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Session Report: the Tippett Quartet on recording Glazunov’s string quartets

2026-04-24T08:52:00

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Harry White speaks to members of the Tippett Quartet about recording the complete string quartets of Glazunov – works that trace the composer’s journey from youthful confidence to late retrospection

For John Mills, first violinist of the Tippett Quartet, what is striking about Alexander Glazunov’s seven string quartets is that they span the composer’s entire creative life. Aged just 17 and with a symphony already under his belt, the precocious Glazunov triumphantly completed his First String Quartet. At its St Petersburg premiere in November 1882, it was praised by Tchaikovsky. Two years later, the work won him the Glinka Prize…

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