Classic FM Podcast 18 May 2012 - to hear an interview with José Serebrier about the complete Glazunov symphony & concerto cycle please click here and go to 10:25.
Maestro José Serebrier's acclaimed complete symphony and concerto cycle of Alexander Glazunov is now available as an 8CD capbox.
FULL CONTENTS
CD 1 58.53
Symphony No.3 in D major, op.33
Symphony No.9 in D major, “Unfinished”
(orch. Gavriil Yudin)
CD 2 77.48
Symphony No.2 in F sharp minor, op.16
Symphony No.1 in E major, op.5
“Slavyanskaya”
CD 3 69.59
Symphony No.4 in E flat major, op.48
Symphony No.7 in F major, op.77 “Pastoral”
CD 4 70.31
Symphony No.5 in B flat major, op.55
The Seasons, op.67 Ballet
CD 5 66.48
Symphony No.6 in C minor, op.58
La Mer, op.28
Introduction and Dance from Salome, op.90
CD 6 78.50
Symphony No.8 in E flat major, op.83
Raymonda — Suite from the ballet, op.57a
CD 7 56.11
Violin Concerto · Chant du ménestrel
Piano Concerto No.2
Concerto for alto saxophone and string
orchestra
CD 8 57.48
Piano Concerto No.1
Rêverie for horn and orchestra
Concerto Ballata for cello and orchestra
Méditation for violin and orchestra
Rachel Barton Pine violin · Wen-Sinn Yang cello
Alexander Romanovsky piano
Marc Chisson alto saxophone
Alexey Serov French horn
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (CD 1–6)
Russian National Orchestra (CD 7 & 8)
José Serebrier - conductor
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Review from MusicWeb:
Have you resisted the temptation to acquire Jose Serebrier’s admirable Glazunov discs piece-meal? If so your restraint is now rewarded. For less than thirty GBP you can have them all in a clam-shell box with each disc in its own card sleeve.
(for the complete review please click here)
This set goes straight to the top of the recommended versions of the symphonies and concertos. It has no direct competition; no-one else has a single box with all the symphonies and all the concertos. The life-enhancing poetic spirit which suffuses and courses through these works is remarkable. It combines consistently inspired interpretative insights, Imperial Russian style and superb audio-technology. I cannot imagine these recordings being surpassed by a single conductor and orchestra (OK, two), so strong and sympathetic are they.
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