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Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Die Komponistin und Musikwissenschaftlerin Alla nach der Erzählung des berühmten russischen Pawlowa erwarb 1983 an der Moskauer Gnessin- Schriftstellers Alexander Kuprin (1908). Es ist die sehr ALLA PAVLOVA The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1951 by Samuel Samosud. Outstanding musicians such as Musikschule ihren Magistergrad. Anschließend lebte sie dramatische und anrührende Liebesgeschichte von Nathan Rakhlin, Kyrill Kondrashin, Dmitry Kitaenko, Vassily Sinaisky and Mark Elmer were its chief bis 1986 in der bulgarischen Hauptstadt Sofia, wo sie für König Salomon und einem armen Mädchen namens conductors and directors at different periods. The orchestra also performed with all the best Soviet conductors den bulgarischen Komponistenverband und die Sulamith, einer Arbeiterin in seinem Weinberg, die die and many famous guest conductors, Lorin Maazel, Charles Munch, Igor Markevitch, Kurt Sanderling, Igor bulgarische Nationaloper arbeitete. Von 1986 bis 1999 einzige Liebe seines Lebens war. Das Libretto enthält Sulamith Stravinsky, Zubin Mehta and others. There have also been collaborations with such great musicians as Isaac arbeitete sie in Moskau für den Vorstand der russischen auch assyrische und ägyptische Szenen, und alle Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Artur Rubinstein, Glenn Gould, Maurizio Pollini, David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Musikgesellschaft. Seit 1990 lebt sie in New York (sie dargestellten Ereignisse haben eine historische (Ballet Suite) Emil Gilels, Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya, Victor Tretyakov, Yuri Bashmet, Nikolay Petrov, ist Mitglied der dortigen Komponistinnengesellschaft). Grundlage – einschließlich der großen Mysterien von Vladimir Krainev and many, many others. The orchestra has toured in more than fifty countries and has made Alla Pawlowa hat eine Reihe von Orchesterwerken Isis und Osiris. Die musikalische Sprache verwendet Monolog • Old New York Nostalgia (Suite) more than three hundred recordings, many of them honoured with the most coveted prizes. In 1998 People’s geschrieben, darunter vier Symphonien sowie andere kein folkloristisches Material. Die vorliegende Kurz- Artist of Russia Yuri Simonov became the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic Instrumental- und Vokalwerke, die in den USA, Europa fassung der Suite enthält die Introduction und einen Orchestra. und Kanada aufgeführt wurden. Ritual Dance für den Sonnengott Ra, mit dem das Fest Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra • Rossen Milanov Die Skizze zu Monolog entstand am 4. Oktober zu Ende geht, das König Salomon in seinem Palast 2002, die Partitur wurde während der nächsten zwei anlässlich der Ankunft der assyrischen Gesandten Rossen Milanov oder drei Tage abgeschlossen. Einige meiner stärksten veranstaltet. Dieser rituelle Tanz wird von Königin Kindheitserinnerungen verbinden sich mit meinem Astis, der Ehefrau König Salomons und Tochter des Rossen Milanov is Associate Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and, in his native city of Sofia, Chief Vater. Er spielte gerne Geige. Er war kein Pharaos von Ägypten, und den Priesterinnen des Ra Conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra. Additionally he is Music Director of both the Haddonfield Berufsmusiker, doch die Musik war für ihn die dargeboten. Wenn der Tanz endet, geht die Sonne auf, Symphony in New Jersey and the New Symphony Orchestra in Bulgaria. With the Philadelphia Orchestra his kostbarste Sache im Universum. Monolog ist mehrfach und die Gäste bestaunen Astis’ magische Fähigkeiten. concert highlights have included the closing concert of the orchestra’s Mann Concert Music Season with in New York aufgeführt worden. Der dritte Satz ist das Duet of King Solomon and Queen Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 1 and No. 9 in summer 2005, as well as the world première of Nicholas Maw’s Die Suite für Streichorchester, Schlagzeug, Astis in den Gemächern des Königs. Astis ist verzweifelt English Horn Concerto. In Bulgaria he continues his Mahler Symphony Cycle which is a multi-season project. Altsaxophon, Tenorsaxophon und Trompete Old New und bittet Salomon, der sie nicht mehr liebt, ihre Liebe He has recently made his subscription début with the Indianapolis Symphony, to which he was immediately re- York Nostalgia entstand 1994/95 als Klavierstück und zu erwidern. Darauf folgt die Night in Sulamith’s room, invited, and has scheduled appearances with the Honolulu Symphony and Syracuse Symphony Orchestras, in wurde im März 1996 in der Weill Recital Hall der das ekstatische Liebesduett von Salomon und Sulamith addition to engagements with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague Carnegie Hall uraufgeführt. Seither wurde die Suite während ihrer zweiten Begegnung. Der fünfte Satz ist In in the Netherlands. Rossen Milanov has conducted concerts and tours with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, viele Male in den USA sowie in Russland, Bulgarien the Temple of Isis vor dem Beginn der Großen Baltimore Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Duluth- und Kanada gespielt. Die erste Orchesterfassung aus Mysterien, die Osiris und Isis geweiht sind. Königin Superior Symphony, Juilliard Opera Center, and Curtis Opera Theater. He was Music Director of the Chicago dem Jahre 1998 wurde 1999 zusammen mit der zweiten Astis überredet Eliab, den Anführer von König Youth Symphony from 1997 to 2001, and has participated in summer festivals including Tanglewood and the Symphonie und der Elegie für Klavier und Streich- Salomons Leibwache, der sie liebt, Salomon und Interlochen Arts Festival. As Music