Step back to the birthplace of Russian Romantic piano music with Mikhail Glinka's Mazurka in C minor (published 1843). This charming, concise work offers a window into the graceful salon music of the mid-19th century, penned by the composer universally hailed as the "Father of Russian Music."
While often overshadowed by the later, grander mazurkas of Chopin, Glinka's interpretation of the popular Polish dance form possesses a unique, distinctly Russian-flavored melancholy and elegant simplicity.
