Miaskovsky, Nikolai

Miaskovsky, Nikolai – Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 28

 
(b. Fortress Modlin, Novogeorgievsk near Warsaw, 8/20 April 1881 – d. Moscow, 8 August 1950)

(1926-27)

I Andante sostenuto (p. 1) – Moderato malinconico (con moto) (p. 4) – Tenebroso (mosso) (p. 8) – Andante (p. 15) – Moderato come primo (p. 22) – Tenebroso (mosso) (p. 26) –
Moderato tranquillo (p. 28)
II Presto (p. 29) – Pochissimo meno presto (p. 34) – Poco maestoso (p. 66) –
Poco a poco accelerando (p. 67) – Tempo giusto (p. 68) –
Coda. Più mosso. Stretto al fine (p. 86) – Stringendo (p. 101)
III Lento molto (p. 105)
IV Allegro con grazia (p. 129) – Poco più sostenuto, abbandonamente (p. 144) ––
Moderato pesante (p. 148) – Tempo I (p. 154) – Poco più sostenuto, abbandonamente (p. 169) – Molto stretto (Allegro vivace) (p. 172) – Più mosso (sempre stretto) (p. 174) –
Presto (p. 176) – Molto fastoso (p. 179)

Preface
Alongside with his English contemporary Havergal Brian (1876-1972) Nikolai Myaskovsky went down in history as the most prolific great symphonist of the 20th century (Brian wrote 32 symphonies, some of his later contributions were quite short; Myaskovsky wrote 27 symphonies). In the Soviet Union Myaskovsky ranked among the most renowned composers, and in the Russia of today his music is still quite popular. During his lifetime he was internationally present with his symphonies, particularly in the USA, but today performances of his music outside his homeland have become rare.

Myaskovsky’s œuvre builds a bridge from Russian symphonic tradition in succession to Tchaikovsky and Sergey Taneyev into Soviet modernism of the Shostakovich era – a bridge that is unique in its substance, intensity, and manifoldness. This position found little understanding among Western critics and opinionists after World War II and went out of fashion. Apart from its indisputably paramount craftsmanship they refused his music as an anachronism whereas in the Soviet Union he was admired and regularly performed as a true grandmaster. …

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