Director of Eastern Europe’s first privately funded orchestra, the New orchester aufgenommen. Die vorliegende Orchestration Sulamith zu töten. Als Lohn verspricht sie ihm ihre Symphony, his work has included commissions and premières of new works, the introduction of American music entstand im Herbst 2002, zur Zeit, als ich die Partitur Liebe und den Thron Salomons. In King Solomon’s to Bulgarian audiences, a cycle of Brahms’s complete symphonies and concertos, a production of Wagner’s meiner vierten Symphonie vollendete. Zum Gedächtnis chambers bringt das letzte Liebesduett von Salomon und Flying Dutchman, Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death with the legendary Bulgarian bass Nicolai an den 11. September erweiterte ich das Stück um den Sulamith, die stirbt, um Salomons Leben zu retten. Ghiaurov, and several recordings. Rossen Milanov was a Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship student at the Satz Lullaby for the Twins (Wiegenlied für die Juilliard School, and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, Duquesne University, and the Bulgarian National Zwillingstürme). Academy of Music, his teachers including Otto-Werner Mueller, Robin Fountain, and Vassil Kazandjiev. He Die 2003/04 entstandene Suite Sulamith enthält Alla Pavlova founded the Sofia-Mt Vitosha International Conducting Institute, a summer festival dedicated to the training of Ausschnitte aus dem gleichnamigen Ballett Sulamith Deutsche Fassung: Cris Posslac young aspiring conductors, and also received the Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Bulgarian Culture.

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Alla Pavlova (b. 1952) Yaroslav Krasnikov 1 1 Monolog for violin and string orchestra 6:12 Sulamith Ballet Suite • Monolog • Old New York Nostalgia Yaroslav Krasnikov received his Master’s Degree at the Moscow State Conservatory. From 1983 to 1990 he Old New York Nostalgia (Suite, rev. 2002) 2 22:11 Alla Pavlova is a in the fall of 2002, at the time of the completion of the worked as concertmaster of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Capella, and as first violin of the Liceum 2 From my Mom’s Photo Album 3:26 composer and musi- score of my Fourth Symphony. I included two new Quartet. For the BBC he recorded as soloist Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and concertos by Bach, Mozart, and Brahms. 3 Lazy Morning 3:34 cologist. In 1983 she movements: From My Mom’s Photo Album and Lullaby From 1991 to 1996 he was concertmaster and soloist of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orcherstra. Since the mid- 4 The Old New York Nostalgia 4:04 received her Master’s for the Twins, dedicated to the victims of 9/11. 1990s he has been the leading soloist of the Concertino Chamber Ensemble of the Moscow State Philharmonic 5 Lullaby for the Twins 3:34 Degree at the Gnesin The suite Sulamith, written in 2003 and 2004, Society. He has appeared as soloist and concertmaster at the Gilikon Opera Theatre, at the Bolshoy Theatre and 6 The Broadway’s Song 2:32 Academy of Music in consists of excerpts from the ballet Sulamith, based on as a member of a chamber orchestra he has participated in music festivals and toured many countries, including 7 The Ferry to my Dream 5:00 Moscow. From 1983 to the story by the famous Russian writer Alexandre the United States, Spain, France, Japan, Poland, Egypt, and the Republic of Korea. He has recorded twelve CDs. 1986 she lived in Kuprin (1908). It is a very dramatic and touching love- Sulamith Ballet Suite 3 45:34 the Bulgarian capital story between King Solomon and a poor girl, Sulamith, 8 I Introduction 7:59 Sofia,where she worked a servant from his vineyard, and the only love of his life. Leonid Makarevich 9 II Ritual Dance 5:19 for the Union of The libretto also includes Assyrian and Egyptian scenes, 0 III Duet of King Solomon and Queen Astis 5:47 Bulgarian Composers and all the events described have a historical basis, The critically acclaimed pianist Leonid Makarevich received his Master’s Degree at the Moscow State ! IV Night in Sulamith’s Room 7:56 and the Bulgarian including the Great Mysteries of Isis and Osiris. The Conservatory. He serves as a soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, in addition to his teaching @ V In the Temple of Isis 6:09 National Opera. From musical language makes no use of folk-material. The commitments. # VI In King Solomon’s Chambers 12:24 1986 to 1989 she was in present short version of the suite contains the Moscow, working for the Russian Musical Society Introduction and a Ritual Dance to the Sun-God Ra, Board. Since 1990 she has lived in New York, where she concluding the feast at King Solomon’s palace on the Aleksey Volkov Yaroslav Krasnikov, Violin 1, 2, 3 is a member of New York Women Composers, Inc. Alla occasion of the arrival of the Assyrian envoys. The Pavlova has written a number of compositions for dance is performed by Queen Astis, who is King The saxophonist Aleksey Volkov is an Honoured Artist of Russia and soloist of the Bolshoy Theatre Orchestra 2 2 Leonid Makarevich, Piano • Andrey Chernishov, Percussion orchestra, including five symphonies, as well as other Solomon’s wife and a daughter of the Pharaoh of Egypt, and Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also a professor of the Moscow State Ippolitov-Ivanov Music Aleksey Volkov & Michail Poroshin, Saxophones 2 instrumental and vocal works that have been performed and the priestesses who serve the cult of Ra. At the end Institute. He has given the first performances of many new works by outstanding Russian composers such as Georgy Pleskatch, Trumpet 2 in the United States, Europe, and Canada. of the dance the sun is rising, and the guests are Denisov, Gubaidulina and Eshpai. He performs on this recording