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A highly decorated composer in Soviet Russia, Reinhold Glière maintained a low political profile and a conservative but astonishingly inventive melodic style. His interest in national harmonies and folk-music emerges in the Twelve Album Leaves, and his remarkably important contribution to cello repertoire is demonstrated both in his mastery of small forms in the Duets Op. 39, and a unique ability to create orchestral sonorities in the Duets Op. 53, a rare example of an original cycle for the delightful combination of two cellos.
Reinhold Gliere: 8 Pieces, Op. 39
No. 1. Prelude
No. 2. Gavotte
No. 3. Berceuse
No. 4. Canzonetta
No. 5. Intermezzo
No. 6. Impromptu
No. 7. Scherzo
No. 8. Etude
Reinhold Gliere: Ballad, Op. 4
Ballad, Op. 4
Reinhold Gliere: 10 Duos, Op. 53
No. 1. Commodo
No. 2. Leggiero
No. 3. Con moto
No. 4. Vivace
No. 5. Andante
No. 6. Energico
No. 7. Animato
No. 8. Giocoso
No. 9. Andantino
No. 10. Capriccioso
Reinhold Gliere: 12 Pieces, Op. 51
No. 1 in E major: Con moto
No. 2 in B flat major: Commodo
No. 3 in E minor: Andantino
No. 4 in F sharp minor: Andante con moto
No. 5 in A major: Andantino poco animato
No. 6 in D minor: Allegretto
No. 7 in G major: Allegretto ma non troppo
No. 8 in F sharp minor: Affanato
No. 9 in E flat major: Cantabile
No. 10 in B minor: Con tristezza
No. 11 in D minor: Andante
No. 12 in F major: Animato
April 2013
“[Glière] holds our attention by constantly ringing the changes on style and form so as to ensure that each piece has an individual identity and to differentiate it from its neighbours...Such a recipe might well suggest that, by stressing variety and brevity, these works run the risk of sounding disparate or disjointed but, quite apart from the composer’s own skill, the performers’ expertise here ensures that that never happens.”
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No. 1. Prelude
