Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
Suggested Listening Program
Orchestral Works & Concertos
- Kamarinskaya
- Ruslan & Lyudmila Overture
- Spanish Overture No. 1 "Capriccio Brilliante on the Jota Aragonesa" (Jota Aragonesa)
- Valse-Fantaisie in B minor for orchestra
Instrumental Works and Chamber Music
- Barcarolle for piano
- Mazurkas for piano
- Nocturnes for piano
- Variations on a theme from Die Zauberflöte by Mozart
- Variations on Alyabyev's Song "The Nightingale"
- Viola sonata
Opera
- A life for the Tsar (selections)
- Ruslan & Lyudmila (selections)