conservatory but could not afford the tuition fees. On a scholarship he went to the Moscow Philharmonic Society School, where he received bassoon and composition lessons from Alexander Ilyinsky. He played bassoon, timpani and violin in theater orchestras and supplemented his income working as a music copyist.

In 1892, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky recommended Kalinnikov to be the director of the Maly Theater, and later that same year to the Moscow Italian Theater. However, due to his worsening tuberculosis, Kalinnikov had to resign from his theater appointments and move to the warmer southern clime of the Crimea. He lived at Yalta for the rest of his life, and it was there that he wrote the main part of his music, including his two symphonies and the incidental music for Alexey Tolstoy's Tsar Boris. Exhausted, he died of tuberculosis on January 11, 1901, just before his 35th birthday.

His reputation was established with his First Symphony, written between 1894 and 1895, which had great success and was performed in Berlin, Vienna and Moscow during his lifetime, but not published until after his death.

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Vasily Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin, Conductor

1. Allegro moderato [0:00]
2. Andante commodamente [13:38]
3. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo - moderato assai [20:08]
4. Finale: Allegro moderato [27:34]

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Vasily Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Theodore Kuchar, Conductor

1. Allegro moderato [0:00]
2. Andante commodamente [14:27]
3. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo - moderato assai [21:49]
4. Finale: Allegro moderato [30:13]