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Monday, February 17, 2025

César Cui - 25 Preludes, Op. 64 (Jouni Somero)


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Composer: César Cui
  • 25 Preludes, Op. 64

Jouni Somero, piano
Date: 2019
Label: FC-Records

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César Cui - Mélodies (Céline Laly; Emmanuel Christien)


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Composer: César Cui
  • 20 mélodies sur des textes de Jean Richepin, Op. 44
  • 6 mélodies, Op. 23

Céline Laly, soprano
Emmanuel Christien, piano

Date: 2018
Label: EnPhases

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César Cui - Kaleidoscope; Violin Sonata (Peter Sheppard; Aaron Shorr)


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Composer: César Cui
  • Kaleidoscope, 24 pieces for violin & piano, Op. 50
  • Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 86

Peter Sheppard, violin
Aaron Shorr, piano

Date: 1994; 1995
Label: Olympia

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Sunday, February 16, 2025

César Cui - A Feast in Time of Plague (Valery Polyansky)


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Composer: César Cui
  1. A Feast in Time of Plague, opera in one act
  2. 3 Scherzos, Op. 82: No. 1 in C major
  3. 3 Scherzos, Op. 82: No. 2 in F major
  4. 3 Scherzos, Op. 82: No. 3 in C minor
  5. Les deux ménétriers, Op. 42
  6. Fair Spring, Op. 66 No. 4
  7. Budrys and His Sons, Op. 98

Andrei Baturkin
Alexei Martinov
Dmitri Stepanovich
Ludmila Kuznetsova
Tatiana Sharova

Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky, conductor

Date: 1999
Label: Chandos

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César Cui - Suites Nos. 2 & 4 (Robert Stankovsky)


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Composer: César Cui
  • Suite No. 2 in  E major, Op. 38
  • Suite No. 4 "À Argenteau", Op. 40
  • Le flibustier, opera: Prelude

Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Robert Stankovsky, conductor

Date: 1993; 1992
Label: Marco Polo

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César Cui - Suites Nos. 1 & 3; Suite Concertante (Kenneth Schermerhorn)


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Composer: César Cui
  • Suite concertante for violin & orchestra, Op. 25
  • Suite Miniatures (Suite No. 1), Op. 20
  • Petite Suite (Suite No. 3) "In modo populari", Op. 43

Takako Nishizaki, violin
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

Date: 1984
Label: Marco Polo

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Friday, February 14, 2025

Mily Balakirev - Balakirev and Russian Folksong (Joseph Banowetz)


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Composer: Mily Balakirev
  • Grande fantaisie on Russian folksongs, Op. 4
  • 30 Russian Folksongs (piano duet)

Joseph Banowetz, piano
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Konstantin Krimets
Alton Chung Ming Chan, piano (4-hands)
Olga Kalugina, soprano
Svetlana Nikolayeva, mezzo-soprano
Pavel Kolgatin, tenor

Date: 2007
Label: Toccata Classics

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Mily Balakirev - Piano Works Vol. 6 (Nicholas Walker)


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Composer: Mily Balakirev
  1. La fileuse
  2. Au jardin – Idyll-Étude
  3. Kamarinskaya (Mikhail Glinka, arr. M. Balakirev)
  4. Tamara (arr. N. Walker)
  5. Polka in F sharp minor
  6. Elegy on the Death of a Mosquito (completed by N. Walker)
  7. La danse de sorcières (completed by N. Walker)
  8. Ne govori: Lyubov’ proydyot (Mikhail Glinka, arr. M. Balakirev)
  9. Tyrolienne
  10. Rêverie (Platon Vasil'evich Zapol'sky, arr. M. Balakirev)
  11. Toccata in C sharp minor
  12. A Farewell to St. Petersburg: No. 10, Zhavoronok (Mikhail Glinka, arr. M. Balakirev)
  13. Islamey (Fantasie orientale)

Nicholas Walker, piano
Date: 2019
Label: Grand Piano

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Mily Balakirev - Piano Works Vol. 5 (Nicholas Walker)


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Composer: Mily Balakirev
  1. Reminiscences de l'opéra 'La vie pour le Czar' (Glinka)
  2. Ruslan and Lyudmila: Chernomor's March (Glinka, arr. Balakirev)
  3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: II. Romanza: Larghetto (Chopin, arr. Balakirev)
  4. Impromptu (after Chopin's Préludes)
  5. Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 (Chopin, cadenza by Balakirev)
  6. Mazurka brillante, S 221 (Liszt, original version)
  7. Mazurka brillante, S 221 (Liszt, coda by Balakirev)
  8. String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2: III. Allegretto (Beethoven, arr. Balakirev)
  9. String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina (Beethoven, arr. Balakirev)
  10. Gondellied in A minor
  11. Tarantella in B major
  12. Polonaise brillante

