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Friday, February 28, 2025

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Romances (Marina Prudenskaya; Cord Garben)


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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  1. When the golden cornfield waves, Op. 40 No. 1
  2. Across the midnight sky, Op. 40 No. 2
  3. In the quiet of the night, Op. 40 No. 3
  4. Softly the spirit flew up to Heaven, Op. 27 No. 1
  5. Oh, if thou couldst for one moment, Op. 39 No. 1
  6. The west dies out in the distant pallid rose, Op. 39 No. 2
  7. Silence descends on the golden cornfields, Op. 39 No. 3
  8. Sleep, my poor friend, Op. 39 No. 4
  9. The wave breaks into spray, Op. 46 No. 1
  10. Not a sound from the sea, Op. 46 No. 2
  11. The waves rise up like mountains, Op. 46 No. 5
  12. The lark sings louder, Op. 43 No. 1
  13. Not the wind, blowing from the heights, Op. 43 No. 2
  14. Quietly evening falls, Op. 4 No. 4
  15. A whisper, a gentle breath, Op. 42 No. 1
  16. I have come to greet thee, Op. 42 No. 2
  17. Hebrew Song, Op. 7 No. 2
  18. Switezianka, Op. 7 No. 3
  19. My spoiled darling, Op. 42 No. 4
  20. Southern Night, Op. 3 No. 2
  21. Lean thy cheek to mine, Op. 2 No. 1
  22. From my tears, Op. 2 No. 4
  23. Night, Op. 8 No. 2
  24. Upon the Georgian Hills, Op. 3 No. 4
  25. The clouds begin to scatter, Op. 42 No. 3
  26. Do not sing to me, fair maiden, Op. 51 No. 2
  27. Withered flower, Op. 51 No. 3
  28. The Beauty, Op. 51 No. 4
  29. Awakening, Op. 55 No. 1
  30. Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale, Op. 2 No. 2

Marina Prudenskaya, mezzo-soprano
Cord Garben, piano

Date: 2017
Label: CPO

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Overtures & Suites from the Operas (Neeme Järvi)


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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

CD1:
  • May Night, opera: Overture
  • The Snow Maiden, opera suite
  • Mlada, opera suite
  • Christmas Eve, opera suite
CD2:
  • The Tale of Tsar Saltan, opera suite
  • The Flight of the Bumble-bee
  • The Invisible City of Kitezh, opera suite
  • The Golden Cockerel, opera suite

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor

Date: 1984
Label: Chandos

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Orchestral Works (Vasily Petrenko)


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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
  • Scheherazade, Op. 35

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: LAWO Classics

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Igor Stravinsky; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - L'Oiseau de feu; Le Coq d'or (Vasily Petrenko)



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Composer: Igor Stravinsky; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Le Coq d’or, Suite
  • Stravinsky - L'Oiseau de feu, Ballet

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Onyx

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Alexander Borodin - Sheherazade; Symphony No. 2 (Kirill Kondrashin)


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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Alexander Borodin
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Borodin - Symphony No. 2 in B minor

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin, conductor

Date: 1979; 1980
Label: Philips

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Capricci (Kirill Kondrashin)


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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Tchaikovsky - Capriccio italien, Op. 45
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34

RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin, conductor

Date: 1958
Label: RCA/JVC

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Symphonies (Evgeny Svetlanov)


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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

CD1:
  • Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 1
CD2:
  • Antar, symphonic suite (Symphony No. 2), Op. 9
  • Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 32

USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

Date: 1969; 1983; 1977
Label: Melodiya

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Sinfonietta; Russian Easter Overture (Evgeny Svetlanov)


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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Sinfonietta on Russian themes in A minor, Op. 31
  • Overture on Russian themes, Op. 28
  • Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
  • From Homer, prelude-cantata, Op. 60

USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

Date: 1985; 1971
Label: Melodiya

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Monday, February 24, 2025

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade; Capriccio espagnol (Igor Markevitch)


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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
  • Scheherazade, Op. 35

London Symphony Orchestra
Igor Markevitch, conductor

Date: 1962
Label: Eloquence

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Igor Stravinsky - Scheherazade; Song of the Nightingale (Fritz Reiner)


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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Igor Stravinsky
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Stravinsky - Le chant du rossignol

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Date: 1960; 1956
Label: RCA

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Saturday, February 22, 2025

Modest Mussorgsky - Unorthodox Music (Claire Booth; Christopher Glynn)


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Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
  1. The Goat (A Society Tale)
  2. Memories of Childhood: I. Nanny and I
  3. The Nursery: I. With Nanny
  4. The Nursery: II. In the Corner
  5. Memories of Childhood: II. Nanny Locks Me in a Dark Cupboard
  6. The Nursery: IV. With the Doll
  7. The Nursery: VI. Hobby Horse
  8. Porte-enseigne Polka
  9. Desire
  10. Impromptu-passionné
  11. From my tears
  12. Hopak of the Merry Young Ukrainians
  13. Night
  14. Hopak
  15. Oh, How Your Eyes Look At Me Sometimes
  16. Oh, You Drunken Sot!
  17. Intermezzo in modo classico
  18. Songs and Dances of Death: III. Trepak
  19. Album Leaf: Méditation
  20. The Leaves Rustled Softly
  21. Pictures at an Exhibition: Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua
  22. Sunless: I. Within Four Walls
  23. Sunless: VI. On the River
  24. Rêverie

Claire Booth, soprano
Christopher Glynn, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Avie

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Mussorgsky; Rimsky-Korsakov; Tchaikovsky - Songs and Opera Arias (Galina Vishnevskaya)


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Composer: Modest Mussorgsky; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  1. Mussorgsky - Hopak
  2. Mussorgsky - Eremushka's Lullaby
  3. Mussorgsky - Darling Savishna
  4. Mussorgsky - Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich): 1. Lullaby
  5. Mussorgsky - Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich): 2. Serenada
  6. Mussorgsky - Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich): 3. Trepak
  7. Mussorgsky - Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich): 4. The Field-Marshal
  8. Rimsky-Korsakov - Eastern Song: The Nightingale Enslaved by the Rose, Op. 2 No. 2
  9. Rimsky-Korsakov - The Clouds Begin to Scatter, Op. 42 No. 3
  10. Rimsky-Korsakov - In Spring, Op.43: 1. The Lark Sings Louder
  11. Rimsky-Korsakov - Lullaby of the Sea Princess (from opera "Sadko")
  12. Rimsky-Korsakov - Marfa's Scene and Aria (from opera "The Tsar's Bride")
  13. Rimsky-Korsakov - Lyubasha's Aria (from opera "The Tsar's Bride")
  14. Tchaikovsky - Lel's Song (from opera "The Snow Maiden")
  15. Tchaikovsky - Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow?, Op. 47 No. 7
  16. Tchaikovsky - Cradle Song, Op. 16 No. 1
  17. Tchaikovsky - Why?, Op. 6 No. 5
  18. Tchaikovsky - Amid the Din of the Ball, Op. 38 No. 3
  19. Tchaikovsky - Again, As Before, Alone, Op. 73 No. 6

Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor & piano

Date: 1975; 1976; 1978
Label: EMI Classics

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Friday, February 21, 2025

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Modest Mussorgsky - Piano Trio; Pictures at an Exhibition (Bekova Sisters)


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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Modest Mussorgsky
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Piano Trio in C minor
  • Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Bekova Sisters)

Bekova Sisters
    Elvira Bekova, violin
    Alfia Bekova, cello
    Eleonora Bekova, piano

Date: 1997
Label: Chandos

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Modest Mussorgsky - Stokowski's Arrangements (Matthias Bamert)


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Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
  • A Night on the Bare Mountain (arr. Stokowski)
  • Boris Godunov: Symphonic Synthesis (arr. Stokowski)
  • Entr'acte to Act IV of Khovanshchina (arr. Stokowski)
  • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Stokowski)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: Chandos

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Modest Mussorgsky; Igor Stravinsky; Alexander Scriabin - Orchestral Works (Leopold Stokowski)


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Composer: Modest Mussorgsky; Igor Stravinsky; Alexander Scriabin
  • Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Stokowski)
  • Scriabin - Le Poème de l'extase, Op. 54
  • Stravinsky - Pastorale
  • Stravinsky - L'Oiseau de feu, ballet suite

New Philharmonia Orchestra
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Date: 1965; 1972; 1969; 1967
Label: Decca

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Thursday, February 20, 2025

Modest Mussorgsky; Aram Khachaturian - Orchestral Works (Vasily Petrenko)


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  • Dmitri Kabalevsky - Colas Breugnon, Op. 24: Overture
  • Aram Khachaturian - Spartacus, excerpts
  • Rodion Shchedrin - Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 'Naughty Limericks'
  • Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)
  • Sergei Rachmaninov - 12 Romances, Op. 21: 7. Zdes′ khorosho (orch. Timothy Jackson)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: Onyx

