Sviatoslav Richter plays Glazunov Concerto No. 1 (1/4)
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@snaaptaker The best recording I've heard is Oxana Yablonskaya's version. Absolutely wonderful!
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Yes, cl427x - it IS scarily like Rach's Symphony in parts!!
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Almost scarily reminiscent of the third movement of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2... though played very nicely and nevertheless beautiful.
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I never truly got his Violin Concerto near my heart...but I am trying to get Mravinsky's interpretation of the Glazunov 4, 5, 6th Symphonies. I think he recorded the Seasons also. Anyway, thank you.
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Try his ballet: "The Seasons" Philharmonia orch/Evgeny Svetlanov,(by far the greatest interpretation).
Also, his Violin Concerto in A minor, one of the great concertos; for shattering virtuosity try the vintage Heifetz recording,(RCA), or Milstein(if you can find it).
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Just checked: modern recordings of both concertos on Hyperion, (S Coombes). Also Naxos,(O. Yablonskaya); Havn't heard either.
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Elena Glazunov, the composer's daughter, recorded both his concertos, on an old Telefunken disc,(LP 33),with rather dim sound and cautious playing, and a poorly tuned orchestra,(Hamburg Phil.?) This is much better in every way, including the orchestral interpretation. However, i believe there are modern recordings, surely in Hyperion's Romantic series and i'd be surprose if Naxos hadn't yet made its claim on this repertoire.
Great to hear this fine interpretation.
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Kiril Kondrashin is such a great conductor and thisa is such a great performance with him and Richter
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Oh my.. Beautiful!! Does anyone has this concerto's sheet music?
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This is the very first Glazunov piece I ever listened to. Can somebody make recommendations to me on Glazunov? He seems to be a intimidating composer for me to get into...
Wonderful!! Thank you so much,TC, for your very quick response.
BTW, I know I said earlier (on the R-K page) that recordings of this concerto are extremely rare; but the more I think about it, I'm not sure if I've ever heard ANY other recordings besides this one.
Do you know if there are any others?
snaaptaker 3 years ago
You are very welcome!
In Richter's discography there are only these:
9/3/49 - Moscow - Live - USSR State O./Agarkov
16/4/51 - Moscow - Live - Moscow Youth S.O./Kondrashin
52 - Leningrad - L.P.O./Eliasberg - LENINGRAD MASTERS LM 1324
14/12/52 - Moscow - Moscow Youth S.O./Kondrashin - MELODIYA/BMG 29468 2 (CD)
I have only 1952 recording.
truecrypt 3 years ago