Frid: Piano Works Elisaveta Blumina

• Grigory Frid (1915 - 2012): 6 Pieces for Piano 4 Hands:
• 1Frid: 6 Pieces for Piano 4 Hands: No. 1, Allegretto01:37
• Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts):
• 2Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 1, On a Summer's Morning00:48
• 3Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 2, Mishka00:32
• 4Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 3, Dance. Scherzo01:59
• 5Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 4, Duet01:03
• 6Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 5, The Jolly Fiddler00:36
• 7Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 7, March01:14
• 8Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 8, Byliny Tune01:55
• 9Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 9, Gallop00:55
• 10Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 10, Autumn Tale02:06
• 11Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 11, Two Girlfriends00:51
• 12Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 13, Morning Stroll01:17
• 13Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 14, Toccata01:21
• 14Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 15, Flute and Double Bass00:45
• 15Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 16, Melody01:19
• 16Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 17, Dance of the Silvan Dew Drops01:01
• 17Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 19, Joke00:29
• 18Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 20, Gaidar's Tale01:46
• 19Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 21, Accordion00:49
• 20Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 22, Thoughtful Waltz01:27
• Inventions, Op. 46 (Excerpts):
• 21Frid: Inventions, Op. 46 (Excerpts): No. 1, Tranquillo03:22
• 22Frid: Inventions, Op. 46 (Excerpts): No. 6, Allegretto00:45
• 23Frid: Inventions, Op. 46 (Excerpts): No. 8, Andante risoluto - Adagio06:15
• 24Frid: Inventions, Op. 46 (Excerpts): No. 9, Allegretto - Poco sostenuto01:18
• Children's Album, Op. 25 (Excerpts):
• 25Frid: Children's Album, Op. 25 (Excerpts): No. 3, Song of Spring00:59
• 26Frid: Children's Album, Op. 25 (Excerpts): No. 5, Lily of the Valley01:04
• 27Frid: Children's Album, Op. 25 (Excerpts): No. 6, In the Summer01:50
• 28Frid: Children's Album, Op. 25 (Excerpts): No. 8, Noon00:58
• Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts):
• 29Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 4, Sad Song01:37
• 30Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 8, Polka00:47
• 31Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 10, Strolling Around00:38
• 32Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 15, The Shepherd Boy01:40
• 33Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 16, Clocks00:46
• 34Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 17, Negro Lullaby01:10
• 35Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 19, Ditty00:47
• 36Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 22, Sadly00:36
• 37Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 23, In Springtime00:43
• 38Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 25, Nocturne01:22
• 39Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 28, Udmurt Melody [On the Riverbank]01:26
• 40Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 30, Masha Sleeps00:34
• 41Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 32, Chicklets00:28
• 42Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 33, The Baby Bird00:23
• 43Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 37, Rain00:24
• 44Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 38, Humorous Song00:38
• 45Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 40, The Path00:43
• 46Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 41, Fughetta01:08
• 47Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 42, Invention in B Minor02:09
• 48Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 43, Little Waltz00:47
• Total Runtime59:07

Info for Frid: Piano Works

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, piano
Emanuel Sint, piano

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 achieved international recognition with performances at New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Berliner Philharmonie, the Laeiszhalle and Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, among others, and is frequently invited to appear at music festivals across Europe and the US. Blumina has 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.

She is one of the leading interpreters of 20th- and 21st-century music, and is currently recording the complete piano works of Mieczysław Weinberg. She has released over 34 internationally acclaimed albums on labels such as cpo, Capriccio and Naxos.

Since childhood, Elisaveta Blumina has associated sounds with colours, and as a synesthete, colour plays a significant role in her life. In addition to her career as a pianist, Blumina is also an artist whose paintings are, for her, another form of music making. This creative output allows her to express another side to her artistry, free from the constraints of concert life.

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