Aram Khatchaturian -- Symphony No. 3 (Symphony-Poem) -- Chicago Symphony Orchestra , Leopold Stokowski conductor
https://youtu.be/FvPa1ASaxLA?si=qQFFWDPjOpx1YtTL

This 1947 work in praise of the "Soviet Motherland" was condemned by Zhdanov as "formalistic".

I find this assessment difficult to understand. To my ears, this 24 minutes of vulgar bombast has more in common with the movies at their worst than with modernism.

Anyway, when the announcer on KMFA said that John Williams was coming up, that's when I knew it was time to switch off.

#ClassicalMusic #Khatchaturian #SovietMusic #20thCenturyMusic #JohnWilliams #Ahdanov #Formalism

El coro

De nuevo, comparto algo hecho en esa maldita "plandemia", reflejando mis estúpidas obsesiones autistas...

El dibujo es de 3 miembros de un coro de niños soviético y músicos de un famoso "Ensamble Acústico Vocal" popular en la URSS por los 70's y 80's.

#JamesPumita - 2020

#sovietmusic #soviettimes #sovietnostalgia #sovietkids #sovietchoir #soviet #coldwar
#Большойдетскийхор #бдх #вокальноинструментальныйансамбль #виа

In The People's Artist, Simon Morrison claims that Prokofiev returned to the USSR due to a false promise that his international career wouldn’t change. But the only evidence he cites is Prokofiev’s letter exchange with Atovmyan, which documents a recruitment effort but, as far as I can tell, not the alleged guarantee. Highly suspicious... Investigating… #Prokofiev #SovietMusic

About the book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-peoples-artist-9780199753482

Feeling stressed by some bad news & these Prelues by Gayane Chebotarian are really hitting the spot. I was learning some of them a few years ago but never got to all of them. Really beautiful stuff by an underappreciated Soviet composer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVt8eG6HzqM

#Armenia #SovietMusic #Preludes #Piano #WomenComposers #ArmenianComposers