Highlighting the masterpieces and popular works of Mikhail Glinka, the pioneering composer of Russian music

Fantasia “Kamarinskaya”Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Glinka Kamarinskaya.flv

Fantasia “Kamarinskaya.” This work is based on two Russian folk songs.

Performed by the New Japan Philharmonic, conducted by Mikhail Leontyev.

From the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, as part of the Tokyo International Music Competition (Conducting Division).

From Three Russian Songs, Movement IMikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Uit: Drei Russiche Lieder, M.Glinka, uitgevoerd door Coornhert Muziekavonden 2014

From Three Russian Songs (Drei Russische Lieder), Movement I: Moderato – from the song cycle “Do Not Tempt Me Without Cause.” Performed by: violin – Leonor van der Merwe, viola – Evi Wibriet, piano – Patrick Wildenberg.

From Three Russian Songs, Movement IIMikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Trío Luminar – Drei Russische Lieder (Tres Canciones Rusas) 2 mov.

From Three Russian Songs (Drei Russische Lieder), Movement II: Moderato – “Farewell to Petersburg – No.

5 Lullaby.” Performed by Trio Luminar.

Flute: Patricia da Dalt, Viola: Marcela Magín, Harp: Lucrecia Jancsa.

From Three Russian Songs, Movement IIIMikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Three Russian Songs – M. Glinka

From Three Russian Songs (Drei Russische Lieder), Movement III: Andante Mosso – from the song cycle “Doubt – Somneniye.” Performed by Amalia Tortajada, flute; Levon Moradian, cello; and Coral Tinoco, harp.

From Farewell to Saint Petersburg, No. 11: To MollyMikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Mikhail Glinka – Romance “To Molly”, from “A Farewell to St. Petersburg”

From “A Farewell to Saint Petersburg,” No.

11: “To Molly.” Performed by Moscow cellist Igor Zubkovsky, with Maria Pekina on piano.

Recorded at the Yaroslavl Art Museum in Yaroslavl, Russia.

Farewell to Saint Petersburg, No. 3: BoleroMikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Dmitri Hvorostovsky – Bolero (M. Glinka)

From ‘A Farewell to Saint Petersburg’: No.

3, Bolero.

Performed by Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, piano by Mikhail Arkadiev, at the Mikhailovsky Palace in Saint Petersburg.

Spanish Overture No. 1Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

M. Glinka: Jota Aragonesa – OSRM/Gonzalo Berná Pic, director

Spanish Overture No.

1, “Capriccio Brillante on the Theme of the Jota Aragonesa (Capriccio brillante sobre la Jota aragonesa).” Performed by the Murcia Regional Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gonzalo Berná, at the Victor Villegas Auditorium and Congress Center in Murcia, Spain.

Spanish Overture No. 2Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

GLINKA — Summer Night in Madrid — Spanish Ouverture no. 2

Spanish Overture No.

2: Memories of a Summer Night in Madrid (Noche de verano en Madrid), composed in 1851.

Performed by the FM Classic Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Luciano Di Martino.

Recorded at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Galop-Style Improvisation on the Theme from Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore”Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Глинка Галоп – Анастасия и Любовь Громогласовы

Impromptu in the style of a galop on the barcarolle from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore.

Performed by the Moscow piano duo sisters: Anastasia Gromoglassova and Lyubov Gromoglassova.

Brilliant Divertimento on a Theme from Bellini’s Opera “La sonnambula”Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Liudmila Georgievskaya plays Glinka Divertimento brillante

Divertimento brillante on themes from Bellini’s opera La sonnambula in A major.

Performed by pianist Lyudmila Georgievskaya and the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan.