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Karl Eliasberg
12+ albums
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Karl Ilitch Eliasberg (Карл Ильич Элиасберг) (Minsk 10 June 1907 - Leningrad 12 Feb 1978) was a Soviet conductor. Eliasberg graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory as a violinist in 1929, and was conductor of the Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy from 1929 to 1931 before joining Leningrad Radio as conductor. The siege of Leningrad: Eliasberg was conductor of the Leningrad Radio Orchestra and only second conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic but played a part in one key event in society and culture in Saint Petersburg during the siege of Leningrad when Dmitri Shostakovich dedicated his Seventh Symphony to the city as the "Leningrad Symphony." The symphony had already been premiered in Kuibyshev on 5 March 1942 under Samuil Samosud, then performed in Moscow (29 March 1942), London (22 June 1942) and New York (19 July 1942). When Eliasberg was asked to conduct the Leningrad premiere only 15 members of the orchestra were still available; the others had either starved to death or left to fight the enemy. The concert was given on 9 August 1942 in the Lenigrad Bolshoy Philharmonic Hall under the baton of Eliasberg, the second conductor with any people who could be gathered from the main orchestra, the reserve orchestra and military bands, and was heard over the radio and lifted the spirits of the survivors. Eliasberg was recognised as a Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR 1944, but after the war Yevgeny Mravinsky returned and blocked Eliasberg's career in Leningrad so he became
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The Carnival of Animals
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 "Spring"
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Ballet Music
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Glazunov: Waltz In D, Spanish Serenade, March In E-Flat Major, Lyrical Poem, Fantasy For Symphony Orchestra
Balakirev: Eight Songs from the Album "30 Russian Folk Songs" - Lyadov: Kikimora
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Winter Classical Music
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Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals - Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas
Grieg: Symphonic Dances
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
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Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major
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Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Glazunov: Symphony No. 7, Ouverture Solennelle - Mussorgsky: Night on the Bold Mountain