Svetlanov, Evgeny
Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov (6 September 1928 – 3 May 2002) was a Russian conductor, composer, and pianist. Svetlanov was born in Moscow and studied conducting at the Moscow Conservatory. From 1955 he conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre, being appointed principal conductor there in 1962. From 1965 he was principal conductor of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra (now the Russian State Symphony Orchestra). In 1979 he was appointed principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. Svetlanov was also music director of the Residentie Orchestra (The Hague) from 1992 to 2000 and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 1999.
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Yevgeny Svetlanov: Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev
The great Yevgeny Svetlanov frequently conducted Debussy. His interpretation of Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune in the Philharmonia concert recorded here in 2001 has an almost operatically vocal style, coupled with spacious tempo. Svetlanov's conducting of Respighi’s orchestration of two of Rachmaninov’s Etudes-Tableaux, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in October 1999, is typically atmospheric in the first tableaux – La Mer et les Mouettes (The Sea and the Gulls) following Debussy’s La Mer, while the second, La Foire (The Fair) demonstrates the conductor’s wonderful ear for colour. Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes was composed for sextet in 1919 while in the USA, but was re-scored for orchestra in 1934. Svetlanov’s concert with the LSO from October 1979 is a rarity since his only recording dates back to an early Melodiya account.Buy | Stream | Download -
Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3 Album:BRAHMS Symphony No.3 DEBUSSY La Mer London Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 17 APRIL 1975 BONUS CHAUSSON Poème de l’amour et de la mer: La Mort de l’amour – Le Temps des lilas Janet Baker MEZZO-SOPRANO London Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 17 APRIL 1975Buy | Stream | Download -
Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3 Album:RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2 Philharmonia Orchestra/Svetlanov ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 15 MARCH 1993 - BERNSTEIN Candide Overture LSO/Svetlanov USHER HALL, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL, 28 AUGUST 1978Buy | Stream | Download -
Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3:RACHMANINOV The Bells Daniil Shtoda (TENOR) Elena Prokina (SOPRANO) Sergei Leiferkus (BARITONE) BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov BARBICAN, LONDON, 19 APRIL 2002 - PROKOFIEV Alexander Nevsky Alfreda Hodgson (MEZZO-SOPRANO) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 30 JANUARY 1988Buy | Stream | Download -
Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3 Album:SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.10 USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Svetlanov ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 21 AUGUST 1968 - TCHAIKOVSKY Snow Maiden Suite – Melodrama ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 22 AUGUST 1968 - RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Invisible City of Kitezh – Hymn to Nature – Tartar Invasion & Battle of Kerzhenets USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Svetlanov ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 30 AUGUST 1968Buy | Stream | Download -
Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3 Album:Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1 BBC Symphony Orchestra (Barbican, London, 19 April 2002) Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945 version) Philharmonia (Barbican, London, 5 June 1996)Buy | Stream | Download
Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov (6 September 1928 – 3 May 2002) was a Russian conductor, composer, and pianist. Svetlanov was born in Moscow and studied conducting at the Moscow Conservatory. From 1955 he conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre, being appointed principal conductor there in 1962. From 1965 he was principal conductor of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra (now the Russian State Symphony Orchestra). In 1979 he was appointed principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. Svetlanov was also music director of the Residentie Orchestra (The Hague) from 1992 to 2000 and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 1999.