Part one of a project for intermedia composition class - an excerpt from Czech animator Jan Švankmajer's "Dimensions of Dialogue" accompanied by the ninth movement from a composition of Гали́на Ива́новна Уство́льская (Galina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya) - her 1973 "Composition II 'Dies iræ' for eight double basses, wooden cube (43cm*43cm) & piano."
Shostakovich was never this explicit. U can see her music!!!
lovesGenet 1 year ago
To tell the truth,her music has nothing in common with the politics and Stalin.
BOARBIG 2 years ago
this was sort of heartbreaking
luvgod 3 years ago
I suppose this piece conveys the terrors of Stalin's regime....and her strange romance with Shostakovich...
caligirl747 3 years ago
6 stars!
nirvanacin 3 years ago
Impressive, fits very well galina ustvolskaya's music.
SlikkTim 3 years ago
It's Galina Ustvolskaya's '2nd Composition (Dies Irae) for piano, wooden box and eight double basses. It is the middle of three ambiguously titled 'Compositions' which were written between 1971-75.
tsarina999 4 years ago
There are recordings out there! Oleg Malov has recorded every work with piano and there are recordings on megadisc and melodiya (try amazon). There is a concert in Zurich on 9/12. Some works she left out of her catalogue in 1998, but its still about. I saw her CDs in shops in london. Her work was played at Royal festival hall in london last year as part of shostakovich centenary. I think interest in her is hotting up after her death. Can you tell i am fan?!
tsarina999 4 years ago
damn!
nothing like lots of basses and a wooden box!
elobos1 4 years ago