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Balakirev: Complete Piano Works

Balakirev: Complete Piano Works
Composer Mili Balakirev
Artist Alexander Paley piano
Format 6 CD
Cat. number 94086
EAN code 5028421940861
Release November 2010

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About this release

Mily Balakirev (1837-1910) was the founder of the group of Russian composers called ‘The Mighty Handful’. Together with Borodin, Rimsky Korsakov, Cui and Mussorgsky he helped create a distinctive Russian school of music that was not reliant on the influence of the Austro German school.

Studying at the St Petersburg Conservatoire, he won the praise of Glinka, and had an influence on the young Tchaikovsky. He wrote two symphonies, two piano concertos, several symphonic poems and many piano works.

On these 6CDs his entire output for piano can be found. A superb pianist, he produced one of the most taxing works ever written for the instrument, his Oriental Fantasy Islamey. His piano sonata is no less impressive, and the Seven Mazurkas are wonderfully melodic works. There is much to discover on these discs.

Sadly, Balakirev suffered a complete nervous breakdown in 1871, and he withdrew from life, eventually emerging to take up a minor management role on the railways. In 1876 he began to compose again, and in 1883 was appointed as director of the Imperial Chapel. He retired in 1895, and continued composing, but by now considered old fashioned and was forgotten even by his old friends. However, one young composer, Igor Stravinsky had a soft spot for him, and pitied him as he suffered from bouts of depression.

Other information:
- Balakirev is a figure of great importance in 19th-century Russian music.
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Track list

Disk 1

  1. Mili Balakirev: Islamey, Oriental Fantasy
  2. Mili Balakirev: Fantasia, On Themes from Glinka’s A Life For The Tsar
  3. Mili Balakirev: Fantasiestück
  4. Mili Balakirev: Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor
  5. Mili Balakirev: Nocturne No. 2 in B Minor
  6. Mili Balakirev: Nocturne No. 3 in D Minor
  7. Mili Balakirev: Capriccio

Disk 2

  1. Mili Balakirev: Piano Sonata in B-Flat Minor, Op. 5: Andante
  2. Mili Balakirev: Piano Sonata in B-Flat Minor, Op. 5: Mazurka
  3. Mili Balakirev: Piano Sonata in B-Flat Minor, Op. 5: Andante
  4. Mili Balakirev: Sonatina (Esquisses): Allegro moderato
  5. Mili Balakirev: Sonatina (Esquisses): L’Istesso tempo
  6. Mili Balakirev: Sonatina (Esquisses): Coda-poco a poco piu agitato
  7. Mili Balakirev: Piano Sonata in B-Flat Minor: Andantino
  8. Mili Balakirev: Piano Sonata in B-Flat Minor: Mazurka-moderato
  9. Mili Balakirev: Piano Sonata in B-Flat Minor: Intermezzo-larghetto
  10. Mili Balakirev: Piano Sonata in B-Flat Minor: Finale-allegro non troppo ma con fuoco

Disk 3

  1. Mili Balakirev: Transcription: Glinka: Kamarinskaya
  2. Mili Balakirev: Transcription: Glinka: Ne govori
  3. Mili Balakirev: Transcription: Chopin: Romance from Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11
  4. Mili Balakirev: Transcription: Beethoven: Cavatina from String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130
  5. Mili Balakirev: Transcription: Beethoven: Allegretto from String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2
  6. Mili Balakirev: Transcription: Zapolsky: Réverie
  7. Mili Balakirev: Transcription: Balakirev: Pustinya
  8. Mili Balakirev: Transcription: Berlioz: Introduction to La Fuite en Egypte
  9. Mili Balakirev: Transcription: Balakirev: Impromptu on the themes of Two Preludes by Chopin
  10. Mili Balakirev: Transcription: Glinka: Jota Aragonesca

Disk 4

  1. Mili Balakirev: Valse di bravura (No. 1) in G Major
  2. Mili Balakirev: Valse mélancholique (No. 2) in F Minor
  3. Mili Balakirev: Valse-Impromptu (No. 3) in D Major
  4. Mili Balakirev: Waltz No. 4 in B-Flat Major (Valse de Concert)
  5. Mili Balakirev: Waltz No. 5 in D-flat Major
  6. Mili Balakirev: Waltz No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor
  7. Mili Balakirev: Waltz No. 7 in G-Sharp Minor
  8. Mili Balakirev: Polka
  9. Mili Balakirev: Tarantella
  10. Mili Balakirev: Valse-Caprice No. 1 in A-Flat Major (after A.S. Taneyev)
  11. Mili Balakirev: Valse-Caprice No. 2 in D-Flat Major (after A.S. Taneyev)

Disk 5

  1. Mili Balakirev: Mazurka No. 1 in A-Flat Major (2nd version)
  2. Mili Balakirev: Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor (2nd version)
  3. Mili Balakirev: Mazurka No. 3 in B Minor
  4. Mili Balakirev: Mazurka No. 4 in G-Flat Major
  5. Mili Balakirev: Mazurka No. 5 in D Major
  6. Mili Balakirev: Mazurka No. 6 in A-Flat Major
  7. Mili Balakirev: Mazurka No. 7 in E-Flat Minor
  8. Mili Balakirev: Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor
  9. Mili Balakirev: Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
  10. Mili Balakirev: Scherzo No. 3 in F-Sharp Major

Disk 6

  1. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Dumka
  2. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Au jardin
  3. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Gondollied
  4. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Berceuse
  5. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: The Lark
  6. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Spanish Melody
  7. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Spanish Serenade
  8. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: La fileuse
  9. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Tyrolienne
  10. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Chant du pêcheur
  11. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Humoresque
  12. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Réverie
  13. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Novelette
  14. Mili Balakirev: Miscellaneous: Toccata
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