The title of ECM's release of works by three composers born in the former Soviet Union perfectly captures the mood of the CD -- it is truly mysterious. Although more than half a century separates the first of these pieces from the most recent, they share a sense of otherness that defies easy explanation. The pieces are not so much mysterious in ...
For many reasons, history accords Mikhail Glinka with the distinction as the composer from whom the Russian school of composition first springs, not the least being that the so-called "Mighty Handful" -- Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin -- readily acknowledged Glinka in this respect. However, the "Five" were not the only important composers ...
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