Thew following tracks are worth familiarising yourself with after the final lecture of this term:
Prokofiev, Lieutenant Kijé Symphonic Suite: The Birth of Kijé
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Ballet Op. 64 The fight (form Act I)
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 62
Ivan Dzerzhinsky, ‘От края и до края’ [From region to region], a Chorus from the Opera Тихий Дон [Quiet flows the Don] (1935), sung by the Bol’shoy Theatre Chorus
Sergey Prokofiev, October (Cantata) Op. 74 (1936-7)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony Number 5 Op. 47 (1937)
Nikolai Myaskovsky, Symphony No 12 (Collective Farm Symphony) OP. 35 (1932)
Vadim Kozin, ‘Druzhba’ (1938)
Leonid Utesov, ‘Suliko’ (1933)
Alla Bayanova, ‘Ochen’ khorosho’ (1930s?)
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‘Svabenaia’, performed by the Jewish vocal ensemble of the Belorussian SSR [Evokans], Shalom Comrade: Yiddish Music in the Soviet Union 1928-1961 (Schott Wergo SM 1627-2)
‘The wind from the field’, performed by the Ukrainian Male Chorus, Folk Songs of the Soviet Union (Eden Creek 2013)
‘Balalaika tunes’, Pianitsky Chorus, Folk Songs of the Soviet Union (Eden Creek 2013)
Lithuanian Lullaby, sung by Veronika Pvolioniene, Musics of the Soviet Union (Smithsonian, Folkways CD SF 40002, 1989)
‘Kele kele’, performed by the Armenian State Dance and Song Ensemble, Armenian Folk Music in the USSR (Smithsonian, Folkways, 1960)
Aleksandr Mosolov: 2 Preludes, Op. 15 (1925-6)
Nikolai Rolavets, String Quartet No. 3 (1920)
Gavril Popov, Sympohony No. 1 (1935)
Alexander Skryabin, “Towards the flame” Op.72 (1914).
Alexander Skryabin, Symphony no 4, Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54 (written between 1905 and 1908).
Nikolai Medtner, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 33, Movt. I (1914–18).
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Etudes tableux, No. 1 in F-sharp minor Op.33 (1911).
Please try to listen to as many of the following items as you are able. This is a short overview list and is designed to give you a fast of the kinds of materials we will be looking at on this module.
‘Polyushko, polye’, sung by the Red Army Choir, music by Lev Knipper, with lyrics by Viktor Gusev in 1933
Lev Knipper, Symphony No. 4 ”Poem of the Komsomol Fighter” in D Major, Op. 41, I. Andante maestoso – Allegro
Vadim Kozin, ‘Druzhba’, available on Russian Light Songs Volume 1 (Black Round Records, 2010)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7 “The Leningrad”, Op. 60, I. Allegretto [
Sergei Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 63, II. Andante
Pokrovskiy Ensemble, ‘Porushka’, The Wild Field (Real World Records 1991)
Aleksandr Mosolov, ‘Factory: machine-music’ [also known as ‘The Iron Foundry’] from the ballet Stal, Op. 19 (1926-7)
[From Electronic Beats blog]
The Moscow-based techno-punk outfit Interchain (comprised of Andrew Lee and Jenya Gorbunov, pictured above) already has an impressive discography. But their most recent release, Plenum—which just came out on the Hivern Discs sublabel HVNX this past March—is a particularly fiery addition to their original take on frenetic, punk rock-indebted electronic sounds. They sat down with us to shed some insight onto their wide range of influences from the Soviet era’s industrial music scene. Listen to their eight selections—from the ’20s to the ’90s—below.
Arseny Avraamov, “Symphony Of Factory Sirens” (Public Event, Baku 1922)
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