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Arensky of the Russian School...

Sébastien Melmoth | Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS | 02/27/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

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Arensky--pupil of R.-Korsakov and Tchaikowsky in Petrograd; teacher of Scriabin, Rachmaninov, and Gliére in Mosko--was a significant member of the Russian School.



Like Mussorgsky and Glazunov, Arensky had an unfortunate penchant for vodka--which probably undermined his health and led to the obscurity of his music. Nevertheless, he was a talented voice.



His Symphony No. 2 is very amusing with interesting orchestration and prescient, forward-looking accents which suggest Gershwin's use of the trumpet for klaxon in An American in Paris.



Arensky: Suites for Two Pianos

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence; Arensky: Quartet in A minor

Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio, Op. 50; Arensky: Piano Trio, Op. 32

Treasures of Russian Chamber Music

Reinhold Glier: String Quartets

Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2; Complete Piano Transcriptions

Scriabin: Complete Symphonies

Scriabin: Complete Piano Sonatas

Scriabin: Symphony No. 3 'Divine Poem'; Poem of Ecstasy [two piano version]

Scriabin: Mazurkas - Complete / Long

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