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It is not that José Serebrier and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's Glazunov's Symphony No. 5 is either a poor performance or a poor recording. The brass do tend to bray at climaxes, the strings tend to fray in long legato lines, the winds tend to squeak in solos, and the whole ensemble tends to go off the road in tempo changes. And Serebrier, as he has for decades, still tends to accelerando in crescendos, to ritardando in decrescendos, and to over-emphasize the upper end of the orchestra at climaxes. And Warner's 2004 digital sound does tend to sound a bit too withdrawn in pianissimos and a tad too shrill in climaxes. But the real problem is neither the performance nor the recording, but the competition. Glazunov's mighty and majestic Symphony No. 5 is his most popular symphony and while there is the usual mediocre recording by Neeme Järvi, there is also a muscular recording by Vladimir Fedoseyev and an altogether magnificent recording by Yevgeny Mravinsky and, despite antique stereo sound, either is preferable to Serebrier's. And to make matters worse, Serebrier and the Scottish Orchestra's recording of Glazunov's ballet The Seasons, which fills up the disc, is deeply annoying and profoundly superficial in a work that is the epitome of ephemeral evanescence.
© TiVo
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Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - José Serebrier, Conductor, MainArtist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
Album review
It is not that José Serebrier and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's Glazunov's Symphony No. 5 is either a poor performance or a poor recording. The brass do tend to bray at climaxes, the strings tend to fray in long legato lines, the winds tend to squeak in solos, and the whole ensemble tends to go off the road in tempo changes. And Serebrier, as he has for decades, still tends to accelerando in crescendos, to ritardando in decrescendos, and to over-emphasize the upper end of the orchestra at climaxes. And Warner's 2004 digital sound does tend to sound a bit too withdrawn in pianissimos and a tad too shrill in climaxes. But the real problem is neither the performance nor the recording, but the competition. Glazunov's mighty and majestic Symphony No. 5 is his most popular symphony and while there is the usual mediocre recording by Neeme Järvi, there is also a muscular recording by Vladimir Fedoseyev and an altogether magnificent recording by Yevgeny Mravinsky and, despite antique stereo sound, either is preferable to Serebrier's. And to make matters worse, Serebrier and the Scottish Orchestra's recording of Glazunov's ballet The Seasons, which fills up the disc, is deeply annoying and profoundly superficial in a work that is the epitome of ephemeral evanescence.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:17
- Main artists: José Serebrier
- Composer: Alexander Glazunov
- Label: Warner Classics International
- Genre: Classical
A Warner Classics release, © 2004 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited
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