Tamara, one of Balakirev's orchestra masterpiece inspired after a lyric of Lermontov is performed by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal under Kent Nagano.
Andante maestoso - 0:00 Poco a poco più animato - 3:59 Allegro moderato, ma agitato - 4:40 Poco animato - 5:34 Poco più animato - 5:48 Meno mosso (doppio movimento) - 6:33 Poco meno mosso. Allegretto quasi andantino - 7:25 Poco più mosso - 8:10 Più agitato - 8:53 Poco più animato - 9:18 Vivace (alla breve) - 9:54 Poco meno mosso, ma agitato - 10:55 L’istesso tempo - 13:31 Pochissimo meno mosso - 15:29 Poco a poco più animato - 15:43 Animato - 16:12 Poco più mosso - 16:30 Ancora poco più animato - 16:47 Meno mosso (doppio movimento) - 17:00 Andante (menno mosso. Tempo del comincio) - 17:35
A wonderful piece, and beautifully orchestrated. For me the performance seems a bit slow and missing the sweep that I hear in other performances, just my opinion. thank you!
Wonderful textural variety and colorful orchestration.Before this I'd only heard 'Islamey'. I recently learned his choral setting of 'The Angel Cried...' ; I hope his symphonies and concertos have similar questions qualities to this and his choral writing.
Thank you for the message. Balakirev's works are very interesting. The 1st symphony, the 2nd piano concerto and King Lear music are authentic masterworks. Karajan, Beecham and Svetlanov have recorded the 1st symphony in wonderful renditions. Unfortunately after Svetlanov's death also in Russia Balakirev's music is seldom performed. And this is a great pity.
