Michail Glinka

Glinka (1804-1857) was the founder of the national school of Russian music and as such his compositions are often based on Russian folk music. This is also applicable to 'Kamarinskaja', for which he u...

Glinka (1804-1857) was the founder of the national school of Russian music and as such his compositions are often based on Russian folk music. This is also applicable to 'Kamarinskaja', for which he u...

'Ruslan and Ludmilla' is an opera in five acts (eight tableaux) composed by Michail Glinka between 1837 and 1842. The opera is based on the 1820 poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. Besides the...

'Ruslan and Ludmilla' is an opera in five acts (eight tableaux) composed by Michail Glinka between 1837 and 1842. The opera is based on the 1820 poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. Besides the...

Nach dem Erfolg seiner Oper 'Ein Leben für den Zaren' (oder 'Iwan Susanin') im Jahre 1836 entschloss sich Mikhail I. Glinka (1804-1857), eine weitere Oper zu komponieren. Vorlage sollte Puschkins früh...

The Lark is Mily Balakirev's arrangement for piano solo of the song of the same name by Mikhail Glinka, also known as 'A Farewell to St. Petersburg'. It retains much of the lyricism of the original bu...