Glinka Orchestral Works

For a comprehensive survey of Glinka’s music in vivid performances, this is a winner

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Genre:

Orchestral

Label: Chandos

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 71

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: CHAN9861

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
Jota aragonesa Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
Vassily Sinaisky, Conductor
Overture in D major Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
Vassily Sinaisky, Conductor
Souvenir d'une nuit d'été Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
Vassily Sinaisky, Conductor
Symphony on Two Russian Themes Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
Vassily Sinaisky, Conductor
Kamarinskaya Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
Vassily Sinaisky, Conductor
Ruslan and Lyudmila, Movement: Overture Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
Vassily Sinaisky, Conductor
Ruslan and Lyudmila, Movement: Dances Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
Vassily Sinaisky, Conductor
Ruslan and Lyudmila, Movement: Chernomor's march Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
Vassily Sinaisky, Conductor
Valse-fantaisie Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer
Vassily Sinaisky, Conductor
Following on the heels of ASV’s selection of Glinka’s orchestral music, with the Armenian Philharmonic under Loris Tjeknavorian, comes this more comprehensive survey. Both conductors include the two ‘Spanish Overtures’, the Valse-fantaisie and Kamarinskaya in performances that do not really have very much to choose between them. Sinaisky is rather faster and brighter in the first ‘Spanish Overture’, Capriccio on the jota aragonesa, and in the second, Souvenir d’une nuit d’ete, he reflects more subtly the French grace that also lies within the music, where Tjeknavorian goes for greater verve and colour. Both conductors give good, vivid performances of the Valse- fantaisie and of the classic Kamarinskaya, with recordings that do justice to Glinka’s brilliant and delicate orchestration.
Thereafter the repertory parts company. Tjeknavorian gives the rest of his record up to a suite of six pieces from A Life for the Tsar, consisting of the overture and finale plus four of the Polish dances. Sinaisky prefers Ruslan and Lyudmila, with a lively performance of the overture and then the Act 3 dances and the dwarf Chernomor’s grotesque little march. This gives him room for the early Overture in D minor, which does not often feature on records and is indeed hardly more than a pleasant curiosity, and for the Symphony on Two Russian Themes. The work survives in only a single movement, but fascinatingly and attractively anticipates Kamarinskaya. Those who bought the Tjeknavorian record will surely be feeling few regrets, but for a highly enjoyable introduction to Glinka’s orchestral music, indeed to his whole original way of thinking and its relevance for Russian music, the new Chandos disc is the one to go for.'

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