Gliere - Chamber MusicOf all the major Russian composers, Reinhold Gliere is one of the least well known in the West. His life spanned a vast period from the Czar's reign to Soviet dictatorship, and he made it through the Stalin era relatively intact by mostly avoiding conflict without losing face. Such dilemmas were to haunt the lives of Gliere's pupil Prokofiev, and especially that of his colleague Shostakovich, 30 years younger, but they were not yet current in 1900,

A process that generated so much creativity resulted in a total of 24 songs

Meta - Traditional Hungary

Weather Report and even Stravinsky and Debussy were major influences

Inspired by a selection of 14th to 16th century troubadour poems about historical injustice

Her enemies may be the same

Geraldine James

These are her complete classical recordings

The music was transcribed

The Rostami duo have arrived at such a level of mastery

detached view and grace

That gives them a completely different meaning when they recur at the da capo

Tracks: Sleigh Ride