In 1926 Alexander Glazunov, who turned 61 years old that year, composed the last two works he would write for the piano: the Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, and the Idyll in F-Sharp Minor. The Idyll in particular shows us a glimpse of the mastery of Glazunov’s younger days, but by 1926 he was decades past the time of his greatest creative abilities. […] Click here to continue reading a transcript of this podcast.
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Glazunov, Idyll in F-Sharp Minor  |
Glazunov, Prelude and Fugue in E Minor  |
Villa-Lobos, Choros nos. 4, 6, and 10  |
Villa-Lobos, Rudepoêma and Cirandas  |
Villa-Lobos, Três Poemas Indígenas  |
Janáček, Řikadla  |
Janáček, Capriccio for Piano, Flute, and Brass Sextet  |
Janáček, Sinfonietta  |
Janáček, Sinfonietta  |
Janáček, Violin Concerto  |
Janáček, Violin Concerto  |
Janáček, Glagolitic Mass  |
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AYICM: 1926, vol. 8 — I. Glazunov, Villa-Lobos
AYICM: 1926, vol. 8 — II. Janáček
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