While browsing through the Melodiya section of our CD collection I found Anatoly Lyadov’s Symphonic Works. The beautifully styled booklet case and cover art on this album caught my eye, the name Lyadov only vaguely ringing in the corner of my memory. I decided to refrain from searching for him on the internet and just listen.
Continue reading Vivid Images: Anatoly Lyadov – Symphonic WorksWe’ve recently acquired a truly fantastic collection of CDs here are at Hillside Harmonies. There is nothing mundane; very little ordinary Bach, Mozart, or Beethoven, for example; and plenty of composers that we’ve rarely (or never) encountered, which is quite something considering the amount of music that we’ve collectively heard.
We like to learn as we listen, so first on the listening pile was a CD of piano sonatas by the Soviet composer Galina Ustvolskaya. Continue reading Truth in Music: Galina Ustvolskaya – Piano Sonatas