Tchaikovsky’s “Little Russian” Symphony, Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy, & other Russian bangers
[Alexander Scriabin]
“The Poem of Ecstasy is the Joy of Liberated Action. The Cosmos, i.e., Spirit, is Eternal Creation without External Motivation, a Divine Play of Worlds. The Creative Spirit, i.e., the Universe at Play, is not conscious of the Absoluteness of its creativeness, having subordinated itself to a Finality and made creativity a means toward an end. The stronger the pulse beat of life and the more rapid the precipitation of rhythms, the more clearly the awareness comes to the Spirit that it is consubstantial with creativity itself. When the Spirit has attained the supreme culmination of its activity and has been torn away from the embraces of teleology and relativity, when it has exhausted completely its substance and its liberated active energy, the Time of Ecstasy shall arrive.”
Playlist
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Neeme Järvi & Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra, “Polovetsian Dances”
from Borodin: Orchestral Works
Deutsche Grammophon - 1992
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Dmitrii Khrychev, “Fantasie, Op. 7 (Version for Cello & Piano)”
from 19th Century Russian Cello Music
Naxos - 2019
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Eugene Ormandy, “Poème de l'extase”
from Eugene Ormandy conducts 20th Century Classics
RCA Red Seal - 1955
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Norman Luboff CHoir, “Tchaikovsky: Pater Noster”
from Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection 1954-1975
RCA - 2012
recorded 1961
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Antal Dorati & London Symphony Orchestra, “Symphony No. 2, I. Andante sostenuto, Allegro vivo”
from Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1,2, and 3
Mercury - 1997
recorded 1965
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Cassia Harvey & Tim Ribchester, “Tchaikovsky: Pezzo Capriccioso, op.62”
from The Russian Cello
Montag Records - 2016
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Yo-Yo Ma & Eugene Ormandy, “Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 107: II. Moderato; III. Cadenza; IV. Allegro con moto”
from Eugene Ormandy conducts 20th Century Classics
RCA Red Seal - 1955
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Neeme Järvi & Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra, “Notturno”
from Borodin: Orchestral Works
Deutsche Grammophon - 1992