Canon
Where to start with Glinka
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
StageRuslan and Lyudmila, G.xiv — Opera
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Keyboard3 Fugues
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VocalA Blushing Rose Once You Were
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OrchestralCapriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonesa, G.ii3
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StageIvan Susanin: Zhizn' za tsarya, G. xii — Opera
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Keyboard3 Mazurkas in A flat major
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Keyboard5 Contredanses, G.vi166
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Keyboard5 Nouvelles quadrilles françaises, G.vi267
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KeyboardA Greeting To My Native Land, G.vi220
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VocalA Knight's Romance
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VocalA Road Song
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VocalA farewell to St. Petersburg, G.x206
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VocalA voice from the other world, G.x100
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VocalAdèle, G.x316
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VocalAh, my sweetheart, thou art a beautiful maiden, G.x18
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Glinka's catalogueMost Popular
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Ruslan and Ludmila — Overture
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A Life for the Tsar (opera)
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Kamarinskaya (orchestral)
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Spanish Overture No. 1 ”Capriccio brillante”
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Valse-Fantaisie
Most Acclaimed
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Ruslan and Ludmila (complete opera)
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A Life for the Tsar
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Kamarinskaya
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Grand Sextet in E-flat major
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Trio Pathétique
Most Weird
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KamarinskayaTchaikovsky said all of Russian orchestral music was contained in this one short piece
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Grand Sextet in E-flat major for piano and winds
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Ruslan and LudmilaAct 2 has the villain Chernomor — a dwarf sorcerer; the march of the dwarfs is the weirdest thing in Russian opera
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Jota Aragonesa (Spanish Overture No. 1)a Russian writing Spanish music — oddly successful
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Trio Pathétique in D minorearly chamber music — surprisingly dramatic
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 119
- Stage
- ● Ruslan and Lyudmila, G.xiv — Opera
- Ivan Susanin: Zhizn' za tsarya, G. xii — Opera
- Keyboard
- 3 Fugues
- 3 Mazurkas in A flat major
- 5 Contredanses, G.vi166
- 5 Nouvelles quadrilles françaises, G.vi267
- A Greeting To My Native Land, G.vi220
- Bolero in D minor, G.vi208
- Capriccio brillante on Russian themes in A major, for piano, 4 hands, G.v19
- Children's Polka in B flat major, G.vi257, "Detskaya Polka"
- Cotillon in B flat major, G.vi67
- Farewell Waltz in G major, G.vi117, "Proschal'nïy val's"
- Galopade in E flat major, G.vi174
- Grande valse in G major, G.vi175
- Impromptu and Galop on the barcarolle from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore in B flat major, for piano, 4 hands, G.v9
- La couventine, G.vi188
- La séparation in F minor, G.xvi204
- Las Mollares in G major, G.vi264
- Mazurka in C major, G.x256
- Mazurka in C minor, G.x219
- Mazurka in G major, G.vi70
- Nocturne in E flat major, G.vi62
- Nocturne in F minor, "Le regret"
- Polka in B flat major, for piano, 4 hands, G.v47
