Title: | Spartacus and Gayaneh |
Otros títulos: | Ballet Highlights Spartacus y Gayaneh Destacados del Ballet |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | Aram Khachaturian; London Symphony Orchestra |
Código CDU: | Kha.01 |
Forma Musical: | Ballet |
Abstract: | Although he was indicted (along with Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and a number of other prominent Soviet musicians) for "formalism," in the infamous Zhdanov decree of 1948, Aram Khachaturian was, for most of his long career, one of the Soviet musical establishment's most prized representatives. Born into an Armenian family, in Tbilisi, in 1903, Khachaturian's musical identity formed slowly, and, although a tuba player in his school band and a self-taught pianist, he wanted to be a biologist, and did not study music formally until entering Moscow's Gnesin Music Academy (as a cellist) in 1922. His considerable musical talents soon manifested themselves, and by 1925 he was studying composition privately with Gnesin himself. In 1929, Khachaturian joined Miaskovsky's composition class at the Moscow Conservatory. Khachaturian graduated in 1934, and before the completion, in 1937, of his postgraduate studies, the successful premieres of such works as the Symphony No. 2 in A Minor "With a Bell" ... |
Files | Length | Size | Format | View | Description |
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1. Spartacus (B ... - Variation of Aegina.mp3 | 8:08 | 11.15Mb | MPEG Audio | mp3 | |
2. Spartacus (B ... Spartacus and Phrygia.mp3 | 9:52 | 13.53Mb | MPEG Audio | mp3 | |
3. Spartacus (B ... Aefina and Harmodius).mp3 | 7:32 | 10.33Mb | MPEG Audio | mp3 | |
4. Spartacus (B ... (The Rebels' Approach).mp3 | 6:52 | 9.429Mb | MPEG Audio | mp3 | |
5. Gayaneh (Ballet Highlights) - Lezghinka.mp3 | 2:39 | 3.649Mb | MPEG Audio | mp3 | |
6. Gayaneh (Ballet Highlights) - Lullaby.mp3 | 5:29 | 7.528Mb | MPEG Audio | mp3 | |
7. Gayaneh (Ballet Highlights) - Storm.mp3 | 5:02 | 6.912Mb | MPEG Audio | mp3 | |
8. Gayaneh (Ballet Highlights) - Sabre Dance.mp3 | 2:37 | 3.586Mb | MPEG Audio | mp3 | |
9. Gayaneh (Ballet Highlights) - Mountaineers.mp3 | 2:03 | 2.827Mb | MPEG Audio | mp3 | |
10. Gayaneh (Ballet Highlights) - Invention.mp3 | 4:40 | 6.405Mb | MPEG Audio | mp3 | |
Spartacus (Ballet Highlights) - Completo.wav | 32:15 | 325.5Mb | WAV audio | wav | |
Gayaneh (Ballet Highlights) - Completo.wav | 22:17 | 224.9Mb | WAV audio | wav |