Carl Hillmann

In 1883 Glazunov orchestrated a number of piano works by Chopin and called the suite Chopiniana (Les Sylphides). The music inspired the young choreograph Mikhail Fokin, who later achieved internationa...

Glazunov began to compose this work at the age of fifteen. His diary records: 'I composed and orchestrated the slow movement of Symphony no. 1 ('Andante') in the summer of 1881 . . . The score of the...

Glazunov began to compose this work at the age of fifteen. His diary records: 'I composed and orchestrated the slow movement of Symphony no. 1 ('Andante') in the summer of 1881 . . . The score of the...

Symphony no. 5 is one of Glazunov's most popular and most frequently performed works. Although it is obviously in the tradition of the new St Petersburg school (and especially in that of Alexander Bor...

Symphony no. 5 is one of Glazunov's most popular and most frequently performed works. Although it is obviously in the tradition of the new St Petersburg school (and especially in that of Alexander Bor...