Release Date: 04 November 2022
Label: Quartz - Cd / Quartz
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 880040215028
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Alexander Glazunov
Description
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was undoubtedly the most gifted Russian composer of his generation – that is to say, those born during the 1860s – and his profound musical aptitude led him to take full advantage of the educational facilities underpinning the burgeoning interest in the arts that grew exponentially in Russia during the second half of the 19th-century. Being composed consecutively, the differences in Glazunov’s Sonatas are fascinating. Their individual tonal bases are exactly opposite: B flat minor and E minor – these keys could not be further apart. It may possibly have been the case that their appearance inspired Igor Stravinsky’s early Sonata in F sharp minor of 1903 through its acceptance of traditional structures – but Stravinsky’s Sonata is in four movements, whereas both of Glazunov’s Sonatas are in three.
Whatever the contemporaneous background to Glazunov’s Sonatas, they are excellent examples of his superlative compositional gifts.
Justin Pearson; The Locrian Singers; Grace Davidson; Jean Kelly; Johnny Herford; Matthew Fletcher;
National Symphony Orchestra; Brighton Festival Chorus; Jennifer Davis; Bethany Horak-Hallet; Sam Fu
Patrick Savage; Martin Cousin
NATIONAL BALLET THEATRE ORCHES
KATYA APEKISHEVA,
KAMER CHOIR, GIDON KREMER, ALT
BORIS ANDRIANOV, CELLO, REM UR
Vadym Kholodenko
