Revol Bunin - Viola Concerto

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Rudof Barshai / Moscow Radio Smphony Orchestra / Nikolai Anosov
Revol Bunin (1924-1976) first studied under Vissarion Shebalin at the Moscow Conservatory although he would later be selected by Shostakovich, who was just arriving to teach at the conservatory, to be his first pupil. For a while, Bunin was Shostakovich’s only student. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1945 with honors. Shebalin could not forgive Bunin’s defection to Shostakovich's class from his own and did not allow his name to be added to the “Golden Board” of exemplary students.

Viola Sonata - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pJdj7w3mgs&t=55s
Piano Concerto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7nhoDO48DE

Bunin wrote "... We were more and more conquered by Shostakovich’s works. Secretly, I was dreaming of becoming his student. Finally, this happy day came on 7 June 1943, in classroom number 31... At the piano a friendly man, dressed in a gray-colored modest suit, wearing horn-rimmed spectacles. He looked very young, nothing like the old eminent scholars of the Conservatory.
He asked me in detail how old I was, when I had started to compose, who were my teachers, whether I had studied polyphony and so on; he subjected me to a small exam – I had to read a Haydn symphony score, tell him what was the difference between a passacaglia and a chaconne, give examples, known to me, of a mirror reprise in symphonic allegro, and give examples for the use of French horns and trumpets in a rare formation (H, Fis). Shostakovich was interested to know if I read a lot and if I liked Chekhov and Leskov...”

Bunin wrote music scores for 48 motion pictures, cartoons, and documentaries. He left 45 major compositions, including nine symphonies, numerous sonatas, quartets, trios, an opera, romances, and several concertos for both piano and violin. After a government decree set stringent regulations on music and art in the Soviet Union, Shostakovich was dismissed from his post of Professor at the Conservatory. Consequently, his assistant, Bunin, also lost his position and became, for a while, a persona non grata. He had to make his living by writing scores for other composers. His music won the Stalin Prize on several occasions, but Bunin’s name did not appear, nor was it mentioned to the selection committee.

Symphony No.5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9JHug_aIpc
Symphony No.6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAH_3NRadqE
Symphony No.8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83EYf_dCB68
Organ Concerto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzMaWmis-ZY There is no copyright infringement intended. If you wish your recording to be removed, it can be done, please just leave me an email, which can be found at the channel's about section.

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