Glière: Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 42 'Il'ya Murometz'

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Despite a lack of a distinctive musical personality, the sheer virtuosity with which Glière marshals his forces makes this a very attractive showpiece...Falletta and her excellent orchestra give... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014 More…

Release Date: 3rd Feb 2014
Catalogue No: 8573161
Label: Naxos
Length: 71 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

April 2014

Orchestral Choice

Glière: Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 42 'Il'ya Murometz'

Work length1:11:23

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Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta
Recorded: 3, 5 May 2013
Recording Venue: Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, USA

I. Wandering Pilgrims: Andante sostenuto - Allegro risoluto

Track length21:21

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II. Solovey, the Brigand: Andante

Track length19:59

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III. At the Court of Vladimir, the Mighty Sun: Allegro

Track length7:05

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IV. The Heroism and Petrification: Allegro tumultuoso - Andante

Track length22:58

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“The Glière Symphony No. 3 has always been a piece that shimmered on my horizon – a cult piece, in a way, renowned as the composer’s towering masterpiece but rarely played in concert. As long as a Mahler symphony and enormous in its instrumental requirements, it was a work that people spoke about reverently but almost never heard live. The recording was an adventure that changed our orchestra, strengthened us, and became an artistic benchmark for our musicians. We revelled in the gorgeous landscape of the Symphony – from mysterious bass murmurings to crushing walls of brass fortissimo to breathtaking impressionistic renderings of forests and birds. We performed and recorded this massive work uncut to preserve Glière’s extraordinary architecture. This work is a cathedral in sound that unfolds in breathtaking swashes of colour, poetry and monumental climaxes.” – JoAnn Falletta

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April 2014

Despite a lack of a distinctive musical personality, the sheer virtuosity with which Glière marshals his forces makes this a very attractive showpiece...Falletta and her excellent orchestra give a visceral account of the score projecting its wide range of moods, from mystery and enchantment to violence and tragic intensity.

26th March 2014

Ms Falletta - aided by some fine engineering work - also proves adept at keeping orchestral textures clear so that all sorts of sometimes overlooked detail are revealed...What we have here, then, is an excellent performance that is enhanced by its superb - and superbly balanced - sound-picture.

7th February 2014

[Falletta's] impressive new recording with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra brings it vividly centre-stage...The symphony, played here without the cuts that it sometimes suffers, holds its own as a gripping monument of architecture and an excitingly eventful epic.

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