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Composers of the Week:The Mighty Handful

BBC Radio 3
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Donald Macleod charts Balakirev's rise to powerful positions in St Petersburg musical society and his swift descent into depression and reclusiveness. Meanwhile, his group of proteges are beginning to discovertheirown voices and move away from Balakirev's restrictive influence. Musorgsky St John's Night on a Bare
Mountain London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Balaklrev Islamey
Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No 2 (Antar) Bergen PO, conductor Dmitri Kitaienko

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Piano:
Andrei Gavrilov
Conductor:
Dmitri Kitaienko
Source: Radio Times

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