Miaskovsky or Myaskovsky thoughts?

[Tom 1960]

Spelled either way a Russian composer I've become interested in recently. I've listened to a number of his symphonies via a streaming service and seem to enjoy what I am hearing. I believe it was Shostakovich who compared his music to Ralph Vaughan Williams. I don't know if that is an accurate description. I'll let the experts sort that out. Any fans out there who enjoy his work also? 

Edited June 15, 2020 by Tom 1960

[HutchFan]

I enjoy his music.  

If you'd like a sampling of Myaskovsky's symphonies, I think this is a worthwhile set:

If I'm not mistaken, Svetlanov has recorded ALL of Myaskovsky's symphonies.  And he wrote a lot of them!  This set is less of a commitment.  

Coincidentally, I'm reading a biography of Prokofiev right now, and Myaskovsky's name comes up frequently.   The two composers were good friends -- but very, very different temperament-wise.

 

Edited June 16, 2020 by HutchFan

[Tom 1960]

He wrote 27 symphonies and a ton of other music. I was reading on classical music forum I frequent about a box set dedicated to those symphonies with Sveltanov. It was relatively inexpensive. Just not sure right now I want to dive into the deep end. Out of curiously what does that 3 disc set contain?

[HutchFan]

The 3 CD Melodiya set includes:

Symphony No. 16 in F major, Op. 39 "Aviation"
Conductor:  Konstantin Ivanov

Symphony No. 22 in B minor, Op. 54 "Symphonic Ballad"
Conductor:  Yevgeny Svetlanov
 
Symphony No. 17 in G sharp minor, Op. 41
Conductor:  Yevgeny Svetlanov

Symphony No. 21 in F sharp minor, Op. 51
Conductor:  Konstantin Ivanov

Symphony No. 25 in D flat major, Op. 69
Conductor:  Yevgeny Svetlanov

Symphony No. 27 in C minor, Op. 85
Conductor:  Yevgeny Svetlanov

 

In addition to these, you'd also probably want to hear Myaskovsky's Symphony No. 6.  Some consider it to be his masterpiece. 

Here's Kyrill Kondrashin's version of the Sixth, the second of two recordings he made of this work: