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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
A Feast in Time of Plague, opera in one act
3 Scherzos, Op. 82: No. 1 in C major
3 Scherzos, Op. 82: No. 2 in F major
3 Scherzos, Op. 82: No. 3 in C minor
Les deux ménétriers, Op. 42
Fair Spring, Op. 66 No. 4
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
La fileuse
Au jardin – Idyll-Étude
Kamarinskaya (Mikhail Glinka, arr. M. Balakirev)
Tamara (arr. N. Walker)
Polka in F sharp minor
Elegy on the Death of a Mosquito (completed by N. Walker)
La danse de sorcières (completed by N. Walker)
Ne govori: Lyubov’ proydyot (Mikhail Glinka, arr. M. Balakirev)
Tyrolienne
Rêverie (Platon Vasil'evich Zapol'sky, arr. M. Balakirev)
Toccata in C sharp minor
A Farewell to St. Petersburg: No. 10, Zhavoronok (Mikhail Glinka, arr. M. Balakirev)
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
Reminiscences de l'opéra 'La vie pour le Czar' (Glinka)
Ruslan and Lyudmila: Chernomor's March (Glinka, arr. Balakirev)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: II. Romanza: Larghetto (Chopin, arr. Balakirev)
Impromptu (after Chopin's Préludes)
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 (Chopin, cadenza by Balakirev)
Mazurka brillante, S 221 (Liszt, original version)
Mazurka brillante, S 221 (Liszt, coda by Balakirev)
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2: III. Allegretto (Beethoven, arr. Balakirev)
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina (Beethoven, arr. Balakirev)
Gondellied in A minor
Tarantella in B major
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
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor
Novelette in A major
10 Songs: No. 2. Pustïnya (The Wilderness)
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor
Fandango-étude
Sérénade espagnole
Jota aragonesa (Mikhail Glinka)
'La fuite en Égypte' Overture (Hector Berlioz)
Scherzo No. 3 in F sharp major
Mélodie espagnole
Valse-caprice No. 1 in A flat major (Alexander Taneyev)
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
Mazurka No. 1 in A flat major
Mazurka No. 2 in C sharp minor
Piano Sonatina in G major, 'Esquisses': I. Allegro moderato
Piano Sonatina in G major, 'Esquisses': II. L'Istesso tempo
Piano Sonatina in G major, 'Esquisses': III. Coda: Poco a poco più agitato
Berceuse in D flat major
Mazurka No. 3 in B minor
Mazurka No. 4 in G flat major
Dumka in E flat minor, 'Complainte'
Mazurka No. 5 in C sharp major (1884 version, completed by N. Walker)
Rêverie in F major
Humoresque in D major
Mazurka No. 6 in A flat major
Piece in F sharp minor (1851, 2nd version, completed by N. Walker)
Mazurka No. 7 in E flat minor
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
Waltz No. 1 in G major (Valse di bravura)
Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor
Waltz No. 2 in F minor (Valse mélancolique)
Waltz No. 3 in D major (Valse-Impromptu)
Nocturne No. 2 in B minor
Waltz No. 4 in B flat major (Valse de concert)
Nocturne No. 3 in D minor
Waltz No. 5 in D flat major
Nocturne in G sharp minor
Fantasiestück in D flat major
Waltz No. 6 in F sharp minor
Chant du pêcheur
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
Piano Sonata in B flat minor: 1. Andantino
Piano Sonata in B flat minor: 2. Mazurka: Moderato
Piano Sonata in B flat minor: 3. Intermezzo: Larghetto
Piano Sonata in B flat minor: 4. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco
Nocturne No. 2 in B minor
Mazurka No. 1 in A flat major
Mazurka No. 2 in C sharp minor
Valse-Caprice No. 2 in D flat major (after Alexander Taneyev)
Waltz No. 4 in B flat major
The Lark (after Mikhail Glinka)
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor
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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