Compiled by our Classical Music desk.
This month’s Composer of the Month is the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857).
1. Variations for harp ‘Variations of a theme by Mozart’ (1822).
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra’s harpist.
2. Grande Valse in G major (1839).
Victor Ryabchikov, piano.
3. Nocturne for harp in E-flat major (1828).
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra’s harpist.
4. Polonaise in E major (1839).
Victor Ryabchikov, piano.
5. Six Mazurkas for piano.
Victor Ryabchikov, piano.
6a. Bolero for piano (1840). b. French Quadrille (1820).
Victor Ryabchikov, piano.
7. Variations on a theme by Mozart (1822) for piano.
Victor Ryabchikov, piano.
8. March of Chernomor from Ruslan & Ludmilla (1837/42).
Symphony Orchestra ‘Tsjaikovski’ of Radio Moscow conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev.
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