Celebre per la canzone Polyusko Polye fu tra i principali sinfonisti sovietici (21) ebbe anche una avventurosa vita personale.Meriterebbe di essere riscoperto ,segnalo particolarmente la Terza Sinfonia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3je_jbliGW8
http://www.classicalmusicguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=28697
  

«LEV KNIPPER: IL COMPOSITORE RUSSO»
«ЛЕВ КНИППЕР: РУССКИЙ КОМПОЗИТОР»

Lev Knipper (Лев Книппер, 1898-1974), il compositore russo. L’autore delle opere sinfoniche e delle opere liriche e i balletti. Studiava anche la musica asiatica, turkmena, kirghisa e tagica.
SINFONIE:    
•    Symphony No. 1 in 4 parts, Op. 13 (1926) - dedicated to Olga Knipper
•    Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 (1929)
•    Symphony No. 3 "Far East," Op. 32 (1932) - poetry by Viktor Gusev
•    Sinfonietta, Op. 33 (1932)
•    Symphony No. 4 "Poem for the Komsomol Fighters" (1934, rev. 1966) - poetry by Viktor Gusev
•    Symphony No. 5 (1935)
•    Symphony No. 6, Op. 47 (1936)
•    Symphony No. 7 "Military" in 3 parts (1938)
•    Symphony No. 8 in 3 movements (1941)
•    Symphony No. 9 in 4 movements (1944–45)
•    Symphony No. 10 in 4 movements (1946) - dedicated to Nikolai Myaskovsky
•    Symphony No. 11 in 4 movements (1949)
•    Symphony No. 12 in 3 parts (1950)
•    Symphony No. 13 in 4 parts (1951–52) - dedicated to Nikolai Myaskovsky
•    Sinfonietta in 4 movements (1952)
•    Symphony in 4 movements (1954)
•    Symphony No. 14 for string orchestra in 4 parts (1961–62)
•    Symphony No. 15 (1962)
•    Symphony No. 16 (1962–69)
•    Symphony No. 17 in 3 movements (1969–70)
•    Symphony No. 18 (1970–71)
•    Sinfonietta for string orchestra in 4 movements (1971–72)
•    Symphony No. 20 in 3 parts (1972)
•    Symphony No. 21 "Dances" in 5 parts (1972)

  




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Un altro adattamento
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9eDyG9v138
  

Jazz version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqfYcaySSz4
  

«LEV KNIPPER: IL COMPOSITORE RUSSO»