Harp Concerto (Glière)
Concerto by Reinhold Glière
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Reinhold Glière wrote his Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E♭ major, Op. 74, in 1938.
It lasts about 25 minutes and is in three movements:
Glière sought the technical advice of the harpist Ksenia Alexandrovna Erdely (1878–1971). She made so many suggestions that he offered to credit her as co-composer, but she declined. The work was published as the work of Glière as edited by Erdely.[2][3][4]
The music combines features that are redolent of both the Viennese classical style and Russian romantic nationalism.[1]
Recordings
The Harp Concerto has been recorded a number of times:
- Osian Ellis, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (1968)
- Olga Erdeli, Moscow Radio Large Symphony Orchestra, Boris Khaikin and Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1968)
- Catherine Michel, Luxembourg Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra, Louis de Froment (1992)
- Rachel Masters, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (1993)
- Alice Giles, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn (1999)
- Gretchen Van Hoesen, New Symphony Orchestra (Sofia), Rossen Milanov (2002)
- Emmanuel Ceysson, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Renes (2009)
- Claire Jones, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Watkins (2010)[5]
- Xavier de Maistre, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Nathalie Stutzmann (2022)
