Sunday, June 12, 2016
Monday, June 6, 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Mikhail Glinka, Waltz Fantasia (Valse Fantaisie) (1856)
.
(Transl.: A. Hoffman).
Uploaded by moydodir79 on Nov 11, 2011
M. I. Glinka (1804-1857)
Waltz Fantasia (Valse Fantaisie, Waltz Fantasy) (1856)
Глинка. Вальс Фантазия. Дир.: Светланов.
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Cond.: Evegeny Svetlanov
Recorded in 1968
In 1839 Glinka composed a waltz-scherzo for piano. In this fateful year he fell in love with the young and bright Yekaterina Kern (1818-1904) and separated from his wife after four years of marriage: "My grief is light" (Pechal' moya svetla) reads the epigraph on his work, borrowed from a poem by Pushkin. As "melancholic waltz" (orchestrated by the conductor of the Court Orchestra in Pavlovsk) the piano scherzo caused a sensation. In 1845, now orchestrated by the composer himself, it was performed under Hector Berlioz in Paris. A revision in 1856 resulted in the final title: Valse-fantaisie. (...) In 1856 Glinka dedicated his Valse-fantaisie to his "old friend K. A. Bulgakov" and commented on the gift as follows: "This music will remind you of the days of love and youth." The composition served Tchaikovsky and Glazunov in all respects as a model. Later on it even inspired Shostakovitch.
Sigrid Neef
Waltz Fantasia (Valse Fantaisie, Waltz Fantasy) (1856)
Глинка. Вальс Фантазия. Дир.: Светланов.
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Cond.: Evegeny Svetlanov
Recorded in 1968
In 1839 Glinka composed a waltz-scherzo for piano. In this fateful year he fell in love with the young and bright Yekaterina Kern (1818-1904) and separated from his wife after four years of marriage: "My grief is light" (Pechal' moya svetla) reads the epigraph on his work, borrowed from a poem by Pushkin. As "melancholic waltz" (orchestrated by the conductor of the Court Orchestra in Pavlovsk) the piano scherzo caused a sensation. In 1845, now orchestrated by the composer himself, it was performed under Hector Berlioz in Paris. A revision in 1856 resulted in the final title: Valse-fantaisie. (...) In 1856 Glinka dedicated his Valse-fantaisie to his "old friend K. A. Bulgakov" and commented on the gift as follows: "This music will remind you of the days of love and youth." The composition served Tchaikovsky and Glazunov in all respects as a model. Later on it even inspired Shostakovitch.
Sigrid Neef
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)