Symphony No. 13 (Myaskovsky)

The Symphony No. 13 in B♭ minor, Op. 36 by Nikolai Myaskovsky was composed in 1933.

It is in one movement[1] in three sections[2]:

  1. Andante moderato
  2. Agitato molto e tenebroso
  3. Andante nostalgico

Its premiere was conducted by Leo Ginzburg. It received possibly its first performance in recent times on November 9 1994[3] in a BBC Radio 3 broadcast from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Tadaaki Otaka[1].
Its central section contains a fugato in B minor, and "peters out"[1] with quiet B♭ minor dissonant chords[4].

It is among Myaskovsky's more dissonant compositions[1].

The symphony lasts about 20 minutes in performance[5]. It was apparently not published until 1945.

Recordings

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Review of Olympia CD of Symphonies 3 and 13". March 2002. http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/Mar02/miask6olympia1.htm. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 
  2. ^ van Rijen, Onno. "Miaskovsky Opus List". http://home.wanadoo.nl/ovar/miasopus.htm. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 
  3. ^ "CADENSA search". http://cadensa.bl.uk/. Retrieved 4 January 2010. 
  4. ^ observation from score.
  5. ^ 20 minutes both in Svetlanov's recording and in Rozhdestvenskii's broadcast recording.
  6. ^ "Library Reference for Recording Dates". http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=4199348. Retrieved 4 January 2010.  The reference does not note that the other work on the CD, Symphony No. 3, was recorded several decades earlier by Svetlanov and not re-recorded for this cycle.

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