Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Arvīds Jansons - Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5, Prokofiev Symphony No.1
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Genre: Classical
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:43:22 | 235 / 517 Mb
Genre: Classical
Arvīds Jansons (1914-1984) was born in Liepāja on Latvia’s west coast. He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepāja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga from 1940 until 1944, while working as a violinist at Riga Opera. In 1944 he was appointed conductor of Riga Opera, then of the Latvian Radio Orchestra (1947–1952), and in 1952 he was appointed associate conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic under Yevgeny Mravinsky.