Glinka
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) was a Russian composer often regarded as a founding figure of Russian concert and operatic music. He absorbed European musical models while seeking a more local dramatic and melodic voice.
His stage works and orchestral pieces became important landmarks for later Russian composers. He also wrote songs, chamber works and piano music.
Glinka’s music combines Italianate melody, French colour, German craft...
GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
STAROKADOMSKY Concerto For Orchestra*
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Symphony
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Broadcast recordings, 1938
Total duration: 2hr 55:37 (CDs: 2hr 35:07)
*Not included on CDs - downloads only (all CD orders include MP3 downloads)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
TCHAIKOVSKY, GLINKA, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, LIADOV
GLAZUNOV From the Middle Ages
DUBENSKY Stephen Foster – Theme, Variations and Finale
DUBENSKY Fugue for 18
Violins
CESANA Negro Heaven
GERSHWIN-BENNETT Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
KHATCHATURIAN Gayaneh – Ballet Suite ENESCU 2 Romanian Rhapsodies
DVOŘÁK 4 Slavonic Dances
BRAHMS 3 Hungarian Dances
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, 'Winter Dreams'
KALINNIKOV Symphony No. 1
HAYDN L’Isola Disabitata – Overture
HAYDN Symphony No. 73, “La Chasse”
GRIEG Sigurd Jorsalfar – Suite
GRIEG Peer Gynt – Suite No. 2
GRIEG Symphonic Dances
DELIBES Coppélia - Suite
DELIBES Sylvia - Suite
KHACHATURIAN Masquerade - Suite
music by Kreisler, Sgambati, Weber, J. Strauss II
Studio recordings, 1941-53
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Fabien Sevitzky
TCHAIKOVSKY, GLINKA, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, LIADOV
Victor Studio Recordings ∙ 1941 – 1946
Total duration: 79:00
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
DEBUSSY Ibèria
GLINKA Jota Aragnoesa
WAGNER Forest Murmurs
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Live recordings, 1950
Total duration: 1hr 39:08
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
