The premiere of Glinka's "Kamarinskaya" in 1850 was considered by contemporaries to be a new page in Russian music history, featuring only new works by Russian composers.
Album & Artwork
The album title, "Music Academy of M.I. Glinka," refers to 18th and 19th-century Italian recitals organized by composers, a concept Glinka himself never experienced.
Composition History
The ballad "The Midnight Review" was composed by Glinka in a single evening after receiving the poem from Vasilij Zhukovsky, and he sang it for Pushkin and Zhukovsky that same night.
Compositional Technique
Glinka's unfinished juvenile Symphony in B-flat major already shows his delicate and light style, with variations on Russian and Ukrainian folk dancing songs.
Composer Biography
At 18, Glinka, the composer, studied orchestration methods by examining symphonies and overtures by composers like Cherubini, Méhul, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven while working with serf orchestras.
Composition History
Glinka's song "Do Not Call Her Heavenly" was set to music in the presence of the poet Nikolaj Pavlov, who had just written the poem.
Recording & Production
The Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva and its artistic director Alexander Rudin aim to correct a historical injustice by presenting Glinka's works, some of which have not been performed for decades.
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