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Russian Futurism, Vol. 4: Mikhail F. Gnesin
Michael Gnesin, Konstantin Krimets, Moscow Soloists
Russian Futurism, Vol. 4: Mikhail F. Gnesin
Genre: Classical
 
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"In years to come I fully expect this set to become a collector's item of fabled note ...Get it now." -- Rob Barnett, MusicWeb-International.com Futurism in music was a movement that produced a quantity of programmatic wri...  more »

     
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All Artists: Michael Gnesin, Konstantin Krimets, Moscow Soloists, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Title: Russian Futurism, Vol. 4: Mikhail F. Gnesin
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Label: Arte Nova Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 10/9/2007
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 723721313555

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"In years to come I fully expect this set to become a collector's item of fabled note ...Get it now." -- Rob Barnett, MusicWeb-International.com Futurism in music was a movement that produced a quantity of programmatic writing and lasted into the 1940s. A provocative, avant-garde movement, it turned decisively against bourgeois notions of music and broke uncompromisingly with tradition. Even though the works of Mikhail Gnesin (1883-1957) are deeply imbued with traditional Russian musical language, and even though he bowed relatively early to official Soviet demands, he still must be seen as a representative of the Jewish branch of Russian composers. Gnesin finished his musical education under the tutelage of Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov in St. Petersburg. His most lasting influence as a composition teacher was made during his years on the faculty of the Conservatory in Moscow that bears his family name.

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Nice music...but NOT Futurism!
J. Lundquist | Takoma Park, MD USA | 06/03/2008
(3 out of 5 stars)

"So, yes, this is part of a series called "Russian Futurism", an apt title for volumes such as the Mosolov piano works one, but not for this. Gnesin is in no way a musical Futurist, his music presented here is in no way, shape, or form even remotely Futurist. I'm not sure how they justified including him in this series...

Don't get me wrong the selections here are quite nice, but very Romantic and Russian nationalist. But not Futurist!"
Good Romantic Music, Just Not Futurism
Robert S. Costic | 01/07/2010
(4 out of 5 stars)

"The other reviewers for this CD are correct: this isn't really futurism at all. If anything, it's solid, middle-of-the-road nationalistic Romantic music. However, I have to give this CD more credit than the other reviewers do; for what it's worth, the music is actually pretty charming. It's packed full of fun folk tunes, particularly with regard to the Jewish music, and in a way delivers a charm similar to the Hungarian Dances or Slavonic Dances. I'm guessing others have rated it so badly because they had completely different expectations."