Friday, October 17, 2014

Anatol Liadov - Orchestral Works - Marco Polo

Now here's a classic disc that brings me back; I was in the midst of falling in love with Russian music when this came out, along with the Ippolitov-Ivanov, Cui, Balakirev, Gliere, Borodin, Lyatoshynsky, Arensky, Kalinnikov, Myaskovsky etc. etc. discs on Marco Polo especially. Liadov's (or Lyadov) beautiful "Enchanted Lake" and "Kikimora" in particular have always cast such a spell on me. Definitive Russian Nationalism and enchanted music indeed. 


Liadov was the son of a conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, and was trained at the Conservatory. He was briefly a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov and later a member of the teaching staff. He was associated with Balakirev and subsequently became a member of Belyayev’s circle, helping, in particular, in the establishment of the publishing house that Belyayev set up for Russian composers. He was a thoroughly competent musician, conductor and composer but did not apply himself consistently to work. His failure to supply music for a Diaghilev ballet in Paris in 1910 allowed Stravinsky his first chance with the Ballets Russes. His compositions are characteristic of this period in Russian music, when nationalism was joined with technical competence inculcated at the conservatories. Enjoy..



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6 comments:

Jim said...

Perfect examples of Russian romanticism - picturial, somewhat exotic subjects, expert orchestration. Stravinsky had to be influenced by Liadov.
Thanks for making them available.

Tzadik said...

Hi Jim thanks for commenting, and you are welcome.
Liadov's music is indeed how I like my Russian music (of that time period) and, yes, Stravinsky to a certain degree absorbed many a tunes from the various Soviet ethnic groups, especially when he was young; he has spoken of hearing peasant songs as a child and that stayed with him as well. Regards

Anonymous said...

Thanks for rare Marco Polo cd!

Tzadik said...

You are welcome, anon visitor from somewhere in the cosmos

Johannes R. Becher said...

Really nice, far more enyoyable than many modern works that should be closer to our tastes, should be nearness in time all that mattered.

Tzadik said...

Greetings Johannes, I am happy you like the Liadov post. It's very enjoyable music, and well I love 'modern' music ("classical"), however with music like this I often easily prefer the Russian sounds and indeed spirit. -Tz