Aleksandr Glazunov - Elegie for viola and piano Op. 44 (GSARCI VIDEO REVIVAL)

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (10 August 1865 - 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He served as director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was also instrumental in the reorganization of the institute into the Petrograd Conservatory, then the Leningrad Conservatory, following the Bolshevik Revolution. He continued heading the Conservatory until 1930, though he had left the Soviet Union in 1928 and did not return. The best known student under his tenure during the early Soviet years was Dmitri Shostakovich.
Glazunov was significant in that he successfully reconciled nationalism and cosmopolitanism in Russian music. While he was the direct successor to Balakirev's nationalism, he tended more towards Borodin's epic grandeur while absorbing a number of other influences. These included Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral virtuosity, Tchaikovsky's lyricism and Taneyev's contrapuntal skill. Younger composers such as Prokofiev and Shostakovich eventually considered his music old-fashioned while also admitting he remained a composer with an imposing reputation and a stabilizing influence in a time of transition and turmoil.
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Please take note that the audio AND the sheet music ARE NOT mine. Change the quality to a minimum of 480p if the video is blurry.
Original audio: • Glazunov : Elegie, Op. 44
Original sheet music: imslp.org

[@marcsabbah5275]

Sometimes the simplest looking music is often the most difficult to play. Beautiful music.

[@thenameisgsarci]

Well said, indeed.

[@marcsabbah5275]

@@thenameisgsarci I also have many recordings and videos. You are more than welcome to use one.

[@thenameisgsarci]

@@marcsabbah5275 Thanks, I'll try to keep that in mind.

[@anaconavillarroelrodrigo8378]

tienes razón, lo estoy viviendo ahora mismo

[@jackhousman6637]

I'm pretty sure that the viola has had more elegies written for it, than any other instrument. (This one is gorgeous, and beautifully played, too)

[@NicoleFelker1673]

You hire the violinists for weddings, and the violists for funerals.

[@sneddypie]

Nicole Felker shut it, viola jokes were never funny, and never will be.

[@vio_rtm]

@@sneddypie I'd personally think it an honor to be given the responsibility of playing at the more sensitive ceremony. You can mess up a wedding (as many do), and people will brush it off. You sure as hell better not mess up a funeral, though.

[@NicoleFelker1673]

@@sneddypie lol as a violist, I find that one kinda funny

[@sneddypie]

why was i so salty 9 months ago

[@TheGreatSnuffleuphag]

This is the most beautiful song ever written

[@yariekirke8188]

Then you have to listen to the Elegy by Vieuxtemps!

[@alvarocabellodealba625]

Un poco exagerado, pero en parte si

[@iandugger1168]

That final chord gave me chills.

[@manuelgutierrez4229]

Sentimental y hermosa melodía. Interpretes; Viola : En-Chi Cheng
Piano : Rie Tanaka

[@LauraMehy]

¡Qué bonita! Nunca la había escuchado. Qué piezas más bonitas hay para viola. ♥

[@pikkukamarimusiikkia3205]

I play this one now, never heard a more beautiful peace than this.

[@johndonnelly5971]

That piece is incredibly beautiful. Thank you.

[@JoseLCdeA]

It is one of the best viola music, i think. I love

[@islatheremin]

wow! that’s just stunning!

[@hannahklavier]

This is beautiful ~~

[@user-ru8vy1uz7c]

Bravo

[@CM-qo9mj]

Wonderful

[@sergiushapira1027]

Cynthia Marg

[@whimsicalgolde]

I have heard more Viola beginning yet this one. I feel like playing it and making it my own for fun. You know just see what tune I can play with it for fun. Can't no Viola, I did play though by borrowing. I would try to play this song if I had one😃 after Passcalagia, it's on pause but I still look at it.

[@LucTaMusic]

"Beneath the Surface" from Octopath Traveler quotes this, I think

[@xscastasx]

It does, at least the first semiphrase

[@lourdesruiz4631]

me compartirian la partitura. Gracias

[@WilliamVyvyanMurray]

Who is playing the viola?

[@samuelthrift7282]

En-Chi Cheng

[@darkdestiny3700]

*SNIFF*

[@jerry_moo]

:P first, was this taken off?

[@thenameisgsarci]

Yes. I uploaded this on the last weekend of January, but was blocked about a week later, so I decided to use another recording for the audio for this one.

[@jerry_moo]

Damn it TH-cam, well anyways. It's good to hear this.

[@jerry_moo]

Thank you for reuploading this.

[@thenameisgsarci]

You're welcome.
PS. Please stay tuned, this weekend is going to be "Revival Week", in honor to Hexameron. And for Monday to Tuesday, hopefully, I can upload some more videos. There's something special happening on Tuesday and it's an international event, and that's your only clue.

[@jerry_moo]

I see, well. I will be looking forward to it, Glenn.

[@b-csundgren568]

👍

[@Natali180474]

Пожалуйста, укажите исполнителей!

[@rowanjin4119]

0:20

[@tomlin1312]

好像在描寫某人物,以示紀念!?

[@sokkimmartin788]

5:20