Viacheslav Shelepov

Viacheslav Shelepov – Glinka: Piano Music (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:04:06 minutes | 1004 MB | Genre: Classical
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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.

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