℗ ℗ 2019 Chandos
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Elvira Misbakhova, Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra, Evgeny Bushkov
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Concerto grosso, Op. 28 |
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I. Allegro Airat Ichmouratov; Airat Ichmouratov; Pavel Batsian; Elvira Misbakhova; Alexander Serdiukov; Igor Avdeyev; Roman Zhdanovich; Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra; Evgeny Bushkov |
7:11 | |||
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II. Adagio Airat Ichmouratov; Airat Ichmouratov; Pavel Batsian; Elvira Misbakhova; Alexander Serdiukov; Igor Avdeyev; Roman Zhdanovich; Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra; Evgeny Bushkov |
9:09 | |||
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III. Allegro con brio Airat Ichmouratov; Airat Ichmouratov; Pavel Batsian; Elvira Misbakhova; Alexander Serdiukov; Igor Avdeyev; Roman Zhdanovich; Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra; Evgeny Bushkov |
4:49 | |||
3 Romances, Op. 22 |
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No. 1, Moderato Airat Ichmouratov; Elvira Misbakhova; Oksana Sushkova; Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra; Evgeny Bushkov |
5:37 | |||
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No. 2, Adagio Airat Ichmouratov; Elvira Misbakhova; Oksana Sushkova; Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra; Evgeny Bushkov |
8:29 | |||
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No. 3, Largo Airat Ichmouratov; Elvira Misbakhova; Oksana Sushkova; Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra; Evgeny Bushkov |
7:03 | |||
String Octet in G Minor, Op. 56 "Letter" (Version for String Orchestra) |
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I. Largo Airat Ichmouratov; Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra; Evgeny Bushkov |
8:51 | |||
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II. Allegro Airat Ichmouratov; Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra; Evgeny Bushkov |
3:49 | |||
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III. Largo Airat Ichmouratov; Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra; Evgeny Bushkov |
4:35 | |||
Digital Booklet |
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Total Playing Time 59:33
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“…His [Ichmouratov] music is of considerable sophistication with lots of solo “voices” speaking out from the orchestral textures. Ideas ebb, flood and flow. This is a CD of three Ichmouratov’s orchestral works superbly recorded over sessions that spanned three days… “
- MusicWeb International
Montreal-based since 1998, Airat Ichmouratov (b. 1973) traces his musical roots back to the dominant culture in his native Tatarstan in Soviet times: 'It was definitely the Russian school of composers’, he says, without rancour. ‘I’m influenced to this day by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky. My own musical style has evolved out of this rich heritage.’ There’s more. The Volga Tatar-born Russian-Canadian composer learned to play klezmer music while busking, together with his viola-playing wife, as new immigrants on the streets and Métro of Montreal. ‘I’ve been touring the world for twenty years as a clarinettist with the Montreal band Kleztory and find myself, a Muslim-born musician, playing klezmer. This, too, is now a distinctive part of my musical language.’
- MusicWeb International
Montreal-based since 1998, Airat Ichmouratov (b. 1973) traces his musical roots back to the dominant culture in his native Tatarstan in Soviet times: 'It was definitely the Russian school of composers’, he says, without rancour. ‘I’m influenced to this day by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky. My own musical style has evolved out of this rich heritage.’ There’s more. The Volga Tatar-born Russian-Canadian composer learned to play klezmer music while busking, together with his viola-playing wife, as new immigrants on the streets and Métro of Montreal. ‘I’ve been touring the world for twenty years as a clarinettist with the Montreal band Kleztory and find myself, a Muslim-born musician, playing klezmer. This, too, is now a distinctive part of my musical language.’
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