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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
	PROKOFIEV / KHACHATURIAN / GLAZUNOV: Ballets (Bolshoi Ballet, 1989-1990) (NTSC)	$69.99	May 27, 2008	Arthaus Dvd
	GLAZUNOV: 5 Novelettes / String Quintet, Op. 39	$8.99	Mar 27, 2007	Naxos Classics
	TCHAIKOVSKY / BALAKIREV / GLAZUNOV: Arrangements for 2 Pianos 8 Hands	$8.99	Jun 20, 2006	Naxos Limited Edition
	KHACHATURIAN / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV: Violin Concertos	$19.99	Jun 1, 2005	Pentatone Music
	GLAZUNOV: Raymonda (NTSC)	$19.99	Feb 22, 2005	Arthaus Dvd
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 6 / Suite caracteristique	$18.99	Aug 1, 2004	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Raymonda	$29.99	Nov 1, 2003	TDK DVD
	GLAZUNOV: Chopiniana / Overtures on Greek Themes	$8.99	Aug 1, 2003	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 8 / Cantata in Memory of Pushkin's 100th Birthday / Poeme lyrique	$18.99	May 1, 2003	Chandos
	WIENIAWSKI / VIEUXTEMPS / GLAZUNOV / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / ERNST: Works for Violin and Piano	$18.99	Nov 1, 2002	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 3 / Concert Waltzes Nos. 1 and 2	$18.99	Mar 1, 2002	Chandos
	PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV: Violin Concertos	$16.99	Aug 1, 2001	CBC Records
	GLAZUNOV: The Sea / Oriental Rhapsody / Ballade	$8.99	Mar 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8	$8.99	Oct 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV (THE BEST OF)	$8.99	Sep 1, 2000	Naxos Best Of...
	GLAZUNOV: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2	$8.99	Jul 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 6 / The Forest	$8.99	May 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Introduction and Dance of Salome / The King of the Jews	$18.99	May 1, 2000	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 9	$8.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: The Seasons	$2.99	Sep 14, 1999	Amadis
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 1, "Slavyanskaya" / Violin Concerto	$18.99	Sep 1, 1999	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Works for Cello and Orchestra	$8.99	Sep 1, 1999	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5	$18.99	Jun 1, 1999	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Suite Caract�ristique / Le Chant du Destin	$8.99	Apr 28, 1999	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Finnish Fantasy / Finnish Sketches	$8.99	Apr 1, 1999	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 2 / Coronation Cantata	$18.99	Jan 1, 1999	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: The Seasons / Scenes de Ballet	$8.99	Mar 30, 1998	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4	$8.99	Mar 3, 1998	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Carnaval / Spring / Salome / Waltzes	$8.99	Oct 8, 1997	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in A Minor / The Seasons	$8.99	Aug 8, 1997	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7	$8.99	Jun 2, 1997	Naxos Classics
	ARENSKY: Violin Concerto / GLAZUNOV: Concerto ballata / Piano Concerto No. 1	$18.99	Jan 1, 1997	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Stenka Razin / Une fete slave / Cortege solennel	$8.99	Sep 9, 1996	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: The King of the Jews	$8.99	Aug 30, 1996	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: The Kremlin / From the Middle Ages / Poeme Lirique	$8.99	Apr 29, 1996	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Raymonda (Complete Ballet)	$17.99	Mar 18, 1996	Naxos Classics
	TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence / GLAZUNOV: String Quintet, Op. 39	$18.99	Aug 1, 1995	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV / DVORAK: Violin Concertos in A Minor	$8.99	Nov 10, 1994	Naxos Classics
	TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker / GLAZUNOV: Les Sylphides	$17.99	Aug 7, 1991	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Seasons (The) / Violin Concerto	$18.99	Oct 1, 1988	Chandos
	TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty / GLAZUNOV: The Seasons	$8.99	Feb 5, 1988	Naxos Classics
	GLAZUNOV: Raymonda, Op. 57 (excerpts)	$18.99	Mar 1, 1986	Chandos
	GLAZUNOV: Piano Music, Vol. 3	$9.99		Marco Polo
	GLAZUNOV: Piano Music, Vol. 4	$9.99		Marco Polo

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Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	DIVINE DANCERS (NTSC)	$24.99	Jul 25, 2006	EuroArts DVD
	SITKOVETSKY, Yulian: Art of Yulian Sitkovetsky (The), Vol. 3	$16.99	May 16, 2006	Artek
	LES VENDREDIS	$16.99	Jan 1, 2006	ATMA Classique
	Islands of Sanity 2: Islands by Day / Islands by Night	$17.99	Nov 1, 2003	Naxos Classics
	ORGAN MUSIC FROM RUSSIA	$18.99	Jan 1, 2003	Chandos
	Music for Saxophone and Orchestra	$8.99	Nov 1, 2002	Naxos Classics
	ANDANTE CANTABILE - ROMANTIC MUSIC FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA	$8.99	Feb 1, 2002	Naxos Classics
	KOLOMYJEC, Joanne: None But the Lonely Heart - Russian Romances	$16.99	Sep 1, 2001	CBC Records
	A Classic Christmas For Your Family	$8.99	Jul 1, 2000	Naxos Special Projects
	Music for Saxophone and Orchestra	$8.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Russian Ballet Favourites	$8.99	Sep 30, 1997	Naxos Classics
	ELGAR / SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concertos	$16.99	Nov 1, 1996	CBC Records
	RUSSIAN DANCES	$11.99	Jul 1, 1993	Chandos
	THE BEST OF MARCO POLO	$9.99	Sep 30, 1992	Marco Polo
	POPULAR WORKS FOR CELLO	$11.99	Jun 1, 1992	Chandos
	A Christmas Festival	$8.99	May 6, 1991	Naxos International
	RUSSIAN MASTERPIECES	$11.99	Sep 1, 1990	Chandos
	RUSSIAN BALLET MASTERPIECES	$11.99	Sep 1, 1990	Chandos
	BEST OF NAXOS 3	$8.99	Jan 1, 1990	Naxos Samplers
	BALLET MUSIC (FAMOUS)	$8.99		Naxos Classics

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