with his former pupil Michail Poroshin Artiom Grinko, Trumpet 3 The draft of Monolog was made on 4th October, astonished by the magic of Astis. The third movement is 2002, and the score was completed during the next two the Duet of King Solomon and Queen Astis, in the King’s or three days. Some of the most powerful memories of chambers. Astis, in desperation, begs Solomon, who no Georgy Pleskatch and Artiom Grinco Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra • Rossen Milanov my childhood are connected with my father. He loved to longer loves her, for her love to be returned. This is play the violin. He was not a professional musician but followed by Night in Sulamith’s room, a love duet Georgy Pleskatch, trumpet in Old New York Nostalgia, and Artiom Grinco, trumpet in Sulamith, both received for him music was the most precious thing in the between Solomon and Sulamith on the occasion of their their Master’s Degrees at Moscow State Conservatory and are soloists of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. universe. Monolog has received several performances in second meeting, and the ecstasy of their love. The fifth New York. movement is In the Temple of Isis, which comes before Old New York Nostalgia, a suite for string orchestra, the beginning of the second part of the Great Mysteries Andrey Chernishov percussion, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and dedicated to Osiris and Isis. Queen Astis persuades trumpet, was written first for piano solo in 1994-1995 Eliab, Head of King Solomon’s bodyguards, who is in The percussionist Andrey Chernishov received his Master’s Degree at Moscow State Conservatory. He has and first performed in March 1996 at the Weill Recital love with her, to kill Solomon and Sulamith, promising worked in different orchestras with many outstanding Russian conductors including Svetlanov, Kitaenko, and Hall (Carnegie Hall). Since then the suite has been him her love and Solomon’s throne. In King Solomon’s Rozhdestvensky. He is a member of the Russian Cinema Symphony Orchestra. performed many times in the United States, and abroad Chambers brings the final love duet of Solomon and in Russia, Bulgaria and Canada. The first version of the Sulamith, who dies to save Solomon’s life. orchestration was made in 1998 and recorded in 1999, together with the Second Symphony and Elegy for piano Alla Pavlova and string orchestra. The present orchestration was made 8.557674 2 3 8.557674 4 8.557674 557674bk Pav new temp 17/1/06 8:55 pm Page 2

Alla Pavlova (b. 1952) Yaroslav Krasnikov 1 1 Monolog for violin and string orchestra 6:12 Sulamith Ballet Suite • Monolog • Old New York Nostalgia Yaroslav Krasnikov received his Master’s Degree at the Moscow State Conservatory. From 1983 to 1990 he Old New York Nostalgia (Suite, rev. 2002) 2 22:11 Alla Pavlova is a in the fall of 2002, at the time of the completion of the worked as concertmaster of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Capella, and as first violin of the Liceum 2 From my Mom’s Photo Album 3:26 composer and musi- score of my Fourth Symphony. I included two new Quartet. For the BBC he recorded as soloist Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and concertos by Bach, Mozart, and Brahms. 3 Lazy Morning 3:34 cologist. In 1983 she movements: From My Mom’s Photo Album and Lullaby From 1991 to 1996 he was concertmaster and soloist of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orcherstra. Since the mid- 4 The Old New York Nostalgia 4:04 received her Master’s for the Twins, dedicated to the victims of 9/11. 1990s he has been the leading soloist of the Concertino Chamber Ensemble of the Moscow State Philharmonic 5 Lullaby for the Twins 3:34 Degree at the Gnesin The suite Sulamith, written in 2003 and 2004, Society. He has appeared as soloist and concertmaster at the Gilikon Opera Theatre, at the Bolshoy Theatre and 6 The Broadway’s Song 2:32 Academy of Music in consists of excerpts from the ballet Sulamith, based on as a member of a chamber orchestra he has participated in music festivals and toured many countries, including 7 The Ferry to my Dream 5:00 Moscow. From 1983 to the story by the famous Russian writer Alexandre the United States, Spain, France, Japan, Poland, Egypt, and the Republic of Korea. He has recorded twelve CDs. 1986 she lived in Kuprin (1908). It is a very dramatic and touching love- Sulamith Ballet Suite 3 45:34 the Bulgarian capital story between King Solomon and a poor girl, Sulamith, 8 I Introduction 7:59 Sofia,where she worked a servant from his vineyard, and the only love of his life. Leonid Makarevich 9 II Ritual Dance 5:19 for the Union of The libretto also includes Assyrian and Egyptian scenes, 0 III Duet of King Solomon and Queen Astis 5:47 Bulgarian Composers and all the events described have a historical basis, The critically acclaimed pianist Leonid Makarevich received his Master’s Degree at the Moscow State ! IV Night in Sulamith’s Room 7:56 and the Bulgarian including the Great Mysteries of Isis and Osiris. The Conservatory. He serves as a soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, in addition to his teaching @ V In the Temple of Isis 6:09 National Opera. From musical language makes no use of folk-material. The commitments. # VI In King Solomon’s Chambers 12:24 1986 to 1989 she was in present short version of the suite contains the Moscow, working for the Russian Musical Society Introduction and a Ritual Dance to the Sun-God Ra, Board. Since 1990 she has lived in New York, where she concluding the feast at King Solomon’s palace on the Aleksey Volkov Yaroslav Krasnikov, Violin 1, 2, 3 is a member of New York Women Composers, Inc. Alla occasion of the arrival of the Assyrian envoys. The Pavlova has written a number of compositions for dance is performed