Reinhold Glière: Dance Orientale op 34 No. 24 from 24 Pièces Caractéristiques pour la Jeunesse

Описание: Performed by Christian Dillig (piano)

Dance Oriental is the grand finale of the 24 Pièces Caractéristiques pour la Jeunesse, Op. 34. Just two years after his better-known album 12 Pièces Enfantines, Op. 31    • The complete Album for the young of Reinho...  , Reinhold Glière presented this new collection in 1906, this time with twice as many pieces. Both works follow the tradition of albums initially written for pedagogical purposes, a genre introduced by Robert Schumann and imitated by composers such as Peter Tchaikovsky    • Tchaikovsky: Piano Works (Children's Album...  , Xaver Scharwenka    • Xaver Scharwenka: Barcarolle in E minor (A...  , Gennadi Korganov    • Genari Korganov: "March of the Leaden Sold...  , and Nicolai Amani    • The complete Album for the Young of Nicola...  , some of whose works I have included in part or entirely in this genre. In some cases, such as Nicolai Amani's, the pedagogical aspect was no longer the primary focus; instead, the works became a nostalgic recollection of their own childhoods. The number 24 here evokes the number found in several famous predecessors, such as Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Chopin's 24 Preludes, Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues, Szymanowski's 24 Preludes, and Debussy's 24 Preludes.


I've recorded just of this cycle 24 Pièces Caractéristiques pour la Jeunesse op. 34:
No. 1 Petite Poem    • Reinhold Glière: Petit Poeme op 34 No 1 f...  
(with an short introduction to this cycle)
No. 17 Aquarelle    • Reinhold Glière: Aquarelle op. 34 No. 17 ...  
No. 21 Meditation    • Reinhold Glière: Meditation op 34 No 21 f...  
No. 24 Dance Orientale    • Reinhold Glière: Dance Orientale op 34 No...  


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