Nicholas Walker, piano
Date: 2019
Label: Grand Piano

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Mily Balakirev - Piano Works Vol. 4 (Nicholas Walker)


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Composer: Mily Balakirev
  1. Scherzo No. 1 in B minor
  2. Novelette in A major
  3. 10 Songs: No. 2. Pustïnya (The Wilderness)
  4. Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor
  5. Fandango-étude
  6. Sérénade espagnole
  7. Jota aragonesa (Mikhail Glinka)
  8. 'La fuite en Égypte' Overture (Hector Berlioz)
  9. Scherzo No. 3 in F sharp major
  10. Mélodie espagnole
  11. Valse-caprice No. 1 in A flat major (Alexander Taneyev)
  12. Valse-caprice No. 2 in D flat major (Alexander Taneyev)

Nicholas Walker, piano
Date: 2019
Label: Grand Piano

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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Mily Balakirev - Piano Works Vol. 3 (Nicholas Walker)


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Composer: Mily Balakirev
  1. Mazurka No. 1 in A flat major
  2. Mazurka No. 2 in C sharp minor
  3. Piano Sonatina in G major, 'Esquisses': I. Allegro moderato
  4. Piano Sonatina in G major, 'Esquisses': II. L'Istesso tempo
  5. Piano Sonatina in G major, 'Esquisses': III. Coda: Poco a poco più agitato
  6. Berceuse in D flat major
  7. Mazurka No. 3 in B minor
  8. Mazurka No. 4 in G flat major
  9. Dumka in E flat minor, 'Complainte'
  10. Mazurka No. 5 in C sharp major (1884 version, completed by N. Walker)
  11. Rêverie in F major
  12. Humoresque in D major
  13. Mazurka No. 6 in A flat major
  14. Piece in F sharp minor (1851, 2nd version, completed by N. Walker)
  15. Mazurka No. 7 in E flat minor
  16. Capriccio in D major

Nicholas Walker, piano
Date: 2016
Label: Grand Piano

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Mily Balakirev - Piano Works Vol. 2 (Nicholas Walker)


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Composer: Mily Balakirev
  1. Waltz No. 1 in G major (Valse di bravura)
  2. Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor
  3. Waltz No. 2 in F minor (Valse mélancolique)
  4. Waltz No. 3 in D major (Valse-Impromptu)
  5. Nocturne No. 2 in B minor
  6. Waltz No. 4 in B flat major (Valse de concert)
  7. Nocturne No. 3 in D minor
  8. Waltz No. 5 in D flat major
  9. Nocturne in G sharp minor
  10. Fantasiestück in D flat major
  11. Waltz No. 6 in F sharp minor
  12. Chant du pêcheur
  13. Waltz No. 7 in G sharp minor

Nicholas Walker, piano
Date: 2016
Label: Grand Piano

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Mily Balakirev - Piano Works Vol. 1 (Nicholas Walker)


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Composer: Mily Balakirev
  • Piano Sonata in B flat minor
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 5
  • Grand Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 3

Nicholas Walker, piano
Date: 2013
Label: Grand Piano

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Mily Balakirev - Piano Works (Danny Driver)


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Composer: Mily Balakirev
  1. Piano Sonata in B flat minor: 1. Andantino
  2. Piano Sonata in B flat minor: 2. Mazurka: Moderato
  3. Piano Sonata in B flat minor: 3. Intermezzo: Larghetto
  4. Piano Sonata in B flat minor: 4. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco
  5. Nocturne No. 2 in B minor
  6. Mazurka No. 1 in A flat major
  7. Mazurka No. 2 in C sharp minor
  8. Valse-Caprice No. 2 in D flat major (after Alexander Taneyev)
  9. Waltz No. 4 in B flat major
  10. The Lark (after Mikhail Glinka)
  11. Scherzo No. 1 in B minor
  12. Polka in F sharp minor

Danny Driver, piano
Date: 2010
Label: Hyperion

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Mily Balakirev; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Piano Concertos (Malcolm Binns)


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Composer: Mily Balakirev; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 30
  • Balakirev - Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1
  • Balakirev - Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. posth

Malcolm Binns, piano
English Northern Philharmonia Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

Date: 1992
Label: Hyperion

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