Alexander Glazunov

Glazunov was a leading Russian composer of the generation after Tchaikovsky. Doubtless owing to his exceptional mastery of and attentiveness to form, exemplified by his exceptional grasp of counterpoint, he has been described as a Romantic Classicist and, therefore, compared to Brahms. Furthermore, since he remained faithful to a traditional 19th century musical idiom, while some of his contemporaries pursued varieties of Modernism, critics have described Glazunov's music as academic and formal. But his oeuvre, which includes a wide range of genres, cannot be easily reduced to...