Igor Markevitch
Igor Borisovich Markevitch (27 July 1912 – 7 March 1983) was a Russian composer and conductor who studied and worked in Paris and became a naturalized Italian and French citizen in 1947 and 1982 respectively. He was commissioned in 1929 for a piano concerto by impresario Serge Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes. Markevitch settled in Italy during World War II. After the war, he moved to Switzerland. He had an international conducting career from there. He was married twice and had three sons and two daughters.
Genre: orchestral-performance, historic-orchestral-performance, russian-modern-classical
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Top Tracks
- Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
- Symphony of Psalms: I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine
- Swan Lake, Ballet suite, Op. 20a, Dance of the swans
- Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. The Hut of Baba Yaga
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86
- Swan Lake, Ballet suite, Op. 20
- Night on Bald Mountain
- Cassation in G Major for Orchestra and Toys: 3. Finale
- Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36, TH 27: 1. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima - Moderato assai, quasi Andante - Allegro vivo
- Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191: II. Andante ma adagio
- Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191: I. Allegro - Cadenza: Edouard Flament
- Messe solennelle de Ste. Cécile: No. 3 Credo
- Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate of Kiev
- Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries
- Pictures at an Exhibition: II. The Old Castle
- Pictures at an Exhibition: I. The Gnome
- Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade I
- Scheherazade, Op. 35: IV. Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - The Shipwreck
- Romeo and Juliet, TH 42
- Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": II. Scene am Bach. Andante molto moto
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