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Track(s) taken from CDA67274

Ya zdes, Inezilya 'Here I am, Iñesilla'

composer
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
1834
author of text
Barry Cornwall (1787-1874)
author of text
Bryan Waller Proctor (1787-1874)
translator of text
Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837)

Vassily Savenko (bass), Alexander Blok (piano)
Recording details: September 2000
Studio 1, The State House of Broadcasting and Audio-Recording, Moscow, Russia
Produced by Alexander Volkov
Engineered by Alexander Volkov
Release date: September 2001
Total duration: 1 minutes 42 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Joan Rodgers (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Reviews

‘Russian composers have set many English poems to music, and here we have some of the best’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘Even more impressive than their two previous collections … a CD that merits a very strong recommendation’ (Fanfare, USA)
I am here, Inezilla was written in 1834, which was in many ways a critical year for him. His father having died, Glinka left Berlin and his musical studies there, returning to Russia where he began work on his opera A Life for the Tsar, which was to bring him overnight success. This popular romance is an exuberant serenade set in the romantic Spain that meant so much to the composer.

from notes by Edward Morgan © 2001

Other albums featuring this work

Pushkin Romances
Joan Rodgers (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
CDA67773

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