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Alexander Flyarkovsky: 2 Preludes

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2015 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays two Rachmaninov-tinged preludes by the very prolific Russian composer Alexander Flyarkovsky (1931-2014)
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The Russian composer Alexander Flyarkovsky (1931-2014) was born in Leningrad (St Petersburg). He studied at the Leningrad Choir School, and later at the Moscow Conservatory, where one of his classmates was Rodion Shchedrin. His prolific composing career was combined with politics: from 1970 to 1980, he was Deputy Minister of Culture for the Russian Federation, and from 1980 to 1990 was secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (presumably one of the last such). His remarkable output encompassed all genres (notably film music), and included some ten secular oratorios. I'm not sure when these preludes were written, but presume that they are not to be confused with his set of six preludes and fugues. Rachmaninov seems the main influence, but there is definitely some Soviet-era heroism reflected in the first one.

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Alexander Flyarkovsky: 2 Preludes

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