by Queen Astis, who is King The saxophonist Aleksey Volkov is an Honoured Artist of Russia and soloist of the Bolshoy Theatre Orchestra 2 2 Leonid Makarevich, Piano • Andrey Chernishov, Percussion orchestra, including five symphonies, as well as other Solomon’s wife and a daughter of the Pharaoh of Egypt, and Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also a professor of the Moscow State Ippolitov-Ivanov Music Aleksey Volkov & Michail Poroshin, Saxophones 2 instrumental and vocal works that have been performed and the priestesses who serve the cult of Ra. At the end Institute. He has given the first performances of many new works by outstanding Russian composers such as Georgy Pleskatch, Trumpet 2 in the United States, Europe, and Canada. of the dance the sun is rising, and the guests are Denisov, Gubaidulina and Eshpai. He performs on this recording with his former pupil Michail Poroshin Artiom Grinko, Trumpet 3 The draft of Monolog was made on 4th October, astonished by the magic of Astis. The third movement is 2002, and the score was completed during the next two the Duet of King Solomon and Queen Astis, in the King’s or three days. Some of the most powerful memories of chambers. Astis, in desperation, begs Solomon, who no Georgy Pleskatch and Artiom Grinco Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra • Rossen Milanov my childhood are connected with my father. He loved to longer loves her, for her love to be returned. This is play the violin. He was not a professional musician but followed by Night in Sulamith’s room, a love duet Georgy Pleskatch, trumpet in Old New York Nostalgia, and Artiom Grinco, trumpet in Sulamith, both received for him music was the most precious thing in the between Solomon and Sulamith on the occasion of their their Master’s Degrees at Moscow State Conservatory and are soloists of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. universe. Monolog has received several performances in second meeting, and the ecstasy of their love. The fifth New York. movement is In the Temple of Isis, which comes before Old New York Nostalgia, a suite for string orchestra, the beginning of the second part of the Great Mysteries Andrey Chernishov percussion, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and dedicated to Osiris and Isis. Queen Astis persuades trumpet, was written first for piano solo in 1994-1995 Eliab, Head of King Solomon’s bodyguards, who is in The percussionist Andrey Chernishov received his Master’s Degree at Moscow State Conservatory. He has and first performed in March 1996 at the Weill Recital love with her, to kill Solomon and Sulamith, promising worked in different orchestras with many outstanding Russian conductors including Svetlanov, Kitaenko, and Hall (Carnegie Hall). Since then the suite has been him her love and Solomon’s throne. In King Solomon’s Rozhdestvensky. He is a member of the Russian Cinema Symphony Orchestra. performed many times in the United States, and abroad Chambers brings the final love duet of Solomon and in Russia, Bulgaria and Canada. The first version of the Sulamith, who dies to save Solomon’s life. orchestration was made in 1998 and recorded in 1999, together with the Second Symphony and Elegy for piano Alla Pavlova and string orchestra. The present orchestration was made 8.557674 2 3 8.557674 4 8.557674 557674bk Pav new temp 17/1/06 8:55 pm Page 2

Alla Pavlova (b. 1952) Yaroslav Krasnikov 1 1 Monolog for violin and string orchestra 6:12 Sulamith Ballet Suite • Monolog • Old New York Nostalgia Yaroslav Krasnikov received his Master’s Degree at the Moscow State Conservatory. From 1983 to 1990 he Old New York Nostalgia (Suite, rev. 2002) 2 22:11 Alla Pavlova is a in the fall of 2002, at the time of the completion of the worked as concertmaster of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Capella, and as first violin of the Liceum 2 From my Mom’s Photo Album 3:26 composer and musi- score of my Fourth Symphony. I included two new Quartet. For the BBC he recorded as soloist Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and concertos by Bach, Mozart, and Brahms. 3 Lazy Morning 3:34 cologist. In 1983 she movements: From My Mom’s Photo Album and Lullaby From 1991 to 1996 he was concertmaster and soloist of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orcherstra. Since the mid- 4 The Old New York Nostalgia 4:04 received her Master’s for the Twins, dedicated to the victims of 9/11. 1990s he has been the leading soloist of the Concertino Chamber Ensemble of the Moscow State Philharmonic 5 Lullaby for the Twins 3:34 Degree at the Gnesin The suite Sulamith, written in 2003 and 2004, Society. He has appeared as soloist and concertmaster at the Gilikon Opera Theatre, at the Bolshoy Theatre and 6 The Broadway’s Song 2:32 Academy of Music in consists of excerpts from the ballet Sulamith, based on as a member of a chamber orchestra he has participated in music festivals and toured many countries, including 7 The Ferry to my Dream 5:00 Moscow. From 1983 to the story by the famous Russian writer Alexandre the United States, Spain, France, Japan, Poland, Egypt, and the Republic of Korea. He has recorded twelve CDs. 1986 she lived in Kuprin (1908). It is a very dramatic and touching love- Sulamith Ballet Suite 3 45:34 the Bulgarian capital story between King Solomon and a poor girl, Sulamith, 8 I Introduction 7:59 Sofia,where she worked a servant from his vineyard, and the only love of his life. Leonid Makarevich 9 II Ritual Dance 5:19 for the Union of The libretto also includes Assyrian and Egyptian scenes, 0 III Duet of King Solomon and Queen Astis 5:47 Bulgarian Composers and all the events described have a historical basis, The critically acclaimed pianist Leonid Makarevich received his Master’s Degree at the Moscow State ! IV Night in Sulamith’s Room 7:56 and the Bulgarian including the Great Mysteries of Isis and Osiris. The Conservatory. He serves as a soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, in addition to his teaching @ V In the Temple of Isis 6:09 National Opera. From musical language makes no use of folk-material. The commitments. # VI In King Solomon’s Chambers 12:24 1986 to 1989 she was in present short version of the suite contains the Moscow, working for the Russian Musical Society Introduction and a Ritual Dance to the Sun-God Ra, Board. Since 1990 she has lived in New York, where she concluding the feast at King Solomon’s palace on the Aleksey Volkov Yaroslav Krasnikov, Violin 1, 2, 3 is a member of New York Women Composers, Inc. Alla occasion of the arrival of the Assyrian envoys. The Pavlova has written a number of compositions for dance is performed by Queen Astis, who is King The saxophonist Aleksey Volkov is an Honoured Artist of Russia and soloist of the Bolshoy Theatre Orchestra 2 2 Leonid Makarevich, Piano • Andrey Chernishov, Percussion orchestra, including five symphonies, as well as other Solomon’s wife and a daughter of the Pharaoh of Egypt, and Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also a professor of the Moscow State Ippolitov-Ivanov Music Aleksey Volkov & Michail Poroshin, Saxophones 2 instrumental and vocal works that have been performed and the priestesses who serve the cult of Ra. At the end Institute. He has given the first performances of many new works by outstanding Russian composers such as Georgy Pleskatch, Trumpet 2 in the United States, Europe, and Canada. of the dance the sun is rising, and the guests are Denisov, Gubaidulina and Eshpai. He performs on this recording with his former pupil Michail Poroshin Artiom Grinko, Trumpet 3 The draft of Monolog was made on 4th October, astonished by the magic of Astis. The third movement is 2002, and the score was completed during the next two the Duet of King Solomon and Queen Astis, in the King’s or three days. Some of the most powerful memories of chambers. Astis, in desperation, begs Solomon, who no Georgy Pleskatch and Artiom Grinco Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra • Rossen Milanov my childhood are connected with my father. He loved to longer loves her, for her love to be returned. This is play the violin. He was not a professional musician but followed by Night in Sulamith’s room, a love duet Georgy Pleskatch, trumpet in Old New York Nostalgia, and Artiom Grinco, trumpet in Sulamith, both received for him music was the most precious thing in the between Solomon and Sulamith on the occasion of their their Master’s Degrees at Moscow State Conservatory and are soloists of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. universe. Monolog has received several performances in second meeting, and the ecstasy of their love. The fifth New York. movement is In the Temple of Isis, which comes before Old New York Nostalgia, a suite for string orchestra, the beginning of the second part of the Great Mysteries Andrey Chernishov percussion, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and dedicated to Osiris and Isis. Queen Astis persuades trumpet, was written first for piano solo in 1994-1995 Eliab, Head of King Solomon’s bodyguards, who is in The percussionist Andrey Chernishov received his Master’s Degree at Moscow State Conservatory. He has and first performed in March 1996 at the Weill Recital love with her, to kill Solomon and Sulamith, promising worked in different orchestras with many outstanding Russian conductors including Svetlanov, Kitaenko, and Hall (Carnegie Hall). Since then the suite has been him her love and Solomon’s throne. In King Solomon’s Rozhdestvensky. He is a member of the Russian Cinema Symphony Orchestra. performed many times in the United States, and abroad Chambers brings the final love duet of Solomon and in Russia, Bulgaria and Canada. The first version of the Sulamith, who dies to save Solomon’s life. orchestration was made in 1998 and recorded in 1999, together with the Second Symphony and Elegy for piano Alla Pavlova and string orchestra. The present orchestration was made 8.557674 2 3 8.557674 4 8.557674 557674bk Pav new temp 17/1/06 8:55 pm Page 1

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Die Komponistin und Musikwissenschaftlerin Alla nach der Erzählung des berühmten russischen Pawlowa erwarb 1983 an der Moskauer Gnessin- Schriftstellers Alexander Kuprin (1908). Es ist die sehr ALLA PAVLOVA The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1951 by Samuel Samosud. Outstanding musicians such as Musikschule ihren Magistergrad. Anschließend lebte sie dramatische und anrührende Liebesgeschichte von Nathan Rakhlin, Kyrill Kondrashin, Dmitry Kitaenko, Vassily Sinaisky and Mark Elmer were its chief bis 1986 in der bulgarischen Hauptstadt Sofia, wo sie für König Salomon und einem armen Mädchen namens conductors and directors at different periods. The orchestra also performed with all the best Soviet conductors den bulgarischen Komponistenverband und die Sulamith, einer Arbeiterin in seinem Weinberg, die die and many famous guest conductors, Lorin Maazel, Charles Munch, Igor Markevitch, Kurt Sanderling, Igor bulgarische Nationaloper arbeitete. Von 1986 bis 1999 einzige Liebe seines Lebens war. Das Libretto enthält Sulamith Stravinsky, Zubin Mehta and others. There have also been collaborations with such great musicians as Isaac arbeitete sie in Moskau für den Vorstand der russischen auch assyrische und ägyptische Szenen, und alle Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Artur Rubinstein, Glenn Gould, Maurizio Pollini, David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Musikgesellschaft. Seit 1990 lebt sie in New York (sie dargestellten Ereignisse