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Lyudkevich Symphony No. 3 in A minor (1963)

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« on: April 07, 2020, 09:08:20 pm »


What you say about Ukrainian music, Christopher, is true, though it applies to a large number of countries...


I think it applies particularly to Ukraine and Belarus.  They sadly seem still to have a very Soviet attitude to material in their archives.  If you ask about recordings they have, they react suspiciously and demand to know "the formal reason" that you are asking.  I don't even know what that means.  Saying "because I would like to hear the music" does not seem to be good enough.  This is a shame.  I compare that with, for example, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who have made huge steps to make their music freely available. I believe the countries of Central Europe have been similarly open.  (By contrast, I understand that getting archived music from the UK's BBC can be very painful...)

And Ukraine, with a population of approx 45 million, is likely to have a proportionally higher number of hidden treasures.

Sadly, however, you will encounter the same attitude in Germany. It is possible to get recordings from the radio archives of the former German Democratic Republic. However, a few years ago I also tried to get some recordings from other (Western German) radio stations, and the result was absolutely zero. I remember somebody phoned me to ask for which purpose I wanted the recordings, and when I replied that I wanted them just to listen to the music by myself the reply was that this was not possible.

Whether the relationship of hidden treasures to the size of the population is really that strong is something I am not too sure about. Each of the Baltic states is really small in terms of population, but what a wealth of great composers there is! Or take Slovenia with just 2 million inhabitants but numerous great composers.
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