His sacred choral works include the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and 1915's Vespers, but more typical are his Etudes-Tableaux for piano.
His sacred choral works include the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and 1915's Vespers, but more typical are his Etudes-Tableaux for piano. Conductor of the Russian Imperial Opera from 1905-06, Glazunov drunkenly conducted the premiere of his First Symphony, leading to an extended period of writer's block that ended only with the aid of a psychiatrist. He wrote tone poems like The Rock and Isle of the Dead, but is better known for his piano virtuosity, displayed in works like the "Prelude in C-sharp minor". FTP, who was this Russian composer of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini?
His sacred choral works include the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and 1915's Vespers, but more typical are his Etudes-Tableaux for piano.
Sergei Rachmaninoff