Mikhail Glinka - Sonata in D minor for Viola and Piano

Portrait of Mikhail Glinka by Karl Bryullov, 1840

 

Glinka in 1856

[1 June [O.S. 20 May] 1804 – 15 February  [O.S. 3 February] 1857) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country, and is often regarded as the fountainhead of Russian classical music.[2] Glinka's compositions were an important influence on future Russian composers, notably the members of The Five, who took Glinka's lead and produced a distinctive Russian style of music.

of music.

 

Sonata in D minor for Viola and Piano

00:00 Allegro moderato
09:12 Larghetto, ma non troppo

Fyodor Druzhinin , viola
Mikhail Muntyan , piano

Üzeyir Mahmudbayli, viola
Vivian Fan, piano