Symphony No. 13 (Myaskovsky)
Introduction The '''Symphony No. 13''' in B-flat minor, Op. 36 by Nikolai Myaskovsky was composed in 1933.It is in one movement in three sections:#Andante moderato#Agitato molto e tenebroso#Andante nostalgicoIts premiere was conducted by Leo Ginzburg. It received possibly its first performance in recent times on November 9, 1994 in a BBC Radio 3 broadcast from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Tadaaki Otaka.Its central section contains a fugato in B minor, and "peters out" with quiet B minor dissonant chords.It is among Myaskovsky's more dissonant compositions.The symphony lasts about 20 minutes in performance. It was apparently not published until 1945.
Recordings *Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian Academic Federation Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc, Melodiya, Olympia OCD 733, Warner) (recorded between 1991 and 1993)
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External links * (PD-CA only - public domain in the USA around 2040 or so, in the EU around 2026.)