Cd compilation, remastered cardboard sleeve country. The bestknown work on the album is serge prokofievs violin concerto no. Chloe hanslip violin, orchestra della svizzera italiana, alexander vedernikov. Alexander glazunov the classical composers database musicalics. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises violin concerto in a minor, op. Sensational violinist nicola benedetti returns with a riveting recording of shostakovichs monumental violin concerto no. It is always a great honor to collaborate with jose serebrier who has recorded and championed glazunov s complete symphonies. In tchaikovsky and glazunov as in prokofiev and shostakovich he demonstrates once again with abbado and the berlin philharmonic inspired to match him what magic imagination he has to breathe new life even into music as wellknown. I love in particular kalers fulltoned and soulful playing right at the start, and the 1994 recording does them all justice as does the 1987 sound in the. Russian violin concertos albums pentatone nativedsd music. The violin meditation is a beautiful, lyrical work that could easily be a great encore piece. Violin concertos vladimir ashkenazy collaborates with esther yoo in a new recording of sibelius and glazunov violin concertos with the philharmonia orchestra. Swiss composer othmar schoek is probably best known for his lieder.
Previous sheet music next sheet music violin concerto op. Concerto in e minor for violin and orchestra concerto in a minor for violin and orchestra. On hearing the results, youre prepared to credit the major warner. Although invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was still fairly new and unfamiliar in glazunov. Concerto for altosaxophone and string orchestra e flat. The performance of the short 20 minutes violin concerto strikes me as being really excellent. Alexander glazunov violin, orchestra original 14 pdf. Glazunov violin concerto and meditation rachel barton. Scottish violinist nicola benedetti recorded the difficult and sumptuous szymanowski violin concerto for her debut cd, so she is definitely unafraid of a musical challenge. Hilary hahn glazunov violin concerto in a minor, op 82. Works for violin and orchestra, including violin concerto in a minor, op. This disc combines two works for violin and orchestra, both to some extent composed with auer in mind, performed by ukrainianborn vadim gluzman playing on auers own instrument, a stradivarius built in 1690. Listen to heifetzs recording or one by one of the other great soloists and youll see what i mean. Provided to youtube by universal music group glazunov.
This new recording follows benedettis charttopping success with bruchs scottish fantasy homecoming, 2014 and korngolds violin concerto silver violin, 2012. Following up his record of the year in the gramophone awards, maxim vengerov here offers another winner. Yet here was a key figure in russian music about a hundred years ago. Yoo first came to international attention in 2010 when, aged 16, she became the youngest prizewinner of the 10th international sibelius violin competition. Russian master alexander glazunov s searingly beautiful violin concerto, with its rich melodies and gorgeous orchestration, is cast in a single movement filled with extreme lyricism. The british premiere of the concerto followed just over a year later, under the direction of sir henry wood and. Violin concertos by israel philharmonic orchestra zubin mehta itzhak perlman from amazons classical music store. Alexander glazunov violin concerto in a minor, op 82 1 moderato 2 andante sostenuto 3 allegro hilary hahn, violin wdr sinfonieorchester koln semyon bychkov, conductor. For those of you who know and love the violin concerto but are not yet familiar with glazunov s other works for solo instrument and orchestra, this album will be illuminating. Violin concertos gil shaham, mikhail pletnev, russian national orchestra on allmusic 1998. By using adblocking software, youre depriving this site of revenue that is. Petersburg, russiadied march 21, 1936, paris, france, the major russian symphonic composer of the generation that followed tchaikovsky glazunov s mother, a piano pupil of mily balakirev, took her obviously talented son to her teacher, and on his advice the boy in 1880 began. Violin concerto in a minor op 82 2052 alexander glazunov.
List of compositions by alexander glazunov wikipedia. The performance on this issue, however, isnt memorable. In 1934 alexander glazunov composed his concerto for alto saxophone and string orchestra, op. Her recording of the demanding shostakovich violin concerto no. Shop and buy concerto for altosaxophone and string orchestra e flat major op. Glazunov wrote the violin concerto in a minor, op 82, in 19045 when he was at the height of his fame in russia, partly in st petersburg and partly at his summer home in oserki where the pastoral setting, near forest and lake, lent something to the concerto s lyrical mood. Alexander glazunovs concerto for violin and orchestra, op. Violin concerto glazunov jump to navigation jump to search. Page with downloadable piano reduction of eighth symphony 1915 publication by belyayev.
There are actually two more singlemovement concertante works composed by glazunov an early two pieces for cello and orchestra, op. Alexander glazunov free sheet music to download in pdf. Written in 1904, the concerto was dedicated to violinist leopold auer, who gave the first performance at a russian musical society concert in st. The soloist is ilya kaler, supported by the polish national radio so under camilla kolchinsky. Displaying an immense musical talent as a child, glazunov. As hans keller wrote, glazunov created an almost perfect concerto instrumentally, the best i know amongst pianists violin concertos. Rca red seal 88697720602,sony music s70475c series.
Written in 1904, the concerto was dedicated to violinist. Many of you will probably wonder why i chose these violin concertos in particular for my first cd. His concerto quasi una fantasia in b flat major, op 21, for violin and full orchestra is his most substantial concert work. It has become a modern classic, standing amongst the top concerti in the repertoire. Alexander glazunov, aram khachaturian, sergey prokofiev. A complete recording of alexander glazunov s concertos, including related works for solo instrument and orchestra, might have seemed an unpromising undertaking. February 24, 1927, walter henry rothwell conducting, with soloist max rosen his musical development progressed not by.
This is a list of compositions by alexander glazunov 18651936. Added the 09062014 violin concerto alexander glazunov violin and piano 3 pdf arranger. He served as director of the saint petersburg conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was instrumental in the reorganization of the institute into the. Together they tackle three russian violin concertos which have been tragically overlooked, shedding new light on these masterpieces. After it was settled that the russian national orchestra would work on this.