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Yuri Levitin
12+ albums
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Yuri Abramovitch Levitin (Yuriy, Youri; Levitine) (Russian: Левитин, Юрий Абрамович) (born in Poltava 28 December [O.S. 15 December] 1912 – 26 July 1993 in Moscow) was a Ukrainian composer of classical music. In 1935 Levitin finished studies at Leningrad Conservatory. In 1937, Graduate study in piano. He finished conservatory with composition classes under Dmitri Shostakovich. Levitin worked as pianist in the Leningrad State stage and the Leningrad Philharmonic Society (1931-1941). After this he managed the musical portion of the theater in Tashkent (1941-1942). From 1942 he lived and worked in Moscow. His output includes four operas; seven cantatas; two symphonies; concertos for orchestra, and for solo instruments and orchestra including trumpet, clarinet, cello, oboe and horn; chamber- instrument ensembles, including about a dozen string quartets; many songs; and music for films. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Cello Sonata, Op. 49: II. Largo
132Cello Sonata, Op. 49: I. Allegro con fuoco
103Cello Sonata, Op. 49: III. Allegretto non troppo
9411 Variations on a Theme by Glinka: Var. 7
95Suite for cello and orchestra in D Minor
76Suite for Cello & Chamber Orchestra: II. Pastoral
67Suite for Cello & Chamber Orchestra: I. Introduction - Toccata
68Suite for Cello & Chamber Orchestra: IV. Scherzo
69Double Bass Sonata, Op. 58: II. Allegretto
510Suite for Cello & Chamber Orchestra: III. Intermezzo
5albums
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Mstislav Rostropovich - The 1967 Carnegie Hall Marathon
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Young Slava
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The 1967 Carnegie Hall Marathon
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Russian Settings of Robert Burns (feat. bass-baritone: Vassily Savenko, piano: Alexander Blok)
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Suite (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky, cello: Mstislav Rostropovich)
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Oboe Concerto (Moscow Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: Rudolf Barshai, oboe: Eugene Nepalo)
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Chamber Ensembles
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Die Nacht 22/05/11
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Cello Concertino (Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra feat. conductor: Kirill Kondrashin, cello: Mstislav Rostropovich)
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Vocal Recital: Savenko, Vassily - Sviridov, G. / Denisov, E. / Shostakovich, D. / Levitin, Y.A. / Khrennikov, T.
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Shostakovich and His Friends: Concertos for Cello & Orchestra
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Russian Cello Sonatas