Canon
Where to start with Glière
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralSymphony no. 3 in B minor, op. 42, "Il'ya Muromets"
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Chamber10 Duos, for cello, op. 53
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Keyboard3 Mazurkas, op. 29
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StageGyul'sara — Opera
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VocalHuman Tears, for voice and piano, op. 6, no. 2
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OrchestralHarp Concerto, op. 74
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OrchestralHorn Concerto, op. 91
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Chamber8 Pieces for Violin and Cello, op. 39
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ChamberAlbumblätter, for cello and piano, op. 51
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OrchestralBallad, for cello and orchestra, op. 4
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OrchestralBronze Horseman Suite, op. 89a
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OrchestralCello Concerto, op. 87
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OrchestralConcerto Waltz, op. 90
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OrchestralConcerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra, op. 82
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KeyboardEsquisses, op. 47
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Glière's catalogueMost Popular
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Symphony No. 3 ”Ilya Muromets”1 hour, 4 movements depicting the Russian epic hero
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Harp Concerto in E-flat
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Red Poppy (ballet — Russian Sailors\’ Dance)
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Coloratura Soprano Concerto
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String Octet in D major
Most Acclaimed
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Symphony No. 3 ”Ilya Muromets”
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String Sextet No. 2
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Cello Concerto in D minor
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Coloratura Soprano Concertoa concerto for voice with no text — purely vocal acrobatics
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String Quartet No. 4
Most Weird
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Coloratura Soprano Concertoa full concerto for solo soprano voice and orchestra — no words; just vocalise
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Ilya Muromets Symphonyfirst movement depicts the hero paralyzed for 33 years; second: forest spirits; third: pilgrims; fourth: the White Knight
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String Octet in D majorhis earliest surviving major work
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Red Poppy ballet (complete)Soviet propaganda ballet — the first Soviet ballet with a contemporary subject
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Shakh-Senem (opera)an Azerbaijani-language opera — very unusual for a Russian composer
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 39
- Orchestral
- ● Symphony no. 3 in B minor, op. 42, "Il'ya Muromets"
- Harp Concerto, op. 74
- Horn Concerto, op. 91
- Ballad, for cello and orchestra, op. 4
- Bronze Horseman Suite, op. 89a
- Cello Concerto, op. 87
- Concerto Waltz, op. 90
- Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra, op. 82
- Folk Song, for Violin and Orchestra
- Heroic March for the Buryiat-Mongolian ASSR, op. 71
- Overture on Slavonic Themes
- Overture: Holiday at Ferghana, op. 75
- Romance, op. 3
- Sirens, op. 33
- Solemn Overture, op. 72
- Symphony no. 1 in E flat major, op. 8
- Symphony no. 2 in C minor, op. 25
- The Zaporozhy Cossacks, op. 64
- Chamber
- 10 Duos, for cello, op. 53
- 8 Pieces for Violin and Cello, op. 39
- Albumblätter, for cello and piano, op. 51
- Impromptu, for harp
- Pieces for Various Instruments and Piano, op. 35
- Suite, for guitar and bass
- Waltz, for cello and piano, op. 48
- Keyboard
- 3 Mazurkas, op. 29
- Esquisses, op. 47
- Fugue on a Theme of A Russian Christmas Song in B flat major
- Orientale, op. 38, no. 17
- Prelude, op. 26, no. 1
- Préludes, op. 30
- Stage
- Gyul'sara — Opera
- Shakh-Senem — Opera
- The Bronze Horseman — Ballet
- The Red Poppy, op. 70 — Ballet
- Vocal
- Human Tears, for voice and piano, op. 6, no. 2
- That my grief were with you, for voice and piano Op.28, no. 3
- The Melancholy of Love, for voice and piano, op. 46, no. 3
- The Night March, for voice and piano, op. 50, no. 1