Symphony No. 13 (Myaskovsky)

The Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 by Nikolai Myaskovsky was composed in 1933.

It is in one movement in three sections:


 * 1) Andante moderato
 * 2) Agitato molto e tenebroso
 * 3) Andante nostalgico

Its premiere was conducted by Leo Ginzburg. It received possibly its first performance in recent times on November 9, 1994 in a BBC Radio 3 broadcast from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Tadaaki Otaka. Its central section contains a fugato in B minor, and "peters out" with quiet B♭ minor dissonant chords.

It is among Myaskovsky's more dissonant compositions.

The symphony lasts about 20 minutes in performance. It was apparently not published until 1945.

Recordings

 * Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian Academic Federation Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc, Melodiya, Olympia OCD 733, Warner) (recorded between 1991 and 1993)