Glière: Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 42 'Il'ya Murometz'
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, Orchestral Choice
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...
Glière: Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 42 'Il'ya Murometz'
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, Orchestral Choice
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...
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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
Contents and tracklist
- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
- JoAnn Falletta
- Recorded: 3, 5 May 2013
- Recording Venue: Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, USA
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineApril 2014Orchestral Choice
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.
