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Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich

GLAZUNOV, ALEXANDER KONSTANTINOVICH (1865 - 1936)

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was born the son of a publisher and bookseller in St. Petersburg in 1865. As a child he showed considerable musical ability and he met Balakirev in 1879, who introduced the young Glazunov to Rimsky-Korsakov. His first nine symphonies were finished by the age of sixteen and these works showed much influence from Balakirev. Sadly, this relationship with Balakirev was not to continue.

The rich timber-merchant Mitrofan Petrovich Belyayev formed an informal association of Russian composers with Rimsky-Korsakov, and after attending the performances of Glazunov's symphonies both in St. Petersburg and in Moscow, the young composer was invited to be part of Balakirev's circle. Belakirev, the self-appointed mentor of Russian nationalists composers, was upset by this because Glazunov became a regular at Rimsky-Korsakov's gatherings on Friday evenings, instead of attending his Tuesday evening meetings. Belyayev took the young composers to meet Liszt in 1884 and it was at Weimar where Glazunov's First Symphony was performed outside Russia for the first time.

In 1899 Glazunov joined the staff of the Conservatory in St. Petersburg, but by this time his admiration for his teacher seems to have cooled. Rimsky-Korsakov’s wife was later to remark on Glazunov’s admiration for Tchaikovsky and Brahms, suspecting in this the influence of Taneyev and of the critic Laroche, champion of Tchaikovsky and a strong opponent of the nationalists, a man described by Rimsky-Korsakov as the Russian equivalent of Hanslick in Vienna, a comparison that, from him, was not entirely complimentary.

Glazunov, however, remained a colleague and friend of Rimsky-Korsakov, and demonstrated this after the political disturbance of 1905, when the latter was dismissed for supporting the students who had joined liberal protests against official policies. Glazunov was elected director of an institution, soon after and reinstalled Rimsky-Korsakov.

In 1928 Glazunov attended the Schubert celebrations in Vienna, thereafter he remained abroad. He eventually settled near Paris, where he died in 1936.

Orchestral Music

In addition to his nine symphonies and a variety of other orchestral works, Glazunov wrote a Violin Concerto, completed in 1904, when he was at the height of his powers as a composer. The symphonies have won less popularity, but the symphonic poem Stenka Razin, written in 1885, retains a place in national repertoire.

Ballets

Glazunov's ballets include Raymonda, first staged in St. Petersburg in 1898, with choreography by Marius Petipa. Les ruses d'amour followed in 1900, with The Seasons in the same year. He orchestrated music by Chopin for Les sylphides. The choreographer Fokin also made use of Stenka Razin for a ballet of that name.

Discography
Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol.19 (Ruses D'Amour (BALLET))	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 4, 2010	Naxos Classics
	Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol.18	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jun 29, 2009	Naxos Classics
	PROKOFIEV / KHACHATURIAN / GLAZUNOV: Ballets (Bolshoi Ballet, 1989-1990) (NTSC)	£29.99	May 27, 2008	Arthaus Dvd
	GLAZUNOV: 5 Novelettes / String Quintet, Op. 39	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Feb 26, 2007	Naxos Classics
	TCHAIKOVSKY / BALAKIREV / GLAZUNOV: Arrangements for 2 Pianos 8 Hands	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jul 12, 2006	Naxos Limited Edition
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 6 / Suite caracteristique	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence / GLAZUNOV: String Quintet, Op. 39	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 1, "Slavyanskaya" / Violin Concerto	£9.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Seasons (The) / Violin Concerto	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Introduction and Dance of Salome / The King of the Jews	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	WIENIAWSKI / VIEUXTEMPS / GLAZUNOV / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / ERNST: Works for Violin and Piano	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	ARENSKY: Violin Concerto / GLAZUNOV: Concerto ballata / Piano Concerto No. 1	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 2 / Coronation Cantata	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Raymonda, Op. 57 (excerpts)	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 8 / Cantata in Memory of Pushkin's 100th Birthday / Poeme lyrique	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 3 / Concert Waltzes Nos. 1 and 2	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Raymonda (NTSC)	£14.99	May 2, 2005	Arthaus Dvd
	DVORAK / GLAZUNOV: Violin Concertos (Milstein) (1949-1951)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Sep 1, 2003	Naxos Historical
	GLAZUNOV: Chopiniana / Overtures on Greek Themes	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jul 1, 2003	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: The Sea / Oriental Rhapsody / Ballade	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Feb 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker / GLAZUNOV: Les Sylphides	£12.99	Jan 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	BRAHMS / GLAZUNOV: Violin Concertos (Heifetz) (1934, 1939)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Dec 1, 2000	Naxos Historical
	GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Sep 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV (THE BEST OF)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Aug 1, 2000	Naxos Best Of...
	Piano Music Vol. 2 (Franova) (Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov)	£9.99	Jun 2, 2000	Marco Polo
	GLAZUNOV: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jun 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 6 / The Forest	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Apr 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Piano Music, Vol. 4	£9.99	Jan 11, 2000	Marco Polo
	GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Works for Cello and Orchestra	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: The Kremlin / From the Middle Ages / Poeme Lirique	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Suite CaractÃ©ristique / Le Chant du Destin	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV / DVORAK: Violin Concertos in A Minor	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Carnaval / Spring / Salome / Waltzes	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty / GLAZUNOV: The Seasons	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 9	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: The King of the Jews	~~£6.99~~ £3.49	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in A Minor / The Seasons	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Stenka Razin / Une fete slave / Cortege solennel	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: The Seasons / Scenes de Ballet	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Raymonda (Complete Ballet)	£12.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Finnish Fantasy / Finnish Sketches	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics

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Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	Gilels Edition Vol.2 (Souvenir De Hapsal/ Chant Sans Paroles/ 10 Preludes/ Alla Marcia)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jun 1, 2010	Naxos Historical
	Divine Dancers: Live From Prague [DVD] (Polina Semionova)	£24.99	Apr 26, 2010	EuroArts DVD
	NUREYEV: RAYMONDA (NTSC)	£19.99	Feb 2, 2009	Arthaus Dvd
	La Valse 1880-1920	£15.99	Nov 1, 2007	Dynamic
	TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto / Encores (Milstein) (1949-53)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jul 2, 2007	Naxos Historical
	CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 5: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 3 (1920-1924)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Apr 30, 2007	Naxos Historical
	RUSSIAN DANCES	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	RUSSIAN BALLET MASTERPIECES	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	RUSSIAN MASTERPIECES	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	ORGAN MUSIC FROM RUSSIA	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	Welte-Mignon Piano Rolls, Vol. 1 (1905-1927)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jul 1, 2003	Naxos Historical
	CHALIAPIN, Feodor: A Vocal Portrait (1907-1936)	£12.99	Nov 1, 2002	Naxos Historical
	Music for Saxophone and Orchestra	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 1, 2002	Naxos Classics
	BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 (de Sabata) (1947)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Sep 1, 2002	Naxos Historical
	ANDANTE CANTABILE - ROMANTIC MUSIC FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2002	Naxos Classics
	A Christmas Festival	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2001	Naxos International
	Heifetz 100th Anniversary Tribute (7 CD)	£35.99	Jan 1, 2001	Naxos Historical
	THE BEST OF MARCO POLO	£9.99	Sep 30, 2000	Marco Polo
	The Label of Discovery	£9.99	May 16, 2000	Marco Polo
	Music for Saxophone and Orchestra	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Russian Ballet Favourites	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics

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