Symphonic Evita - Royal PO, Ettore Stratta conductor

Teldec Records ( October 16, 1993 ), Genre: Rock & Pop

Teldec (USA) ( June 10, 1997 ), Genre: Classical

Full performer name: Ettore Stratta & The New World Ensemble.

KHACHATURIAN: Symphonic Highlights From Gayane, Spartacus, and Masquerade Aram Khachaturian was born in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, in 1903, anddied in Moscow in 1978. He came to the study of music quite late, onlygraduating from the Moscow Conservatoire in 1934. His music combines aromantic lyricism with exciting dance rhythms and colorful orchestration, and quickly established a worldwide reputation with his Piano Concerto andViolin Concerto. Like Shostakovich, he composed a great deal of film music, but his most popular works are undoubtedly the ballet scores, selections fromwhich are included on this recording.Yuri Simonov was born in Saratov. He studied at the LeningradConservatoire with Rabinovich, and assisted Mravinksy at the LeningradConservatoire conducting The Mermaid by Dargomizhsky. Following firstprize in the Saint Cecilia Conductors Competition in Rome in 1968, hewas invited to make his debut at the Bolshoi Opera (Aïda) in 1969 and wasalmost immediately appointed Chief Conductor: the youngest in history, and, with his appointment ending only in 1985, also the longest-serving. Inrecent years, Simonov has appeared with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romandeand the Warsaw National Philharmonic.