Ton Nu Nguyet Minh - Glinka: Piano Variations (2016)

Tracklist

01. Variations E Minor on Alyabyev's Romance "The Nightingale"
02. Nocturne in E-Flat Major
03. Variations A Minor on a Russian Song "Among the Gentle Valleys"
04. La séparation
05. A Greeting to My Native Land: IV. Thème écossais varié
06. A Greeting to My Native Land: I. Souvenir d'une mazurka
07. A Greeting to My Native Land: II. Barcarolle
08. A Greeting to My Native Land: III. Prière
09. Variations in F Major on an Original Theme
10. Variations in C Major on a Theme from Bellini's Opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi"



In Russia, it is said that Pushkin is the sun of poetry, but Glinka is the Pushkin of music, an indication of the high esteem in which Glinka is held in his homeland. Glinka was briefly a student of John Field, during the Irish pianist-composer's time in St Petersburg and, throughout his life, Glinka's music remained heavily influenced by Field. As with the early works by Frédéric Chopin, who was also influenced by Field and Hummel, Glinka's piano works are written in this 'brilliant style', which might also be described as 'instrumental bel canto'.

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