This recording of Glazunov's Les Ruses d'amour was made in Iași, Romania, in November 1986, with Teije van Geest as the producer.
Composer Biography
At age sixteen, Glazunov completed his First Symphony, which was successfully performed under the direction of Balakirev, a leader of the Russian nationalist group 'The Five'.
Critical Reception
Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov's former teacher, admired the music of Les Ruses d'amour for its "unusual mastery of writing and extremely pictorial beauty."
Compositional Technique
Glazunov's Les Ruses d'amour incorporates earlier French dance melodies, opening with a dance from Thoinot Arbeau's 1598 Orchésographie, despite its Russian orchestral coloring.
Performer Biography
Horia Andreescu, the conductor, has recorded over nine hundred works for broadcasts and made over sixty recordings for various record companies.
Composer Biography
Alexander Glazunov, the composer, was the son of a bookseller and publisher raised to the nobility, and his mother was an amateur pianist.
Composition History
Glazunov's ballet Les Ruses d'amour, with choreography by Marius Petipa, premiered at the Hermitage Theatre in St Petersburg on January 29, 1900.
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