Glazunov's glass of vodka

[Der einsame Einsiedler]

I never cared much about the Serebrier cycle of the Glazunov symphonies (and other orchestral works and concerti). My go-to cycles are Rozhdestvensky and Svetlanov. Serebrier treats this music like it's Dvořák.

[Daverz]

Recently compared Jarvi and Walter Weller in Symphony No. 5

Jarvi seems a bit brusque and impatient compared to Weller.  Weller's slower tempos bring out the lyricism of the music.  The Basel orchestra plays beautifully, with more character than the Bavarians, and the recording is also much better.

I can't find the Weller streaming.



Weller has also recorded No. 5 with the Belgium Philharmonic for Fuga Libera, and that one is on YT.

[Roasted Swan]

Prompted by the discussion of Symphony 5 above - a shout-out for this version (which I have previously praised) - quite a broad heroic version - very well played and recorded.  Butt recorded quite a bit for ASV and his Glazunov - only Symphonies 3/4/5/6 - are well regarded.  He also had a PhD in Chemistry!

[Der einsame Einsiedler]

Prompted by the discussion of Symphony 5 above - a shout-out for this version (which I have previously praised) - quite a broad heroic version - very well played and recorded.  Butt recorded quite a bit for ASV and his Glazunov - only Symphonies 3/4/5/6 - are well regarded.  He also had a PhD in Chemistry!

Poor guy. Can you imagine a question being asked by an orchestra musician in a rehearsal: "Excuse me, Maestro Butt. In measure 20, are those quintuplets?"

[Spotted Horses]

Prompted by the discussion of Symphony 5 above - a shout-out for this version (which I have previously praised) - quite a broad heroic version - very well played and recorded.  Butt recorded quite a bit for ASV and his Glazunov - only Symphonies 3/4/5/6 - are well regarded.  He also had a PhD in Chemistry!

It's a shame that ASV was acquired by Universal but very little of the ASV catalog is available or has been reissued.

[vandermolen]

It's a shame that ASV was acquired by Universal but very little of the ASV catalog is available or has been reissued.

Alto have released some ASV material.

[vandermolen]

I never cared much about the Serebrier cycle of the Glazunov symphonies (and other orchestral works and concerti). My go-to cycles are Rozhdestvensky and Svetlanov. Serebrier treats this music like it's Dvořák.

I like this inexpensive set:

[Der einsame Einsiedler]

I like this inexpensive set:

Oh yes, that's a good one, too. Fedoseyev has many fine recordings under his belt.

[foxandpeng]

I like this inexpensive set:

I also enjoy this set. And the Naxos Anissimov symphonies, which have the advantage of being my only owned cycle for many years.

[Roasted Swan]

Oh yes, that's a good one, too. Fedoseyev has many fine recordings under his belt.

to be fair I don't know that cycle but I must say I find Fedoseyev too often to be a too 'safe' conductor.  Nothing to offend but little to thrill...  That said, it was his older Moscow RSO recording of Glazunov 5 that made me fall in love with that symphony.....

[Roasted Swan]

Continuing my Butt/Glazunov retrospective onto



Annother tremendous recording - this time the LSO playing with all the opulent swagger this music demands.  The coupling of an extended selection from the Ballet Raymondas is both sensible and very appealing.  I like the way the principal trumpet at one point employs a quasi-Soviet vibrato - very idiomatic and absolutely on point.  I think Symphony 6 is near the top of my favourite Glazunov Symphony list anyway and this performance certainly reinforces that opinion......

[Jo498]

Prompted by the discussion of Symphony 5 above - a shout-out for this version (which I have previously praised) - quite a broad heroic version - very well played and recorded.  Butt recorded quite a bit for ASV and his Glazunov - only Symphonies 3/4/5/6 - are well regarded. He also had a PhD in Chemistry!

Shouldn't that predispose him to Borodin's music rather than Glazunov's?