Alexander Glazunov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2 by Naxos CD

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• UPC: 730099492829
• Product Type: Audio CD
• Brand Name: Naxos
• MPN: 8.553928
• Genre: Classical
• Style: Romantic / Russian Orchestral
• Composer: Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865 – 1936)
• Artists: Oxana Yablonskaya (Piano); Moscow Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dmitry Yablonsky
• Release Year: 2000

Product Features

• Format: CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio)
• Recording Mode: DDD (Full Digital)
• Total Playing Time: 69:01
• Recording Location: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
• Recording Dates: 18th to 23rd June, 1996

Overview

Alexander Glazunov was among the most influential Russian composers and teachers of his era, bridging the gap between late-Romanticism and the twentieth century while shunning modernism. This Naxos release features his two Piano Concertos, which are fine examples of a lyrical style familiar to fans of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Performed by the renowned pianist Oxana Yablonskaya and the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the album also includes the collaborative Variations on a Russian Theme, a unique work composed in honor of conductor Nikolay Galkin.

Interesting Facts

• A Lyrical Legacy: Glazunov's piano concertos are noted for demanding a high degree of virtuosity while remaining set in an intensely lyrical context.
• The "Seasons" Composer: Beyond his concertos, Glazunov is perhaps best known for his prodigiously popular ballet The Seasons and his nine symphonies.
• Collaborative Variations: The Variations on a Russian Theme included on this disc features contributions from several major Russian composers, including Rimsky-Korsakov and Lyadov.
• Family Collaboration: This recording features a mother-son collaboration; soloist Oxana Yablonskaya is the mother of conductor Dmitry Yablonsky.
• Cover Art: The cover features the painting "Trees by a Stream" (1837) by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, held at the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.

Track Listing

Variations on a Russian Theme (13:30)

1. Theme (1:02)
2. Variation I – Nikolay Vasilyevich Artsybushev (1:36)
3. Variation II – Jāzeps Vītols (1:32)
4. Variation III – Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (0:48)
5. Variation IV – Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1:59)
6. Variation V – Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov (2:58)
7. Variation VI – Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (3:33)

Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 92 (34:22)

1. Allegro moderato (13:25)
2. Theme with Variations (20:57)

Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 100

1. Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 100 (21:03)

Publishers

• Label: Naxos
• Copyright: ℗ 2000 HNH International Ltd. © 2000 HNH International Ltd.
• Production: Produced by Edvard Shaknazarian; Engineered by Vitaly Ivanov
• Artistic Contributions: Music Notes by Ateş Orga; Composer Caricature by John Minnion

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