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Alexander Krein
12+ albums
Russiarussian
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Alexander Krein (born 20 October 1883 in Nizhny Novgorod - died April 1951 in Staraya Ruza) was a Soviet composer of Jewish heritage. The Krein family was steeped in the klezmer tradition; his father Abram (who moved to Russia from Lithuania in 1870) was a noted violinist . All of the seven Krein brothers received their first musical training from him and became musicians; Alexander and Grigori made names for themselves as composers, David gained a strong reputation as a violinist. Of the three Krein family composers, Alexander, his brother Grigori, and Grigori's son Julian, it is Alexander who composed the most music and thus to whom the most attention has been paid. After decades of posthumous neglect, however, his very name seems to have disappeared from international reference books. In 1896, at the early age of 14, Alexander Krein entered the Moscow Conservatory where his studies included cello classes with Alexander von Glehn and composition lessons with Sergei Taneyev and Boleslav Yavorsky. His first works were published by Jürgenson in 1901. During the years immediately prior to the 1917 Revolution, he was on the faculty of the People's Conservatory in Moscow. In 1917, he was appointed as director of the artistic wing of the Muzo-Narkompros, the music section of a newly formed ministry of arts and aducation. Throughout the 1920s, Krein was widely regarded as the leader of a Jewish national school in Russia (which included his brother Grigori and his nephew Julian).
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Symphony No. 1, Op. 35: Lento. Allegro con fouco
1182Piano Sonata, Op. 34
733Jewish Sketches, Second Suite, Op. 13: Andante con moto
714Symphony No. 1, Op. 35: Lento. Molto appassionato
705Symphony No. 1, Op. 35: Allegro risoltu
586Little Poem, Op. 30, No. 2
577Jewish Sketches, Second Suite, Op. 13: Allegro non troppo
518Dance No. 4
499Ornaments, Op. 42: Andante
4910Ornaments, Op. 42: Andante. Dramatico
39albums
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…After Scriabin
After Scriabin
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Alexander Krein: Chamber Music, Vol. 5
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Jascha Heifetz - It Ain't Necessarily So. Legendary classic and jazz studio takes
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Le violon vagabond
The Krein Family: World Premiere Recordings
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Weber, Sains-Saëns, Klughardt & Krein: Chamber Music
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Heifetz, Jascha: Miniatures (1944-1946)
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Music, Russia & Chagall
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Jascha Heifetz Miniatures, Vol. 2 (1944-1948)
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Songs From The Ghetto
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The Heifetz Collection Vol.19 - 51 Miniatures (CD 1)