Glazunov - Complete Symphonies

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISCD166364

Barcode: 7318591663645

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 29th May 2006

Works

Glazunov, Alexander

Ballade in F major, op.78
Fantasy, op.53 'From Darkness to Light'
Mazurka in G major, op.18
Symphony no.1 in E major, op.5 'Slavyanskaya'
Symphony no.2 in F sharp minor, op.16
Symphony no.3 in D major, op.33
Symphony no.4 in E flat major, op.48
Symphony no.5 in B flat major, op.55
Symphony no.6 in C minor, op.58
Symphony no.7 in F major, op.77 'Pastoral'
Symphony no.8 in E flat major, op.83

Artists

BBC National Orchestra Of Wales

Conductor

Tadaaki Otaka

Works

Glazunov, Alexander

Artists

BBC National Orchestra Of Wales

Conductor

Tadaaki Otaka

About

At the age of 16, Glazunov was hailed as the promise of a bright future for Russian music. “This boy will put us all in the shade”, predicted Borodin. Some 30 years later he had become the embodiment of stale tradition, at least according to the recollections of Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Shostakovich, who all encountered him as budding composers.

As always, the truth lies somewhere between the two – as do the eight symphonies that he composed between 1881 and 1906 and that are brought together in this set of discs. This period more or less coincides with Glazunov’s effective career as a composer and within it he created “a large body of work that deserves serious attention not just for its fine construction and fusion of many contemporary currents, but for a truly individual voice that can be satisfying at the highest level” to quote from the informed liner notes by Andrew Huth.

The recordings included in this set were released separately between 2002 and 2004, and met with very positive reviews at the time. BBC Music Magazine considered the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Tadaaki Otaka’s recording of Symphony No.3 “a necessary instalment if you're out to collect a first-rate Glazunov cycle”, elected his interpretation of the Fifth “Benchmark recording”, and called the Eighth “the most handsome … currently in the catalogue”.