haben eine historische (Ballet Suite) Emil Gilels, Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya, Victor Tretyakov, Yuri Bashmet, Nikolay Petrov, ist Mitglied der dortigen Komponistinnengesellschaft). Grundlage – einschließlich der großen Mysterien von Vladimir Krainev and many, many others. The orchestra has toured in more than fifty countries and has made Alla Pawlowa hat eine Reihe von Orchesterwerken Isis und Osiris. Die musikalische Sprache verwendet Monolog • Old New York Nostalgia (Suite) more than three hundred recordings, many of them honoured with the most coveted prizes. In 1998 People’s geschrieben, darunter vier Symphonien sowie andere kein folkloristisches Material. Die vorliegende Kurz- Artist of Russia Yuri Simonov became the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic Instrumental- und Vokalwerke, die in den USA, Europa fassung der Suite enthält die Introduction und einen Orchestra. und Kanada aufgeführt wurden. Ritual Dance für den Sonnengott Ra, mit dem das Fest Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra • Rossen Milanov Die Skizze zu Monolog entstand am 4. Oktober zu Ende geht, das König Salomon in seinem Palast 2002, die Partitur wurde während der nächsten zwei anlässlich der Ankunft der assyrischen Gesandten Rossen Milanov oder drei Tage abgeschlossen. Einige meiner stärksten veranstaltet. Dieser rituelle Tanz wird von Königin Kindheitserinnerungen verbinden sich mit meinem Astis, der Ehefrau König Salomons und Tochter des Rossen Milanov is Associate Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and, in his native city of Sofia, Chief Vater. Er spielte gerne Geige. Er war kein Pharaos von Ägypten, und den Priesterinnen des Ra Conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra. Additionally he is Music Director of both the Haddonfield Berufsmusiker, doch die Musik war für ihn die dargeboten. Wenn der Tanz endet, geht die Sonne auf, Symphony in New Jersey and the New Symphony Orchestra in Bulgaria. With the Philadelphia Orchestra his kostbarste Sache im Universum. Monolog ist mehrfach und die Gäste bestaunen Astis’ magische Fähigkeiten. concert highlights have included the closing concert of the orchestra’s Mann Concert Music Season with in New York aufgeführt worden. Der dritte Satz ist das Duet of King Solomon and Queen Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 1 and No. 9 in summer 2005, as well as the world première of Nicholas Maw’s Die Suite für Streichorchester, Schlagzeug, Astis in den Gemächern des Königs. Astis ist verzweifelt English Horn Concerto. In Bulgaria he continues his Mahler Symphony Cycle which is a multi-season project. Altsaxophon, Tenorsaxophon und Trompete Old New und bittet Salomon, der sie nicht mehr liebt, ihre Liebe He has recently made his subscription début with the Indianapolis Symphony, to which he was immediately re- York Nostalgia entstand 1994/95 als Klavierstück und zu erwidern. Darauf folgt die Night in Sulamith’s room, invited, and has scheduled appearances with the Honolulu Symphony and Syracuse Symphony Orchestras, in wurde im März 1996 in der Weill Recital Hall der das ekstatische Liebesduett von Salomon und Sulamith addition to engagements with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague Carnegie Hall uraufgeführt. Seither wurde die Suite während ihrer zweiten Begegnung. Der fünfte Satz ist In in the Netherlands. Rossen Milanov has conducted concerts and tours with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, viele Male in den USA sowie in Russland, Bulgarien the Temple of Isis vor dem Beginn der Großen Baltimore Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Duluth- und Kanada gespielt. Die erste Orchesterfassung aus Mysterien, die Osiris und Isis geweiht sind. Königin Superior Symphony, Juilliard Opera Center, and Curtis Opera Theater. He was Music Director of the Chicago dem Jahre 1998 wurde 1999 zusammen mit der zweiten Astis überredet Eliab, den Anführer von König Youth Symphony from 1997 to 2001, and has participated in summer festivals including Tanglewood and the Symphonie und der Elegie für Klavier und Streich- Salomons Leibwache, der sie liebt, Salomon und Interlochen Arts Festival. As Music Director of Eastern Europe’s first privately funded orchestra, the New orchester aufgenommen. Die vorliegende Orchestration Sulamith zu töten. Als Lohn verspricht sie ihm ihre Symphony, his work has included commissions and premières of new works, the introduction of American music entstand im Herbst 2002, zur Zeit, als ich die Partitur Liebe und den Thron Salomons. In King Solomon’s to Bulgarian audiences, a cycle of Brahms’s complete symphonies and concertos, a production of Wagner’s meiner vierten Symphonie vollendete. Zum Gedächtnis chambers bringt das letzte Liebesduett von Salomon und Flying Dutchman, Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death with the legendary Bulgarian bass Nicolai an den 11. September erweiterte ich das Stück um den Sulamith, die stirbt, um Salomons Leben zu retten. Ghiaurov, and several recordings. Rossen Milanov was a Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship student at the Satz Lullaby for the Twins (Wiegenlied für die Juilliard School, and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, Duquesne University, and the Bulgarian National Zwillingstürme). Academy of Music, his teachers including Otto-Werner Mueller, Robin Fountain, and Vassil Kazandjiev. He Die 2003/04 entstandene Suite Sulamith enthält Alla Pavlova founded the Sofia-Mt Vitosha International Conducting Institute, a summer festival dedicated to the training of Ausschnitte aus dem gleichnamigen Ballett Sulamith Deutsche Fassung: Cris Posslac young aspiring conductors, and also received the Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Bulgarian Culture.

