Release Date: 28 August 2020
Label: Naxos - Nxp / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313413270
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Vasily Kalafati
Description
Greek by parentage, Vasily Kalafati settled permanently in St Petersburg where he counted Rimsky-Korsakov among his teachers, and later included Igor Stravinsky among a distinguished roll-call of his own students. Kalafati’s style incorporated elements of the Russian National School into traditional forms, as can be heard in the wide-ranging contrasts and Romantic lyricism of his only Symphony. The Polonaise has a celebratory character with exceptionally bright orchestration, while the ingenious Légende commemorates Schubert by transforming his themes into a colourful late-Romantic symphonic poem that earned Kalafati some well deserved
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