Alla Pavlova: Sulamith (Ballet Suite): Monolog; Old New York Nostalgia (Suite)

Alla Pavlova (Composer), Rossen Milanov (Conductor), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Leonid Makarevich (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Leonid Makarevich
• Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Rossen Milanov
• Composer: Alla Pavlova
• Audio CD (February 21, 2006)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B000E0VNWU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #198,961 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars One great composer to get to know, November 24, 2007

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This review is from: Alla Pavlova: Sulamith (Ballet Suite): Monolog; Old New York Nostalgia (Suite) (Audio CD)

I became familiar with the music of composer Alla Pavlova just this fall, by way of the naxos recordings of her work. I tell you her music is really great. I can say so far that she is one of the greatest Russian composers of the early 21st century. Her music is in the romantic vein.

The monolog for violin and orchestra opens very slow in a contemplative and nostalgic mood that is carried in the entire work. In the monolog Pavlova does displays something that Russians composers are very well know to do really good, since the days of Glinka, set the mood for a slow

nostalgic movement. Some of the greatest adagios and slow movements in the history of music are from Russia. Violinist Yaroslav Krasnikov does a wonderful job on this work as he does in "Old New York Nostalgia" like the Monolog, "Old New York Nostalgia" opens on a slow contemplative note on the violin that is later taken by the solo trumpet of Gregory Pleskatch. Unlike the monolog, "Old New York Nostalgia" is in six movements.The second movement is called "Lazy Morning" in which one can

hear a rhythm section in the orchestra, also a slow movement but like the first one very interesting. The third movement of the work is "The Old New York Nostalgia" which opens with a trumpet statement and is soon answered by saxophones. The Lullaby of the twins is the composer's tribute to the victims of 9/11. The Broadway's Song can explain itself.

"Ferry to my Dream" is also a slow movement. Also in this recording is the Ballet Suite Sulamith, after a story by Alexander Kuprin. This recording is a great intro to the work of Pavlova, as any other of the naxos recording would be. The Moscow Philharmonic under Rossen Milanov did a terrific job.