This month’s Composer of the Month is Russian composer Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857).
1. Andante cantabile en rondo (1823).
USSR State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Evgeni Svetlanov.
2. Bassoon sonata in G minor.
Jürgen Gode, bassoon. Martin Galling, piano.
3. Variations for piano in A minor ‘Among the gentle valleys’.
Victor Ryabchikov, piano.
4. Variations Brillante in A major, on a theme from Donizetti’s Opera ‘Anna Bolena’.
Victor Ryabchikov, piano.
5. Kamarinskaya, arranged for piano four-hands by Mikola Balakirev.
Cyprien Katsaris & Alexander Ghindin, piano.
Special thanks to: