Andrei Eshpai - Hungarian Tunes, Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra

- Composer: Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai (15 May 1925 -- 8 November 2015) - Orchestra: Moscow Radio Television Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Fuat Mansurov - Soloist: Eduard Grach - Year of recording: ~1981 “Hungarian Tunes/Melodies“, Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra, written in 1952. 00:00 - I. Lento sostenuto 02:28 - II. Allegro non troppo 03:49 - III. Andante 05:54 - IV. Allegro vivace xx:xx - V. Moderato [not present in this recording] 08:23 - VI. Allegro moderato con grazia 09:51 - VII. Finale. Vivo Eshpai’s musical expressive means are very unusual due to his usage of the folklore of his native Mari people. Typically his colourful orchestral sound seems to distill the essence of the natural world of the far north. He uses syncopated rhythms; his rhythms seem to be related to the music of Bartók. He uses often alternations of ostinato-tuttis and rhythmic shifts from folklore music, which can be seen in this ’Hungarian Tunes’ rha