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The Snowstorm Ix. Winter Road by Georgy Sviridov

Artist Biography For Georgy Sviridov

Georgy Sviridov Russian Георгий Васильевич Свиридов 1915-1998 Was A Classical Russian Composer Whose Career Coincided With The Soviet Era.
Among Sviridov's Most Popular Orchestral Pieces Are The Romance And The Waltz From His Snowstorm Musical Illustrations After Pushkin 1975 That Were Originally Written For The Eponymous 1964 TV Film Метель Based On The Short Story From Pushkin's "Belkin's Tales" Повести Белкина . A Short Segment From His Score For The 1967 Film Forward Time! Время Вперед! Was Selected As The Opening Theme For The Main Evening TV News Program Vremya Программа "Время" "Время" Means Time And Became The Staple Of Soviet Life For Several Generations. Poetry Always Occupied An Important Place In Sviridov's Artistic Universe. He Wrote Songs And Romances To The Lyrics Of Mikhail Lermontov 1938 1957 Alexander Blok 1941 William Shakespeare 1944 – 1960 Robert Burns In Russian Translation 1955 . Despite The Popularity Of Sviridov's Instrumental Works Both The Composer Himself And The Music Critics Regarded Vocal And Choral Music To Be His Main Strengths. Pathetic Oratorio 1959 After Vladimir Mayakovsky Has Been Called A Masterful Musical Rendering Of One Of The Most Popular Soviet Poets. Sviridov's Prolific Vocal Chamber And Vocal Symphonic Output Includes Oratorio To The Memory Of Sergei Yesenin 1956 Little Cantata Wooden Russia 1964 After Yesenin Cantata Songs Of Kursk 1964 Spring Cantata 1972 After Nikolai Nekrasov Songs Romances And Cantatas After Fyodor Tyutchev Sergei Yesenin Alexander Blok Boris Pasternak Alexander Prokofiev Robert Rozhdestvensky.
While Sviridov's Music Remains Little Known In The West His Works Received High Praise In His Homeland For Their Memorable Lyrical Melodies And National Flavor.

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