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Alexander Gedike, Alexander Goedike, Konstantin Krimets
Russian Futurism, Vol. 2
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Ouverture dramatique, for orchestra, Op. 7
2. At War (From the Diary of a Dead Soldier), 6 improvisations for orchestra, Op. 26: Introduction
3. At War (From the Diary of a Dead Soldier), 6 improvisations for orchestra, Op. 26: 1. In the Trenches
4. At War (From the Diary of a Dead Soldier), 6 improvisations for orchestra, Op. 26: 2. Attack
5. At War (From the Diary of a Dead Soldier), 6 improvisations for orchestra, Op. 26: 3. Silence
6. At War (From the Diary of a Dead Soldier), 6 improvisations for orchestra, Op. 26: 4. Funeral March
7. At War (From the Diary of a Dead Soldier), 6 improvisations for orchestra, Op. 26: 5. Battle
8. At War (From the Diary of a Dead Soldier), 6 improvisations for orchestra, Op. 26: 6. Ending
9. Horn Concerto in F minor, Op. 40: 1.
10. Horn Concerto in F minor, Op. 40: 2.
11. Horn Concerto in F minor, Op. 40: 3.
12. Trumpet Concerto, Op. 41

CD Details

All Artists: Alexander Gedike, Alexander Goedike, Konstantin Krimets, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Title: Russian Futurism, Vol. 2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Arte Nova Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 6/12/2007
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Instruments, Brass, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 723721295653

Synopsis

Album Description

"In years to come I fully expect this set to become a collector's item of fabled note." --MusicWeb-InternationalAlexander Fjodorovich Goedicke (1877-1957) received his first music lessons from his father, who taught piano at the Moscow Conservatory. The composer Taneyev instructed him in composition. He won the Rubinstein Prize in Vienna in 1900. In 1909, at the age of thirty-two, he was appointed professor at the Moscow Conservatory where he taught until his death. While remaining comparatively unknown in Middle and Western Europe, Goedicke enjoyed considerable repute in Eastern Europe as a composer and concert performer, particularly in the states which succeeded the czarist empire. The works featured on this CD represent a cross section of the works of his middle creative period, from the years 1915-30.

CD Reviews

Modestly appealing, conservative music with few futurist cre

G.D. | Norway | 12/29/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This disc features music that originally was part of a series of box sets devoted to Russian futurism, broadly construed. `Russian futurism' is still the title for these more conveniently reprogrammed reissues, but the problem is that calling the music of Alexander Goedicke (as opposed to the music of, say, Mosolov and Roslavets, who were also featured in the series) `futurist' is something of a long shot. Goedicke, or Gedike, was a Muscovite living from 1877 and 1957 and the music here ranges from straightforward late-Romanticism to straightforward Soviet realism and is consistently pretty conservative.

The Ouverture Dramatique is a nicely constructed work, Tchaikovskian in spirit but imbued with nationalism, moving from a jolly introduction to a grandly romantic march, containing some fine writing for winds but little consequence. At War - Six Improvisations for Orchestra is the most interesting work on the disc and the most ambitious. It is interestingly colored music of mock fanfarous, lugubrious string writing and lots of tension with a striking film score feeling to it. It is no masterpiece but might just be worth the modest price of the disc. The two later concertos are definitely slight; the horn concerto is written in a Soviet mid 20th century romantic style, with a nod towards Richard Strauss's horn concertos and some virtuouso writing for the soloists but little substance. The Trumpet Concerto is even more forgettable if decently put together and with some opportunities for the soloist to show off.

Performances are far more than merely satisfactory, even if the string sound is a little thin and the edges are rough. The sound quality is on the dry side. Not an essential addition to one's collections, then, but a worthwhile byway given the asking price."