FRID, Grigory Piano Works / Elisaveta Blumina (piano)

1 6 Pieces For Piano 4 Hands – No. 1. ‘Allegretto’ 1:37

Children’s Pieces For Piano, Op. 41 (Selection) (1960) (22:13)

2 No. 1. On A Summer’s Morning
3 No. 2. Mishka
4 No. 3. Dance (Scherzo)
5 No. 4. Duet
6 No. 5. The Merry Fiddler
7 No. 7. March
8 No. 8. Byliny Tune
9 No. 9. Gallop. Etude
10 No. 10. Autumn Tale
11 No. 11. Two Girlfriends. Canon
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. Étude
17 No. 19. Joke
18 No. 20. Gaidar’s Tale
19 No. 21. Accordion
20 No. 22. Thoughtful Waltz

Inventions, Op. 46 (Selection) (1962) (11:40)

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 (Selection) (1952) (4:51)

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 (Selection) (1960) 18:46

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 Springime
38 No. 28. On The Riverbank. Udmurt Melody
39 No. 30. Masha Sleeps
40 No. 32. Chicklets
41 No. 33. The Baby Bird
42 No. 37. Rain. Étude
43 No. 38. Humorous Song
44 No. 40. The Path. Étude
45 No. 41. Fughetta
46 No. 42. Invention In B Minor
47 No. 43. Little Waltz

World Premiere Recordings

track 1 Piano [Primo] – Emanuel Sint Piano [Secondo] – Elisaveta Blumina

Label: Grand Piano – GP870
Barcode: 747313987023
Format: CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: Jun 2021
Genre: Classical
Style: Modern

Grigori 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.