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    Neglected symphonies: Galina Ustvolskaya – Symphonies 1–5

    by 5:4 October 24, 2025 • 08:18
    October 24, 2025 • 08:18

    “Everybody needs more Galina Ustvolskaya in their life.” That’s what i wrote last December, when discussing her Symphony No. 5 in my Advent Calendar, and it’s nice to think that the BIS record label read those words and decided to act on them. i very much doubt that’s the case, …

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    Galina Ustvolskaya – Symphony No. 5 “Amen”

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    AFEKT 2024 (Part 2)

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    Forum Wallis 2024

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    AFEKT 2023 (Part 1)

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    Galina Ustvolskaya – Symphony No. 1

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    Lera Auerbach – 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano & Oskolki

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    Estonian Music Days 2022 (Part 2)

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    Nikita Golyshev update

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    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir – music by Schnittke and Pärt; Latvian Radio Choir – Ramon Humet: Light

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    Nikita Golyshev – 15 Songs from Glass, Oil and Other Sources

    by 5:4 January 18, 2021 • 11:18
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    Proms 2019: Jocelyn Pook – You Need to Listen to Us; Alissa Firsova – Red Fox; Ryan Wigglesworth – Piano Concerto (World Premières)

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    Dark Music Days 2019: Schola Cantorum, Kúbus

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    Alexander Knaifel – Lukomoriye

    by 5:4 September 13, 2018 • 12:43
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    Erkki-Sven Tüür – Illuminatio / Whistle and Whispers from Uluru / Symphony No. 8; Arvo Pärt & Alfred Schnittke – Choral Works; Arvo Pärt – The Symphonies

    by 5:4 August 24, 2018 • 16:35
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    Ivan Wyschnegradsky – Manual of Quarter-Tone Harmony

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    Proms 2016: Galina Ustvolskaya – Symphony No. 3 “Jesus Messiah, save us!”

    by 5:4 July 19, 2016 • 12:01
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    Proms 2015: Anders Hillborg – Beast Sampler (UK Première); Raymond Yiu – Symphony; Alissa Firsova – Bergen’s Bonfire (World Premières)

    by 5:4 August 30, 2015 • 15:42
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    Proms 2013: Sofia Gubaidulina – The Rider on the White Horse (UK Première)

    by 5:4 August 19, 2013 • 20:42
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    Schnittke Week – Hommage à Edvard Grieg, Symphony No. 8 (UK Première), Concerto Grosso No. 2 & (K)ein Sommernachtstraum

    by 5:4 November 26, 2010 • 07:53
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