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Composers of the Week: Nicolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950) and Nicolai Andreyevich Roslavets (1881-1944)

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1/5. This week Donald Macleod looks at the lives and music of two Russian composers, both of whom fell foul of Stalin's regime: Nikolai Miaskovsky and Nikolai Roslavets.
Roslavets Chamber Symphony (4th mvt) BBC Scottish SO, conductor llan Volkov Viola Sonata No 1
Yuri Bashmet (viola), Muntian Mikhail (piano). Miaskovsky String Quartet No 13, Op 86
Leningrad Taneiev Quartet Repeated at 8.45pm
RT DIRECT: Miaskovsky Orchestral Music (1 CD) is available for E4.50 including p&p. Quote ref B46-AB337. Roslavets Violin Sonatas Nos 1, 4 and 6 (1 CD) is available for E5.99 including p&p. Quote ref B46-AF804. To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections to: [address removed]or call the orderline on [number removed] (national rate), or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect. UK delivery only

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Nikolai Miaskovsky
Unknown:
Nikolai Roslavets.
Viola:
Yuri Bashmet
Viola:
Muntian Mikhail
Source: Radio Times

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