Yevgeny Svetlanov

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Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov (September 6, 1928 - May 3, 2002) was a Russian conductor and composer. Svetlanov was born in Moscow and studied conducting at the conservatory there. From 1955 he conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre, being appointed principal conductor there in 1962. From 1965 he was principal conductor of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra (now the Russian State Symphony Orchestra). In 1979 he was appointed principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2000 Svetlanov was fired from his post with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra by Vladimir Putin’s minister of culture, Mikhail Shvydkoi. The reason given was that Svetlanov was spending too much time conducting abroad and not enough time in Moscow. [1] Svetlanov was particularly noted for his interpretations of Russian works - he covered the whole range of Russian music, from Mikhail Glinka to the present day. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Waltzes and Polonaises by Russian Composers

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Rachmaninov: The Bells - Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky

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Евгений Светланов: Вальсы и полонезы

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Music for a Romantic Evening

Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev (Live)

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ARSM I, Vol. 4. Dargomyzhsky, Rubinstein, Nápravník

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Piano Works, Vol. 6

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Glazunov: The Seasons

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Scriabin: Symphony No. 1

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Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev

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A Classic Christmas

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Six Pieces

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