Frid: Piano Works Elisaveta Blumina

• Grigory Frid (1915 - 2012): 6 Pieces for Piano 4 Hands:
• 1 Frid: 6 Pieces for Piano 4 Hands: No. 1, Allegretto 01:37
• Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts):
• 2 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 1, On a Summer's Morning 00:48
• 3 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 2, Mishka 00:32
• 4 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 3, Dance. Scherzo 01:59
• 5 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 4, Duet 01:03
• 6 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 5, The Jolly Fiddler 00:36
• 7 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 7, March 01:14
• 8 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 8, Byliny Tune 01:55
• 9 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 9, Gallop 00:55
• 10 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 10, Autumn Tale 02:06
• 11 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 11, Two Girlfriends 00:51
• 12 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 13, Morning Stroll 01:17
• 13 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 14, Toccata 01:21
• 14 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 15, Flute and Double Bass 00:45
• 15 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 16, Melody 01:19
• 16 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 17, Dance of the Silvan Dew Drops 01:01
• 17 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 19, Joke 00:29
• 18 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 20, Gaidar's Tale 01:46
• 19 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 21, Accordion 00:49
• 20 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 41 (Excerpts): No. 22, Thoughtful Waltz 01:27
• Inventions, Op. 46 (Excerpts):
• 21 Frid: Inventions, Op. 46 (Excerpts): No. 1, Tranquillo 03:22
• 22 Frid: Inventions, Op. 46 (Excerpts): No. 6, Allegretto 00:45
• 23 Frid: Inventions, Op. 46 (Excerpts): No. 8, Andante risoluto - Adagio 06:15
• 24 Frid: Inventions, Op. 46 (Excerpts): No. 9, Allegretto - Poco sostenuto 01:18
• Children's Album, Op. 25 (Excerpts):
• 25 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 25 (Excerpts): No. 3, Song of Spring 00:59
• 26 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 25 (Excerpts): No. 5, Lily of the Valley 01:04
• 27 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 25 (Excerpts): No. 6, In the Summer 01:50
• 28 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 25 (Excerpts): No. 8, Noon 00:58
• Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts):
• 29 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 4, Sad Song 01:37
• 30 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 8, Polka 00:47
• 31 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 10, Strolling Around 00:38
• 32 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 15, The Shepherd Boy 01:40
• 33 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 16, Clocks 00:46
• 34 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 17, Negro Lullaby 01:10
• 35 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 19, Ditty 00:47
• 36 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 22, Sadly 00:36
• 37 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 23, In Springtime 00:43
• 38 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 25, Nocturne 01:22
• 39 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 28, Udmurt Melody [On the Riverbank] 01:26
• 40 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 30, Masha Sleeps 00:34
• 41 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 32, Chicklets 00:28
• 42 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 33, The Baby Bird 00:23
• 43 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 37, Rain 00:24
• 44 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 38, Humorous Song 00:38
• 45 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 40, The Path 00:43
• 46 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 41, Fughetta 01:08
• 47 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 42, Invention in B Minor 02:09
• 48 Frid: Children's Album, Op. 39 (Excerpts): No. 43, Little Waltz 00:47
• Total Runtime 59:07

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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