Avant-garde! Moscow-Saint Petersburg-New York. In the 20s of the last century, an unprecedented longing for innovation developed in the young Soviet Union. Art and music would be concurrent to the new society. After a flourishin period the neophilia soon came to an end. Ultra-modernism developed in New York in which all borders were demolished in a thrilling, utterly dissonant language. In ‘The Night’, an excursion into the music of the 20s. Music by artists such as Roslavetz, Mossolov, Protopopov, Rudhyar and Crawford-Seeger.
ca.00.00-00.56u
1. Nikolay Roslavets. Two Compositions (1915). Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano. 2. Nikolay Roslavets. Five Preludes (1919-1922). Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano. Hyperion CDA669263. Nikolay Roslavets. Violin concerto no.1 (1925). Alina Ibragimova, violin. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov. Hyperion CDA67637
ca.56.00-02.05u
1. Dane Rudhyar. Tetragrams. First series (Quest, Crucifixion, Rebirth) (1920-1927). Steffen Schleiermacher, piano. 2. Dane Rudhyar. Third Pentagram. (1926). Steffen Schleiermacher, piano. Hat Art 140 3. Dane Rudyar. Advent (1976). Kronos Quartet. CRIcd604
ca.02.05-03.00u
1. Alexander Mossolov. String quartet no.1, opus 24 (1927). Novosibirsk Filarmonica String Quartet. ArteNova 74321487232. 2. Alexander Mossolov. Piano sonata no.5 (1925). Steffen Schleiermacher, piano. HatArt115. 3. Alexander Mossolov. Two Nocturns, opus 15. (1928). Steffen Schleiermacher, piano. HatArt6157.
ca.03.00-04.05u
1. G. Popov. Chamber Symphony opus 2 (1927). Bolshoi Theatre Soloists Ensemble conducted by Alexander Lazarev.
2. A. Mossolov. Four Newspaper Advertisements, opus 21. (1926)
3. A. Mossolov. Three Children’s Sketches, opus 18. (1926) Nelli Lee, soprano.
4. A. Zhivotov. Fragments for Nonet (1928). Bolshoi Theatre Soloists Ensemble conducted by Alexander Lazarev.
5. N. Myaskovsky. Two Pieces for String Orchestra, opus 46 (1929). Moscow Symphony Orchestra conducted by Veronika Dudarova. Olympia OCD170
ca.04.04-05.00u
1. Ruth Crawford. Preludes (1924-1928).
2. Carl Ruggles. Angels (1922).
3. Carl Ruggles. Evocations (1937-1943).
4. Carl Ruggles. Organum (1944-1947).
5. Henry Cowell. The Nows of Fuiyiama (1924).
6. Henry Cowell. Hommage a rudhyar (1922). Steffen Schleiermacher, piano. MDG6131265-2 ca.05.05-06.00u
1. Sergej Protopopov. Second Piano sonata (1924). Steffen Schleiermacher, piano. HatArt6157. 2. Nikolay Roslavets. Violin concerto no.2 (1936). Alina Ibragimova, violin. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov. Hyperion CDA67637.
3. Nikolay Roslavets. Piano sonata no.5 (1923). Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano.
4. Nikolay Roslavets. (from) Three Etudes (1914) no.1&2. Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano. Hyperion CDA66926