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Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Die Komponistin und Musikwissenschaftlerin Alla nach der Erzählung des berühmten russischen Pawlowa erwarb 1983 an der Moskauer Gnessin- Schriftstellers Alexander Kuprin (1908). Es ist die sehr ALLA PAVLOVA The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1951 by Samuel Samosud. Outstanding musicians such as Musikschule ihren Magistergrad. Anschließend lebte sie dramatische und anrührende Liebesgeschichte von Nathan Rakhlin, Kyrill Kondrashin, Dmitry Kitaenko, Vassily Sinaisky and Mark Elmer were its chief bis 1986 in der bulgarischen Hauptstadt Sofia, wo sie für König Salomon und einem armen Mädchen namens conductors and directors at different periods. The orchestra also performed with all the best Soviet conductors den bulgarischen Komponistenverband und die Sulamith, einer Arbeiterin in seinem Weinberg, die die and many famous guest conductors, Lorin Maazel, Charles Munch, Igor Markevitch, Kurt Sanderling, Igor bulgarische Nationaloper arbeitete. Von 1986 bis 1999 einzige Liebe seines Lebens war. Das Libretto enthält Sulamith Stravinsky, Zubin Mehta and others. There have also been collaborations with such great musicians as Isaac arbeitete sie in Moskau für den Vorstand der russischen auch assyrische und ägyptische Szenen, und alle Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Artur Rubinstein, Glenn Gould, Maurizio Pollini, David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Musikgesellschaft. Seit 1990 lebt sie in New York (sie dargestellten Ereignisse haben eine historische (Ballet Suite) Emil Gilels, Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya, Victor Tretyakov, Yuri Bashmet, Nikolay Petrov, ist Mitglied der dortigen Komponistinnengesellschaft). Grundlage – einschließlich der großen Mysterien von Vladimir Krainev and many, many others. The orchestra has toured in more than fifty countries and has made Alla Pawlowa hat eine Reihe von Orchesterwerken Isis und Osiris. Die musikalische Sprache verwendet Monolog • Old New York Nostalgia (Suite) more than three hundred recordings, many of them honoured with the most coveted prizes. In 1998 People’s geschrieben, darunter vier Symphonien sowie andere kein folkloristisches Material. Die vorliegende Kurz- Artist of Russia Yuri Simonov became the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic Instrumental- und Vokalwerke, die in den USA, Europa fassung der Suite enthält die Introduction und einen Orchestra. und Kanada aufgeführt wurden. Ritual Dance für den Sonnengott Ra, mit dem das Fest Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra • Rossen Milanov Die Skizze zu Monolog entstand am 4. Oktober zu Ende geht, das König Salomon in seinem Palast 2002, die Partitur wurde während der nächsten zwei anlässlich der Ankunft der assyrischen Gesandten Rossen Milanov oder drei Tage abgeschlossen. Einige meiner stärksten veranstaltet. Dieser rituelle Tanz wird von Königin Kindheitserinnerungen verbinden sich mit meinem Astis, der Ehefrau König Salomons und Tochter des Rossen Milanov is Associate Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and, in his native city of Sofia, Chief Vater. Er spielte gerne Geige. Er war kein Pharaos von Ägypten, und den Priesterinnen des Ra Conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra. Additionally he is Music Director of both the Haddonfield Berufsmusiker, doch die Musik war für ihn die dargeboten. Wenn der Tanz endet, geht die Sonne auf, Symphony in New Jersey and the New Symphony Orchestra in Bulgaria. With the Philadelphia Orchestra his kostbarste Sache im Universum. Monolog ist mehrfach und die Gäste bestaunen Astis’ magische Fähigkeiten. concert highlights have included the closing concert of the orchestra’s Mann Concert Music Season with in New York aufgeführt worden. Der dritte Satz ist das Duet of King Solomon and Queen Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 1 and No. 9 in summer 2005, as well as the world première of Nicholas Maw’s Die Suite für Streichorchester, Schlagzeug, Astis in den Gemächern des Königs. Astis ist verzweifelt English Horn Concerto. In Bulgaria he continues his Mahler Symphony Cycle which is a multi-season project. Altsaxophon, Tenorsaxophon und Trompete Old New und bittet Salomon, der sie nicht mehr liebt, ihre Liebe He has recently made his subscription début with the Indianapolis Symphony, to which he was immediately re- York Nostalgia entstand 1994/95 als Klavierstück und zu erwidern. Darauf folgt die Night in Sulamith’s room, invited, and has