It's hard to imagine Russian composer Nikolai Roslavets in the mainstream of anything -- he of the sintetakkord, one of several formal composition techniques that emerged in Russia in the wake of Scriabin that was stamped out by the Soviet government circa 1930. An uncompromising voice in experimental music from about 1915 to 1927, Roslavets was censured by the Soviets, forbidden to practice in the musical theory that he himself developed; afterward, he is generally said to have written State-approved music of such bad ...
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It's hard to imagine Russian composer Nikolai Roslavets in the mainstream of anything -- he of the sintetakkord, one of several formal composition techniques that emerged in Russia in the wake of Scriabin that was stamped out by the Soviet government circa 1930. An uncompromising voice in experimental music from about 1915 to 1927, Roslavets was censured by the Soviets, forbidden to practice in the musical theory that he himself developed; afterward, he is generally said to have written State-approved music of such bad quality that it is not worth reviving. The main body of Roslavets' known work dates his experimental phase, and while the music is of excellent quality, it is a tough nut to crack for the uninitiated. Who would have suspected that Hyperion would locate and record an hour-long Chamber Symphony of Roslavets dating from 1934-1935 written in a mature, but accessible style? This is not to be confused with an unfinished torso of a Chamber Symphony that Roslavets produced in the mid-'20s...
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Add this copy of Roslavets: Chamber Symphony / in the Hours of the New to cart. $9.60, very good condition, Sold by BMC1701 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Norwalk, IA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Hyperion.
