Pianist Inga Fiolia has performed with world-renowned orchestras including the Brandenburg State Opera Philharmonic and the Brussels Philharmonic.
Performer Biography
Inga Fiolia, the pianist on this album, is a Georgian-born multiple prizewinner of international competitions, described as a 'poet on the piano with remarkable maturity'.
Composer Biography
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, the composer, was considered a 'valetudinarian' due to his obsessive efforts to avoid illness, rather than being permanently sick.
Composer Biography
Glinka studied with Irish composer and pianist John Field, who had settled in Russia, during his teenage years.
Cultural Impact
Glinka is considered the 'fertile acorn' from which 19th-century Russian national music grew, despite there being Russian composers before him.
Composition History
The earliest surviving work on this album, Glinka's Variations on a Theme by Mozart, was originally composed for harp in 1822 and owes its survival to his sister Ludmila, who rewrote it from memory after the score was lost.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Glinka's travels to the Caucasus in 1824, where he was enchanted by the region's folk music, inspired his famous remark: 'A nation creates music the composer only arranges it.'
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