Alexander Glazunov: A Tribute to His Life and Works
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Music: Symphony No. 4 op. 48 - I. Andante - Allegro moderato
Valeri Polyansky, Russian State Symphony Orchestra
"I prefer to be loved in silence" so he said concerning the overwhelming celebrations for his 40th birthday.
Sorry, can't do that for him now!
This video was made in honor of Glazunov's 150th Birthday year. He is a composer who has meant a lot to me, who made a big impact on my life and on my years as a classical music fan. I hope you enjoy the music and learn something about him in the process. I hope for the day when this symphony would be performed again on the concert stage all around the world, along with the rest of his masterpieces.
I own none of this material! I only researched it and compiled it, but I give credit to the many sources I used.
Merci d'avoir fait cette vidéo. Glazounov est sous-estimé. Il y a quelque chose de paradisiaque dans certaines de ses oeuvres. L'ampleur délicate de son orchestration me ravit.
Very pleased to have found and viewed your moving and informative tribute…to have learned even a little bit more about Glazunov. I wish there was a good book available, in english, about him. Thank you!
Thanks for this excellent tribute. I have conducted as many shorter works by Glazunov as I've been able to program with my orchestra in the Chicago area, including Op. 89, no. 2, the Wedding March (op. 21), a number of selections from Raymonda (for which I have copied out the orchestral parts by hand), Autumn from the Seasons, and Marionettes, op. 52, no.2, which I often play at Christmas (which seems to suit this delightful music perfectly). Next up is the Fifth Symphony (May 6, 2018), which I'm confident orchestra and audience alike will love (also on the program is Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano Concerto--- the tie-in with Glazunov and Rach's 1st Symphony is too fascinating to pass up).
Your video tribute 's emphasis on Glazunov's generosity and nobility of spirit certainly explains the great, lyrical beauty of his work. For years, I avoided his music, assuming it would be overly morose and dreary. WHAT A MISTAKE on my part! Glazunov's music is uniquely joyous and uplifting, brilliantly crafted, and unmistakable in its beauty.
LR
You have plenty more to discover in his music - plenty of hidden treasures.
A wonderful tribute to a grossly underrated composer, who wrote in an extremely civilized manner unheard of in today's music.For me, he is the greatest and most substantial Russian composer between Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, standing far above the Nationalist Five who originally spawned him. Too bad that here in the USA he is not recognized at full value, but rather dismissed as academic. As I receive (at least most of) his music, such a statement to me sounds like utter nonsense.One poster elsewhere commented that he was less talented than Kalinnikov. I have listened to that one's First Symphony, widely popular at one time, all of three times, and after those three hearings (all live, by the way), I had to dismiss the work as complete junk. Incredible how so many put that work above any of Glazunov's symphonies.To be sure, as with any other composer, I do not admire absolutely every work that Glazunov composed, but nevertheless, I will say that a good deal I find first class.And I feel that the fact that artistically he abandoned his original nationalistic roots and turned to something more cosmopolitan and international very much strengthened the bearings of his music.Others can think what they like.
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