Glinka Orchestral Works
For a comprehensive survey of Glinka’s music in vivid performances, this is a winner
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Composer or Director: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 4/2001
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 |
Author: John Warrack
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.'
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.'
Glinka Orchestral Works
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