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  Prokofievan Recordings
Evgeny Mravinsky was born in St. Petersburg on 04-Jun-1903.
Mravinsky is most synonymous with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), which he conducted for the first time as a guest in the summer of 1931.
Mravinsky is considered by many to be the greatest conductor from the Soviet period.
www.prokofiev.org /prokofievans/prkfartist.cfm?atype=Conductors&aid=7   (394 words)

  
  EVGENY MRAVINSKY LIVE IN PRAGUE: Classical CD Reviews-April 2000 Music on the Web(UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
While Mravinsky is capable of subtlety his forte is in sheer cliff-edge excitement.
Mravinsky has his very flexible way with the flux and expansion of the music and gales and gusts his way through the tempest of the second movement.
Mravinsky did not forget the work and when the thaw came he returned to the work.
www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2000/apr00/mravinsky.htm   (964 words)

  
  Evgeny Mravinsky -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mravinsky (June 4, 1903 - January 19, 1988) was a (A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state) Russian (The person who leads a musical group) conductor.
He was born in (additional info and facts about St Petersburg) St Petersburg, and first studied (The science that studies living organisms) biology there before going to the Leningrad Conservatoire to study (An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner) music.
He died in (A city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia) Leningrad.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ev/evgeny_mravinsky.htm   (182 words)

  
 YouTube - Evgeny Mravinsky
Mravinsky thought that they can say anything by music, better that by the any word, because music influence highly to human's emotions.
Mravinsky remained the towering giant he always was, admired and even idolized by everyone, above all his orchestra, which eagerly picked up his every gesture...
Because Yevgeny Mravinsky spent most of his life behind Stalin's Iron Curtain, he was somewhat less known in Europe and America, compared to the other great 20th century conductors.
www.youtube.com /?v=l17A6vtttOg   (533 words)

  
 Mravinsky Great Conductors of the 20th Century [CC]: Classical CD Reviews- Jun 2003 MusicWeb(UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Evgeny Mravinsky was a remarkable man. His leadership of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra from 1938 to 1988, a full half-century, enabled him to build the ensemble into one of the great orchestras.
Mravinsky’s Haydn could hardly be expected to hail from the authenticist school, and so it is. The Allegro is serious and accurate, the Largo slow and notable primarily for a tremulous oboe.
The piece does not sound at all diffuse in Mravinsky’s hands (his Tchaikovsky is legendary) and the virtuoso excitement as the piece moves towards its climax is almost unbearable.
www.musicweb.uk.net /classrev/2003/July03/Mravinsky.htm   (788 words)

  
 YouTube - Shostakovich Symphony No5 II Mov, (Mravinsky)
YouTube - Shostakovich Symphony No5 II Mov, (Mravinsky)
This must be the closest you can get to Shostakovitch himself (since he didn´t conduct his own symphonies).
Was Mravinski present at the prémière of this symphony?
www.youtube.com /watch?v=uCTsAxr7BlU   (452 words)

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