Glinka: Revisited

• An attractive program of rarely recorded piano music by Michael Glinka (1804-1857), the “Father of Russian music”. In the first half of the 19th century Glinka gave a distinctive national character and flavour to Russian music, mainly in his vocal and operatic works. These piano works however smell of chic 19th century salons, written in brilliant “divertimento”-style, aimed at pleasing and amazing the audience, melodious, charming and showing off the virtuoso skills of the performer.

• The piano music consists of sets of Theme & Variations, a Mazurka, Waltz, Barcarolle and Nocturne.

• Viacheslav Shelepov plays Glinka on an 1846 Érard piano, enticing the listener to share his admiration for this music with a blend of historical style and personal enthusiasm. Viacheslav was born in 1991 in Barnaul, Russia. He graduated the Academic Music College (Moscow) and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Faculty of historical and modern performing arts. He studied fortepiano with Alexei Lubimov and Alexei Shevchenko, harpsichord with Maria Uspenskaya, modern piano with Sergey Kasprov. He is the winner of several international pianoforte competitions.

• Nightingale-Variationen nach Alabieff; Nocturne; Walzer Es-Dur; Mazurka F-Dur; Reminiscence of a Mazurka; The Separation; Variations on a Scottish Theme; Variationen über das russische Lied "Among the Gentle Valleys"; Prayer; Fuge D-Dur; Barcarolle; I Capuleti ed i Montecchi-Variationen nach Bellini