scheduled appearances with the Honolulu Symphony and Syracuse Symphony Orchestras, in wurde im März 1996 in der Weill Recital Hall der das ekstatische Liebesduett von Salomon und Sulamith addition to engagements with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague Carnegie Hall uraufgeführt. Seither wurde die Suite während ihrer zweiten Begegnung. Der fünfte Satz ist In in the Netherlands. Rossen Milanov has conducted concerts and tours with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, viele Male in den USA sowie in Russland, Bulgarien the Temple of Isis vor dem Beginn der Großen Baltimore Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Duluth- und Kanada gespielt. Die erste Orchesterfassung aus Mysterien, die Osiris und Isis geweiht sind. Königin Superior Symphony, Juilliard Opera Center, and Curtis Opera Theater. He was Music Director of the Chicago dem Jahre 1998 wurde 1999 zusammen mit der zweiten Astis überredet Eliab, den Anführer von König Youth Symphony from 1997 to 2001, and has participated in summer festivals including Tanglewood and the Symphonie und der Elegie für Klavier und Streich- Salomons Leibwache, der sie liebt, Salomon und Interlochen Arts Festival. As Music Director of Eastern Europe’s first privately funded orchestra, the New orchester aufgenommen. Die vorliegende Orchestration Sulamith zu töten. Als Lohn verspricht sie ihm ihre Symphony, his work has included commissions and premières of new works, the introduction of American music entstand im Herbst 2002, zur Zeit, als ich die Partitur Liebe und den Thron Salomons. In King Solomon’s to Bulgarian audiences, a cycle of Brahms’s complete symphonies and concertos, a production of Wagner’s meiner vierten Symphonie vollendete. Zum Gedächtnis chambers bringt das letzte Liebesduett von Salomon und Flying Dutchman, Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death with the legendary Bulgarian bass Nicolai an den 11. September erweiterte ich das Stück um den Sulamith, die stirbt, um Salomons Leben zu retten. Ghiaurov, and several recordings. Rossen Milanov was a Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship student at the Satz Lullaby for the Twins (Wiegenlied für die Juilliard School, and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, Duquesne University, and the Bulgarian National Zwillingstürme). Academy of Music, his teachers including Otto-Werner Mueller, Robin Fountain, and Vassil Kazandjiev. He Die 2003/04 entstandene Suite Sulamith enthält Alla Pavlova founded the Sofia-Mt Vitosha International Conducting Institute, a summer festival dedicated to the training of Ausschnitte aus dem gleichnamigen Ballett Sulamith Deutsche Fassung: Cris Posslac young aspiring conductors, and also received the Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Bulgarian Culture.

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CMYK NAXOS NAXOS Born and trained in Russia, the composer Alla Pavlova later settled in America and composed music for a variety of media ranging from film and dance, to theatre. Her Sulamith Suite is a collection of excerpts from her ballet of the same name based on Alexandre Kuprin’s dramatic and touching love story of King Solomon and the servant girl Sulamith. The Old New York Nostalgia is a telling look at metropolitan life made all the more poignant by the 8.557674 LAPAVLOVA:ALLA LAPAVLOVA:ALLA inclusion of the movement Lullaby for the Twins, composed after and dedicated to the victims of 9/11. Pavlova’s Symphonies Nos. 1-4 can be heard on Naxos 8.557157 and 8.557566. DDD Playing Time Alla 73:57 PAVLOVA

1 Monolog for Violin and String Orchestra 1 6:12 Sulamith BalletSuite Sulamith Ballet Suite 2-7 Old New York Nostalgia (Suite, rev. 2002) 2 22:11 8-# Sulamith Ballet Suite 3 45:34 www.naxos.com Made intheEU Booklet notesinEnglish•KommentaraufDeutsch 1, 2 ,3 Yaroslav Krasnikov, Violin & 2 2 Leonid Makarevich, Piano • Andrey Chernishov, Percussion 2006 NaxosRightsInternationalLtd. Aleksey Volkov & Michail Poroshin, Saxophones 2 Georgy Pleskatch, Trumpet 2 Artiom Grinko, Trumpet 3 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra • Rossen Milanov 8.557674 Recorded in Studio 5, Russian State TV and Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow, 8.557674 from 28th June to 3rd July 2004 • Producer: Vadim Ivanov • Engineer: Farida Uzbekova Please see the booklet for a complete track list Booklet Notes: Alla Pavlova • Cover Picture: Star of the Hero by Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) by kind permission of the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York