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Nikolai Karetnikov
12+ albums
soviet composersRussiacontemporary classicalClassical20th Century
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Karetnikov (Russian: Николáй Николáeвич Карéтников), (June 30, 1930, Moscow – October 10, 1994, Moscow) was a Russian composer of the so-called Underground – alternative or nonconformist group in Soviet music. Karetnikov studied at the Central Musical School (1942-1948) and the Moscow Conservatory (1948-1953) where his teachers were Vissarion Shebalin (composition), Ekaterina Nikolaeva (piano), Igor Sposobin and Viktor Tsukkerman (theory). He also studied privately with Philip Herschkowitz, a pupil of Berg and Webern. He was influenced by music of the New Viennese school and was a firm supporter of twelve-tone technique. His ballets Vanina Vannini and The Geologists were performed at the Bolshoi Theatre with choreography by Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev. However, the authorities found the music unacceptable. It was criticized, and then banned from the performances in the Soviet Union for decades. His Symphony No. 4 (1963) received its first performance in 1968 in Prague, just before the Soviet army invasion to suppress the Prague Spring. His third ballet Little Zaches Called Zinnober was performed at the Hanover Opera House (1971) in the composer's absence, because he was not given permission to travel abroad. His main activity at that time was writing incidental music for theatre, film and television. He continued to compose and publish his serious works in secrecy. He wrote two large scale operas Till Eulenspiegel (1965-1985) and The Myster
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Till Eulenspiegel, Act 1: Prologue. The Baptism of Till (Priest, Godfather, Klaas, Katlina)
1302Concert Piece For Piano
83Two Pieces For Piano
74Sonata for piano and violin
75God is with us
76Till Eulenspiegel, Act 1: The Birth of Philip and Katlina's Prediction (Philip II, Charles V, Empress, Katlina, Klaas)
77Till Eulenspiegel, Act 1: The Market (Voices, Crowd, Nele, Till, Market Monk, Fishmonger, Herald)
78Till Eulenspiegel, Act 1: The Gentlemen (Count of Egmont, Philip II, Count of Hoorn)
79Till Eulenspiegel, Act 1: The Departure from Damme (Nele, Till, Lamme)
610Symphony No. 4, Op. 17: I. Energico ma molto pesante
6albums
Karetnikov: Till Eulenspiegel
Karetnikov: Symphony No. 4, Op. 17 (Live)
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Chamber Music
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Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, Pt. 4 (Live)
The World of Pasternak (Live)
The World of Pasternak
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Мистерия апостола Павла
Anthology of piano music by Russian and Soviet Composers 4
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Karetnikov, Denisov, Korndorf: Chamber Symphonies
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Karetnikov: Chamber Music
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Karetnikov-Chamber Music
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String Quartet 3, 8 Sacred Chants, Monologue fo Viola & Chamber Orchestra