Composer: Grigori Frid
Performer: Elisaveta Blumina, Emanuel Sint
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Grand Piano
Release: 2021
Size: 539 MB
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Pieces for Piano 4 hands
01. No.1 ‘Allegretto’
Children’s Pieces for Piano, Op. 41
02. No. 1, On a Summer’s Morning
03. No. 2, Mishka
04. No. 3, Dance. Scherzo
05. No. 4, Duet
06. No. 5, The Jolly Fiddler
07. No. 7, March
08. No. 8, Byliny Tune
09. No. 9, Gallop
10. No. 10, Autumn Tale
11. No. 11, Two Girlfriends
12. No. 13, Morning Stroll
13. No. 14, Toccata
14. No. 15, Flute and Double Bass
15. No. 16, Melody
16. No. 17, Dance of the Silvan Dew Drops
17.No. 19, Joke
18. No. 20, Gaidar’s Tale
19. No. 21, Accordion
20. No. 22, Thoughtful Waltz
Inventions, Op. 46
21. No. 1, Tranquillo
22. No. 6, Allegretto
23. No. 8, Andante risoluto – Adagio
24. No. 9, Allegretto – Poco sostenuto
Children’s Pieces for Piano, Op. 25
25. No. 3, Song of Spring
26. No. 5, Lily of the Valley
27. No. 6, In the Summer
28. No. 8, Noon
Children’s Pieces for Piano, Op. 39
29. No. 4, Sad Song
30. No. 8, Polka
31. No. 10, Strolling Around
32. No. 15, The Shepherd Boy
33. No. 16, Clocks
34. No. 17, Negro Lullaby
35. No. 19, Ditty
36. No. 22, Sadly
37. No. 23, In Springtime
38. No. 25, Nocturne
39. No. 28, Udmurt Melody [On the Riverbank]
40. No. 30, Masha Sleeps
41. No. 32, Chicklets
42. No. 33, The Baby Bird
43. No. 37, Rain
44. No. 38, Humorous Song
45. No. 40, The Path
46. No. 41, Fughetta
47. No. 42, Invention in B Minor
48. No. 43, Little Waltz
Grigori (Grigory) Samuilovich Frid was a distinguished member of the generation of composers born in Russia just before the Revolution of 1917. Frid’s significant corpus of piano music can trace its lineage to Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Stravinsky, and his skill in conjuring entire worlds in music can be heard throughout this recording. His albums of Children’s Pieces are rich in gems that evoke poetic nostalgia, seasonal moods and witty pictorial descriptions that genuinely transcend their didactic purpose. In these world première recordings, distinguished pianist Elisaveta Blumina reveals Frid’s extraordinary character – a gifted composer, pedagogue and artist who lived his life to the full, despite many personal setbacks and difficulties.
Elisaveta Blumina, is an Echo Klassik Awards prizewinner and artistic director of the Hamburg International Chamber Music Festival. She belongs to a generation of musicians who put the music centre stage, and is steeped in the great Russian piano tradition of Heinrich Neuhaus. Blumina has performed at such prestigious venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Berliner Philharmonie, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, among others. Blumina has also appeared as a guest soloist with many orchestras including the Dresdner Philharmonie, Moscow Virtuosi and Sinfonia Varsovia with conductors such as Thomas Sanderling, Yuri Temirkanov and Vladimir Spivakov.