Sadko's World of Music Aurora, New York

December 14, 2008

David Oĭstrakh, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor.Poème, no. [i.e. op.] 25 by Ernest Chausson, 1855-1899. RCA Victor, [1956]
Ken Moss, keyboard Aurora by Bela Bartok from 51 Easy Piano Pieces, BB.39 (1908)
The Academy of Choral Arts, Moscow The Dawn
Georgy Dmitriev, composer The Russian Primary Chronicle, Oratorio for soloists, chorus and chamber orchestra (text from the 11th-century chronicle)1.Prelude; 2.Whither the Russian land come to be...; 3.Interlude 1; 4.Oleg was named a sorcerer...; 5.Interlude 2; 6.That was like a dawn...; 7.Vladimir is an enlightened man, so are his sons and his land...; 8.Interlude 3; 9.An ancient host - Potovtsi hordes - overran the Russian Land; 10.Interlude 4; 11.Postlude A.Martynov, Tenor A.Safiulin, Bass Boys' Chorus of the Sveshnikov Moscow Choral School USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra G.Rozhdestvensky, Conductor
On the recommendation of Dmitry Shostakovich, Dmitriev entered the Moscow State Conservatory where he studied with Dmitry Kabalevsky. In the years following graduation in 1968, Dmitriev pursued a dual career as educator and composer, teaching at the Gnessin State Musical Pedagogical Institute and the central school of the Moscow Conservatory; his academic publications include a treatise on percussion instruments and a study of orchestration.
Dawn from Symphonic Pictures (1956) by Lazar Saryan Armenian Radio Symphony Orchestra R.Mangasaryan, Conductor
Roger Roger Jolly Bells from Holiday Freakin
Milton Delugg & the Little Eskimos Hooray for Santa Claus from Holiday Freakout
Cadence Chamber Duo Adagio by Albinoni
Santa Fly by Martin Mull from Holiday Freakout

Horse and Buggy and Song of the Bells from Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favorites by Leroy Anderson BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin Naxos
Aurora Duo The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, (arr. S. Rachmaninov for 2 pianos)