RAYMONDA by Alexander Glazunov (Excerpts) Audio + Score
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- Composed by: Alexander Glazunov
Year composed: 1896-97
Premiere: 19th January 1898, Imperial Mariinsky Theatre
Performed by: Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Anissimov
Glazunov's score for the ballet Raymonda, Op. 57, props up a weak and fanciful narrative by novelist-journalist Lydia Pashkova, who submitted her ideas for a new scenario to Ivan Vsevolozhsy, director of the Russian Imperial Theatres, in 1895. Raymonda was originally produced in January 1898 at the Mariinsky (now Kirov) Theatre in St. Petersburg, with choreography by the great Marius Petipa. Prima ballerina Pierina Legnani (then in her benefit year) took the title role, with Sergei Legat as her suitor, the chivalrous knight Jean de Brienne.
The action takes place in medieval Hungary. Raymonda is to marry the crusader Jean de Brienne, but when he is summoned to take up arms abroad, Raymonda becomes the object of desire of the wicked Saracen infidel Abderakhman, who plots her abduction. The beneficent White Lady (a spirit committed to the guardianship of Raymonda's noble family line in perpetuity) suddenly appears at the critical moment. The planned kidnapping is thus foiled, and Jean de Brienne slays Abderakhman in battle with the sword.
The forgoing events, though entirely predictable, are spun out to occupy most of the ballet's first two acts. The third act focuses entirely on the betrothal and jubilant marriage celebrations for Raymonda and Jean de Brienne. Musically, this final act is composed of a series of divertissements and separate variations, one of which is the "pas classique hongroise," the most famous individual episode in the entire ballet. Though the somewhat ramshackle plot, with its banal and unsurprising outcome, is hardly an inspired literary creation, Raymonda survives in the repertory chiefly as the result of Glazunov's exquisite and imaginative score. Though Act III is occasionally presented on programs as a freestanding item, the complete ballet is seldom revived, overshadowed by the composer's more popular The Seasons (1898).
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Breakdown of meaningful sections as I hear them:
Act 1:
0:00 - Tradice
3:08 - Allegro/Moderato
4:37 - Entree de Raymonda
5:30 - Grand Valse
8:56 - Pizzicato
10:16 - Reprise de Valse
11:45 - La Romanesca
13:12 - Prelude/Variations
14:34 - Valse Fantastique
18:26 - Variation 2
19:21 - Variation 3
20:23 - Coda
21:55 - Andante
22:52 - Scene 9
23:42 - Scene 10
Act 2:
25:20 - Entr'acte
27:14 - Marche
29:14 - Entree d'Abderame
31:22 - Grand Adagio
36:05 - Allergro Moderato
37:09 - Variation 4
38:07 - Grand Coda
41:03 - Scene Mimique
42:02 - Danse garcons Arabe
42:55 - Entree de Sarassins
43:44 - Allegro (Espagnole)
45:46 - Danse Orientale
47:42 - Bacchanal
50:50 - Scene 4
Act 3:
51:34 - Entr'acte
56:14 - Cortege Hongrois
59:41 - Cortege Hongrois B: Poco Meno Mosso
1:01:16 - Cortege Hongrois C: Presto
1:02:32 - Pas Classique Hongrois
1:06:30 - Variation 2
1:07:54 - Variation 4
1:10:25 - Coda
1:12:41 - Apotheosis
Thank you for this.
There's missing the dream scene adagio and variation
It should be before 18:26 variation
I recently discovered Glazunov through Spotify. It's beyond me why he is so totally underplayed, no, non existant in western concert programs. His melodies may be not as inspired as Tchaikovsky's but he for sure is the more accomplished technician when it comes to crafting a form. I consider him the best russian composer of his generation.
David Hurwitz has done a couple of videos in support of Glazunov on his very popular channel :)
Magical!
1:07:54
It sounds like a mix of rimsky korsakov and tchaikovsky
Glazunov was a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and a friend of Tchaikovsky
Hey!
I have a suggest of score (if you find it): Saint François d'Assise by Messiaen
If you can't find it anywhere, try pianophilia 🙂
@@dot8209 Hey, Cmaj7 has uploaded the conductor score of Saint François this summer