Viacheslav Shelepov - Glinka Piano Music (2023) [Official Digital Download]

Variations and salon miniatures by the father of the classical tradition in Russia. Mikhail Glinka's piano works lie in the shadow of his operas, romances and orchestral music but they share the distinctive voice, the brilliance and Franco-Russian accent of foundational pieces in the Russian classical tradition such as Ruslan and Ludmila. The works recorded here date from the 1820s to the 1840s, when there was no regular concert life or musical education in Russia and when the salon and the opera still formed the centres of musical life. Glinka models his keyboard writing accordingly on the forms immortalised by Chopin such as the waltz, nocturne and mazurka, and the variations on songs, popular Italian opera melodies. Viacheslav Shelepov opens this beautifully curated album with a delicious set of variations on Alyabyev’s song The Nightingale, cast in a nostalgic E minor.

TRACKLIST

01. Viacheslav Shelepov - Variations on the Song "Nightingale" by A. Alyabyev, IMG 50
02. Viacheslav Shelepov - Nocturne, IMG 26
03. Viacheslav Shelepov - Valse in E-Flat Major
04. Viacheslav Shelepov - Mazurka in F in F Major, IMG 58
05. Viacheslav Shelepov - Reminiscence of a Mazurka
06. Viacheslav Shelepov - The Separation, IMG 34
07. Viacheslav Shelepov - Variations on a Scottish Theme, IMG 45
08. Viacheslav Shelepov - Variations on the Russian Song "Among the Gentle Valleys", IMG 44
09. Viacheslav Shelepov - Prayer, IMG 30
10. Viacheslav Shelepov - Fugue in D Major, IMG 13
11. Viacheslav Shelepov - Barcarolle in G Major, IMG 65
12. Viacheslav Shelepov - Variations on a Theme from the Opera "I Capuleti ed i Montecchi" by V. Bellini, IMG 49



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