Boris Tishchenko Symphony No. 4 Op. 61 (1974)

Boris Ivanovich Tishchenko (1939-2010) Symphony No. 4 for large symphony orchestra & speaker Op. 61 (1974) On the text of Ivan Turgenev (Sinfonia di crudelta) I. Sinfonia di forza II. Sinfonia di rabbia (20:47) III. Sinfonia di tristezza (40:41) IV. Sinfonia di crudelta (59:41) V. Sinfonia di risorgimento e tenerezza (1:16:20) Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor & speaker Recorded on 17th November 1978 From the concert at the Grand Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic “Looking around, listening, and recollecting, I suddenly felt some secret unrest within my heart... I raised my eyes up to the sky - but there was no peace in the sky either ; it was star-specked, and all of it stirred, and moved, and shuddered...“ “The whisper of wind in my ears, soft purl of water behind the stern... A nightingale started singing on the shore and poisoned me with sweet toxic sounds. Tears were bo