- Polka in D minor, G.vi250
- Polonaise in E major, G.vi184
- Tarantella in A minor, G.vi217
- The Lark
- Trot de cavalerie in C major, for piano, 4 hands, G.v7
- Trot de cavalerie in G major, for piano, 4 hands, G.v3
- Valse mélodique in E flat major, G.vi164
- Valse-Fantaisie in B minor, for 2 pianos, G.vi193
- Valse-favorite in B flat major, G.vi170
- Variations on 'Benedetta sia la madre' in E major, G.vi26
- Variations on Alyabyev's 'Solovey' in E minor, G.vi135
- Variations on Two Themes from the Ballet 'Chao-Kang' in D major, G.vi93
- Variations on a Theme from Bellini's 'I Capuleti e i Montecchi' in B flat major, G.vi104
- Variations on a Theme from Bellini's 'I Capuleti e i Montecchi' in C major, G.vi118
- Variations on a Theme from Cherubini's 'Faniska' in B flat major, G.vi55
- Variations on a Theme from Donizetti's 'Anna Bolena' in A major, G.vi79
- Variations on a Theme of Mozart in E flat major, G.vi13
- Variations on an Original Theme in F major, G.vi1
- Variations on the Song 'Among the Gentle Valleys' in A minor, G.vi51
- Vocal
- A Blushing Rose Once You Were
- A Knight's Romance
- A Road Song
- A farewell to St. Petersburg, G.x206
- A voice from the other world, G.x100
- Adèle, G.x316
- Ah, my sweetheart, thou art a beautiful maiden, G.x18
- Ah, rammenta, o bella Irene, G.x73
- Alla cetra, G.x76
- Bitter, bitter it is for me, G.x28
- Boyan's Song
- Call her not heavenly, G.x151
- Cherubim’s Song, for chorus and orchestra
- Confession
- Conversation, G.x309, "Rozmowa"
- Cradle Song, G. ix120
- Darling, G.x287, "Milochka"
- Declaration, G.x280, "Priznaniye"
- Disenchantment, G.x82, "Razocharovaniye"
- Do Not Tempt Me Needlessly, elegy for voice and piano, G.x2
- Don't Tell Me that Your Heart is Aching
- Doubt, G.x108
- Doubt, G.x176
- Ekteniya pervaya, for chorus
- Ho perduto, il mio tesoro, G.x47
- How Sweet it is to Be With You, G.x277, "Kak sladko s toboyu mne bït"
- I Am Here, Inezilla, G.x161
- I Had But Recognized You, G.x159, "Tol'ko uznal ya tebya"
- I Love You was your assurance, G.x24
- I Love You, Dear Rose, G.x281, "Lyublyu tebya, milaya roza"
- I Recall that Wonderful Moment, G.x201, "Ya pomnyu chudnoye mgnoven'ye"
- L'iniquo voto, G.x123
- Love Songs, for voice and piano
- Mary, G.x322, "Meri"
- Mi sento il cor trafiggere, G.x42
- Mio ben ricordati, G.x63
- O Gentle Autumn Night, G.x96
- Oh, If I Had Known This Before
- Say Not that it Grieves the Heart, G. x335, "Ne govori, chto serdtsu"
- Shall I Forget?, G.x94, "Zabudu l'ya"
- Sing Not, Thou Beauty, in My Presence, G.x92
- Soon you will forget Me, G.x290, "Tï skoro menya pozabudesh"
- Souvenir
- Stanzas, G.x173
- Tell Me Why, G.x31, "Skazhi zachem"
- The Bird-Cherry Tree is Blossoming, G.x197
- The Fire of Longing Burns in My Heart, G.x180
- The Gulf of Finland, G.x326
- The Night Review, G.viii93, "Nochnoy smotr"
- The Night Review, G.x165
- The Night Zephyr, G.x190
- The North Star, G.x194, "Severnaya svezda"
- The Patriotic Song, G.xvii227
- The Poor Singer, G.x10
- The Toasting Cup, G.x296, "Zazhdravnïy kubok"
- To Her, G.x283, "Kney"
- Tyashka pechal'i grusten svet, G.x302
- Venetian Night, G.x117
- When I Hear Your Voice, G.x294, "Slïshu li golos tvoy"
- Where is our rose?, G.x182
- Orchestral
- Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonesa, G.ii3
- Kamarinskaya, G.ii105 — Symphonic fantasy
- Overture in D major, G. i129
- Overture, for orchestra in G minor, G.i85
- Souvenirs of a summer night in Madrid, G.ii143
- Symphony on Two Russian Themes in D minor, G. i193
- Symphony, for orchestra in B flat major. G.xvii142
- Valse-Fantaisie in B minor, G.ii213
- Chamber
- Nocturne for Harp in E flat major, G.vi62
- Septet in B flat major for Oboe, Bassoon, French Horn, and String Quartet, G.iii3
- Serenade Es-dur on Themes from Donizetti’s Opera 'Anna Bolena', for piano, harp, bassoon, horn, cello and double bass
- Sextet in E flat major, for piano, string quartet, and double bass, "Grand"
- String Quartet in D major, G.iii67
- String Quartet in F major, G.iii125
- Trio pathétique, for clarinet, bassoon, and piano in D minor, G.iv173
- Viola Sonata in C minor, G.iv3