One of Tcherepnin?s favourite instruments was the cello for which he wrote about ten works (for example the Georgian Rhapsody other works for violoncello and orchestra and several ensemble and solo pieces). He worked together with cellists such as Paul Grümmer Paul Tortelier Pierre Fournier and Gregor Piatigorsky and for this reason his cello works seem to be especially well suited to the …

Glazunov's Symphony no. 8 the last the composer completed is a majestic achievement whose combination of talent imagination and contrapuntal mastery was destined to remain unsurpassed. The Dutch musicologist Alex van Amerongen was of the opinion that the symphony was the most striking and monumental work of a whole generation. Furthermore he believed that &ldquo this piece - and not the music …

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The Violin Concerto op. 82 is one of Glazunov?s best-known works. Since the first performance in 1905 conducted by the composer when Leopold Auer was the soloist virtually all the great violinists have had it in their repertories. The structure of the work was fairly unconventional for its time. The lyrical and romantic first movement is followed without a break (attacca) by the striking and vir…

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Sinfonische Dichtung nach einem russischen Volksmärchen von A. Afanassjew-... Stealing out on another of her jaunts Baba Yaga the forest witch utters a wonted whistle to bring mortar prestle and broomstick scurrying to the scene. Through the forest she glides seated in the mortar using the prestle to drive her swiftly on her way the broom to smoothen all traces left behind by her unusual con…

Legende für Orchester-Way up in the rocky mountains Kikimora lives with her guardian the Wizard. Strange fairy tales are related to her from morning till eve by the Wizard's wise old cat. At night she es rocked gently to sleep in a crystal cradle until early sunrise. Kikimora becomes grown up at the age of seven. Her body swart and slender measures no longer than a wisp of straw her head no lar…

Alexander Glasunov's famous Saxophone Quartet Op. 109 (1932) is one of his last works and at the same time one of the earliest quartets for this instrumentation at all. The work is virtually a little history of music ? 'delivered subsequently' for this younger instrument group: The first movement is characterized by wide melodic arcs reminiscent of Dvorák Wagner and Brahms the second movement …

The sultan Shakriar convinced of the falshood and inconstancy of all women had sworn an oath to put to death each of his wives after the first night. However the sultana Scheherazade saved her life by arousing his interest in the tales which she told him during 1001 nights. Driven by curiosity the sultan postponed her execution from day to day and at last abandoned his sanguinary design. Scheher…

Deux Impromptus op. 12