Symphony No.1 in C minor - Nikolai Myaskovsky
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky.
I - Lento, ma non troppo - Allegro - Poco più allargando, tranquillo - Meno allegro, moderato con moto - Tranquillo - Moderato - Allegro tenebroso - Feroce - Tenebroso - Feroce - Mosso - Con fuoco - Allegro (un poco più appassionato) - Meno allegro - Moderato con moto - Molto più mosso (Allegro precipitato) - Allegro assai - Più appassionato - A tempo: 0:00
II - Larghetto (quasi andante) - Lento assai - A tempo - Poco animado - In tempo I e maestoso - Molto elevato - A tempo - Lento, morendo al fine: 17:22
III - Allegro assai e molto risoluto - Molto più mosso - Tempo I - Molto più mosso - Tempo I - Vivo - Allargando molto: 31:02
Myaskovksy's Symphony No.1 was composed between February and September 1908, while he was studying at the St Petersburg. Along with Prokofiev, he showed the score to Glazunov, who granted him a scholarship so that he could continue his musical studies. It was premiered on June 2 of 1914, with Alexander Aslanov conducting the Court Orchestra of Pavlovsk.
However, Myaskovsky remained dissatisfied with the work, and he revised the piece in 1921: making cuts to the outer movements (particularly the finale) and generally overhauling the orchestration. The work is academic in nature, being strongly rooted in the Russian romantic tradition, with influences from composers like Tchaikovsky, Lyadov, Scriabin but specially Glazunov, whose Symphony No.8 of 1905 was considered to be the epitome of the Russian symphony from that era. Personal to Myaskosky is an underlying sombreness, even agitation of mood as was seldom absent from his earlier music.
The first movement is structured in sonata form. It begins with an extensive introduction. An anguished and nostalgic theme is born from the basses of the orchestra, reaching an expressive climax. The main allegro begins with an agitated and dramatic main theme. In contrast, the second theme is deeply lyrical and dreamy, characteristically Russian. The music culminates in a great climax, followed by a calmer transition. The development is tense and forceful, being strongly based on the main theme but combining lyrical nuances of the second one. The music grows in another expansive climax. Follows the recapitulation of both themes in their original form, reaching a lyrical climax with the second one. Follows an extensive coda that ends the movement in a fateful manner.
The second movement is structured in ternary form. It opens with a lyrical main theme of romantic expression, presented by the strings, which rises in a wide and expansive climax, followed by a calmer and more reflective passage. The middle section begins with a gentle and delicate second theme on the flute, which passes to the rest of the woods and orchestra with increased voluptuosity. The music grows more and more yearning and passionate, leading us to a brilliant and wonderful lyrical climax on the main theme. The theme is then recapitulated in its original form. As the music gradually calms down, the second theme is briefly recalled by the cellos, leading us to a peaceful coda.
The third movement is also structured in sonata form. It opens with a rhythmic and imperious main theme, contrasted by a widely lyrical second theme on the wood. Follows a complete reexposition of these materials, something unusual for the time. The development is compact yet resourceful, directly leading to the recapitulation of the main themes. The main theme suddenly reappears on the bassoon, being subjected to an intensive contrapuntal working. The whole works ends with an imposing coda of grand, romantic dimensions.
Picture: "The Daughters of Thespius" (1853) by the French painter Gustave Moreau.
Musical analysis partially written by myself. Sources: bit.ly/3RCfPv2 and bit.ly/3iyKmdN
To check the score: bit.ly/3TMWJnN - Hudba
After listening to the symphonies of the well known composers over and over again, sometimes the thrill is lost (especially when listening to recordings, as opposed to concerts). Discovering Myaskovsky through this Symphony made me feel that thrill again. The world is beautiful once more - but it always is, sometimes beauty must be sought.
I couldn't agree more or expressed your thoughts any better.
From the first time I heard it, I always loved this symphony, as much I love one of Tchaikovsky or Glazunov. In my (modest) opinion the work deserves to be more known and famous. Great performance ! Thank you, also for the analysis.
It took me 12 to 15 times listening to this symphony to grasp the composition. I didn't give up, now I love this symphony.
I am starting out listening to all Myaskovsky's symphonies in order a second time around. The beginning of this symphony is a very assured start by a young man setting out on what turned out to be a long symphonic journey. I'm sure he had no idea where that journey would eventually take him and what knocks he would take later on. Such is life - for all of us.
thanks for downloading these, they are new to me but another under performed composer. the people who dictate our concert programmes instead of giving us so much atonal and unlistenable "music" should put these works on the concert hall
For a composer who wrote that many symphonies, he certainly got off to a great start- inspired, dramatic 1st mvt., beautiful 2ng mvt., adequate finale.
Never heard his symphonies. Thankyou very much for the marvellous upload.
Don't miss the slow movement to his 20th. Absolutely gorgeous.
Брависсима!!! Прекрасно!!!
second mvt is so beatiful and romantic
Beautiful, splendid, triumphant first Symphony by a contemporary of Stravinsky! You can hear echoes of Wagner (the "never-ending melody"), Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, and Mahler, among others. The work shows he had a great melodic gift!
This symphony was composed in 1908. Rachmaninov and Mahler would not have been very influential on Myaskovsky at that time - Rachmaninov was still developing his own style in 1908 (up to 1908 Rachmaninov he had only published his 1st symphony which had been disastrously performed and received and he left Russia in 1906 to live in Germany and then later moved to the USA) and Mahler was not a popular composer in Moscow where Myaskovsky was taught, but more popular in Petrograd where Shostakovich was taught.
@@johnstenhouse3839 Hello John, thanks for the great comment ! Fair point, on the perceived influences by those two giants on this Symphony. It might be that "echo" here has to encompass both, previous composers that likely impacted Myaskovsky's style here, and those contemporaries that shared some similarities (lyric, flowing, late-Romantic, sweet melodies), but did not directly influence, like you said. Great point ... Best !
Definitely hear Tchaikovsky, very Russian and very good.
@@johnstenhouse3839 Myaskovsky was taught in St. Petersburg. And at least by 1912, when he wrote his article "Tchaikovsky and Beethoven" for a Moscow periodical, he had a certain idea about Mahler, although it remains open how much of his music he had heard in concert (it was a time when it was still standard to study orchestral music in piano arrangements). But he always claimed to dislike Mahler.
Have been wanting to investigate Myaskovsky for some time now. Hopefully more to come.
Bravo bravo bravo genial fantastic grandiose music symphony
enjoyable student symphony - very clearly influenced by Tchaikovsky, Balakirev, Anton Rubinstein and Rimsky-Korsakov, the latter being one of Myaskovsky's teachers. 1st movement has clear overtones of the Manfred Symphony and Rubinstein's symphonies, especially No 2 "The Ocean.".
The Russians sure knew how to craft music.
Another ' find' so assured. Confident.
Magnificent!
Many thanks for sharing this symphony with us. Your programme notes were also very helpful. Is Myaskovsky still a popular composer in Russia? Here in Britain (and I suspect elsewhere in the West) he is virtually ignored, being much less well known than contemporaries such as Prokofiev and Shostakovich, and I have wondered why this is.
so mahler!
The 1st mvt. is exciting and yearning , the slow mvt. is more beautiful than any melody Tschaikowsky ever wrote and the finale is adequate.
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@@SergioCánovasCMThanks for the response. I usually listen on my laptop, which has an ad-blocker, so I never noticed this problem before. CZcams has clearly no respect for its content providers, or for Myaskovsky. Keep up the good work. I love your channel.
100% satisfying.
Guess that's why we never hear him.