Mikhail Glinka - Piano Works Vol. 2 (Inga Fiolia)

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Composer: Mikhail Glinka

1. Grande valse in G major
2. Mazurka in C major
3. Cinq nouvelles contredanses
4. Tarantella in A minor
5. Mazurka in C minor
6. Waltz in B flat major
7. Waltz in E flat major
8. Cinq quadrilles françaises
9. Cinq contredanses
10. La couventine, Contredanses
11. Polka in D minor
12. Children's Polka in B flat major
13. Mazurka in F major (1835)
14. Bolero in D minor
15. Mazurka in F major (1833-34)
16. Mazurka in A flat major
17. Variations on a theme of Mozart in E flat major (1st version)
18. Cotillon in B flat major
19. Galop in E flat major
20. Mazurka in G major
21. Polonaise in E major
22. Valse-fantasie in B minor
23. Farewell Waltz in G major

Inga Fiolia, piano
Date: 2018
Label: Grand Piano
https://www.grandpianorecords.com/Album/AlbumDetails/GP782

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Review

Inga Fiolia’s new disc Glinka – Complete Piano Works Vol.2, Dances (Grand Piano, GP 782 www.grandpianorecords.com) follows her first volume that focused on Glinka’s variations compositions. The 23 tracks are predictably brief though some are arranged in longer sets of quadrilles and contredanses.

Glinka’s place in Russian music history acknowledges his contribution to a national style that began to set Russian composers free from their cultural debt to the French, German and Italian influences of the 18th and 19th centuries. This contribution is not particularly obvious in this music, designed as it was to accompany light-hearted times in the parlours and salons of Russian society.

Fiolia is a natural performer for this genre. Something about the dance form, regardless of its origin or style, seems to draw from her a fluid response that sways with the music. Her keyboard technique makes an instant impression. She has a touch that in rapid repeats throws the hammer against the strings in a way that must challenge the double escapement action that makes it possible. She relies less on pedalling than many pianists and the result is a highly articulated clarity that respects the inner harmonies of Glinka’s writing.

-- Alex Baran, The Whole Note

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Mikhail Glinka (1 June [O.S. 20 May] 1804 – 15 February [O.S. 3 February] 1857) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country, and is often regarded as the fountainhead of Russian classical music. Glinka's compositions were an important influence on future Russian composers, notably the members of The Five, who took Glinka's lead and produced a distinctive Russian style of music. Glinka's two operas and other orchestral works have been fairly popular in concerts and recordings. He also composed many art songs, many piano pieces, and some chamber music.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Glinka

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Georgian-German pianist Inga Fiolia studied at the Central Music School of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the Cologne Musikhochschule with Alexey Nasedkin, Vassily Lobanov and Rudolf Kehrer. As a soloist she has collaborated with orchestras such as the Brandenburg State Opera Philharmonic, the Brussels Philharmonic, and the Georgian State Chamber Orchestra. Fiolia has also performed for major TV and radio stations including ZDF, ARTE, Classica TV, SWR, Deutschlandradio, and WDR. In 2018 she made her debut at the Klavierfestival Ruhr with works by Ravel, Debussy, Schubert and Glinka.
https://www.ingafiolia.com/

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