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Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain (Theodore Kuchar)


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Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
  • Night on the Bare Mountain (Rimsky-Korsakov version)
  • Hopak from Sorochintsy Fair
  • Golitsïn's Exile from Khovanshchina
  • Night on the Bare Mountain (Original version)
  • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Date: 2003
Label: Naxos

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Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain (Fritz Reiner)


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  • Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
  • Tchaikovsky - Marche Miniature
  • Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
  • Borodin - Prince Igor, opera: Polovtsian March
  • Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave
  • Kabalevsky - Colas Breugnon, opera, Op. 24: Overture
  • Glinka - Russian and Ludmilla, opera: Overture

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Date: 1957; 1959
Label: RCA

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Modest Mussorgsky; Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Works (Steven Osborne)


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Composer: Modest Mussorgsky; Sergei Prokofiev
  • Mussorgsky - Pictures from an exhibition
  • Prokofiev - Sarcasms, Op. 17
  • Prokofiev - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22

Steven Osborne, piano
Date: 2013
Label: Hyperion

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Modest Mussorgsky; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Piano Works (Mikhail Pletnev)


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Composer: Modest Mussorgsky; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Mussorgsky - Pictures at an exhibition
  • Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty
  • Tchaikovsky - 6 Piano Pieces
  • Tchaikovsky - The Seasons, Op. 37b

Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Date: 2005
Label: Virgin Classics

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Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (Byron Janis; Antal Doráti)


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  • Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Chopin - 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 3 in F major
  • Chopin - Waltz No. 3 in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2
  • Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)

Byron Janis, piano
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Doráti, conductor

Date: 1961; 1959
Label: Mercury

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Various Composers - The Sofia Recital 1958 (Sviatoslav Richter)


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  • Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Schubert - Moment musical in C major, D. 780 No. 1
  • Schubert - Impromptu in E flat major, D. 899 No. 2
  • Schubert - Impromptu in A flat major, D. 899 No. 4
  • Chopin - Étude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3
  • Liszt - Valse oubliée No. 1 in F sharp major
  • Liszt - Valse oubliée No. 2 in A flat major
  • Liszt - Étude d'exécution transcendante No. 5 'Feux follets'
  • Liszt - Etude d'exécution transcendante No. 11 'Harmonies du soir'
  • Rachmaninov - Prélude in G sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12

Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Date: 1958
Label: Philips

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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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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Mily Balakirev; Sergei Lyapunov - Evgeny Svetlanov conducts Balakirev & Lyapunov


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Composer: Mily Balakirev; Sergei Lyapunov

CD1:
  • Balakirev - Symphony No. 1 in C major
  • Balakirev - Russia, symphonic poem
  • Balakirev - Overture on Three Russian Songs
CD2:
  • Balakirev - Symphony No. 2 in D minor
  • Balakirev - In Bohemia, symphonic poem
  • Balakirev - Overture on the theme of Spanish March
CD3:
  • Balakirev - King Lear
  • Balakirev - Tamara, symphonic poem (after M. Lermontov)
CD4:
  • Balakirev - Suite in B minor
  • Balakirev - Suite in D minor of 4 Pieces by F. Chopin
  • Balakirev - Islamey, oriental fantasia (orch. Lyapunov)
  • Lyapunov - Zelazowa Wola, symphonic poem, Op. 37
CD5:
  • Lyapunov - Symphony No. 1 in B minor, Op. 12
  • Lyapunov - Hashish, oriental symphonic poem, Op. 53
CD6:
  • Lyapunov - Symphony No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 66
  • Lyapunov - Solemn Overture on Russian Themes, Op. 7

USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

Date: 2007
Label: Svetlanova

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Saturday, February 8, 2025

Various Composers - Les Six & Satie (Pascal & Ami Rogé)


Information

  • L'Album des Six: Prélude (Georges Auric)
  • L'Album des Six: Romance sans Paroles (Louis Durey)
  • L'Album des Six: Sarabande (Arthur Honegger)
  • L'Album des Six: Mazurka (Darius Milhaud)
  • L'Album des Six: Valse (Francis Poulenc)
  • L'Album des Six: Pastorale (Germaine Tailleferre)
  • Georges Auric - Valse
  • Georges Auric - Cinq bagatelles
  • Louis Durey - Deux Piéces pour piano à quatre mains, Op. 7
  • Arthur Honegger - Trois Contrepoints: I. Prélude
  • Arthur Honegger - Pastorale d'été
  • Darius Milhaud - Scaramouche
  • Francis Poulenc - Capriccio (d'aprés Le Bal masqué)
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Jeux de Plein Air
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Valse lente
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Intermezzo
  • Erik Satie - Parade

Pascal & Ami Rogé, piano
Date: 2020
Label: Onyx

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Various Composers - L'Album des Six (Corinna Simon)


Information

  • Georges Auric - Prélude
  • Louis Durey - Romance sans paroles
  • Arthur Honegger - Sarabande
  • Darius Milhaud - Mazurka
  • Francis Poulenc - Valse
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Pastorale
  • Arthur Honegger - Sept piéces brèves, H. 25
  • Darius Milhaud - Le Printemps, Book I, Op. 25
  • Francis Poulenc - Improvisation in A minor à Georges Auric, FP 63/5
  • Francis Poulenc - Mélancolie, FP 105
  • Francis Poulenc - Novelette No. 3 in E minor, FP 173
  • Georges Auric - Trois pastorales à Darius Milhaud
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Impromptu
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Partita
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Rêverie
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Romance pour piano

Corinna Simon, piano
Date: 2019
Label: RCA

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Various Composers - L'Album des Six (Emily Beynon; Andrew West)


Information

  1. Poulenc - Sonata for flute and piano: 1. Allegretto malincolico
  2. Poulenc - Sonata for flute and piano: 2. Cantilena: Assez lent
  3. Poulenc - Sonata for flute and piano: 3. Presto giocoso
  4. Auric - Aria
  5. Tailleferre - Pastorale
  6. Auric - Imaginées 1
  7. Auric - Prélude
  8. Durey - Romance sans paroles, Op. 21
  9. Honegger - Sarabande
  10. Milhaud - Mazurka
  11. Poulenc - Valse
  12. Tailleferre - Pastorale
  13. Durey - Sonatine, Op. 25: 1. Nonchalant
  14. Durey - Sonatine, Op. 25: 2. Lent et soutenu
  15. Durey - Sonatine, Op. 25: 3. Assez anime
  16. Honegger - Danse de la chèvre
  17. Honegger - Romance
  18. Tailleferre - Forlane
  19. Durey - Deux Dialogues, Op. 114: 1. Modéré
  20. Durey - Deux Dialogues, Op. 114: 2. Animé
  21. Milhaud - Sonatine, Op. 76: 1. Tendre
  22. Milhaud - Sonatine, Op. 76: 2. Souple
  23. Milhaud - Sonatine, Op. 76: 3. Clair

Emily Beynon, flute
Andrew West, piano

Date: 2000
Label: Hyperion

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Friday, February 7, 2025

Various Composers - French Music for Two Pianos (Martin Jones; Adrian Farmer)


Information

CD1:
  • Reynaldo Hahn - Caprice mélancolique pour deux pianos
  • Reynaldo Hahn - Le ruban dénoué. Douze valses à deux pianos
  • Reynaldo Hahn - Pour bercer un convalescent pour deux pianos
  • Charles Koechlin - Suite pour deux pianos, Op. 6
  • Charles Koechlin - Suite pour piano à 4 mains, Op. 19
CD2:
  • Charles Koechlin - Sonatines Françaises pour piano à 4 mains, Op. 60
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Jeux de Plein Air pour deux pianos
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Image (Version for 4 hands)
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Fandango pour deux pianos
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Deux Valses pour deux pianos
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Intermezzo pour deux pianos
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Toccata pour deux pianos
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Sonate pour deux pianos
  • Germaine Tailleferre - Choral et Variations pour deux pianos

Martin Jones & Adrian Farmer, piano
Date: 2023
Label: Nimbus

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Various Composers - French Ballet Music of the 1920s (Geoffrey Simon)


Information

  • L'éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan)
  • Les mariés de la tour Eiffel (The Wedding Party on the Eiffel Tower)

Philharmonia Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon, conductor

Date: 1984
Label: Chandos

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Thursday, February 6, 2025

Louis Durey - Rediscovered Unpublished Song Manuscripts (Various Artists)


Information

Composer: Louis Durey
  • 6 Madrigaux de Mallarmé, Op. 22
  • 2 Lieder romantiques, Op. 20
  • 3 Poèmes de Paul Valéry, Op. 31
  • 2 Poèmes de Ho-Chi-Minh, Op. 69
  • Cantate de la rose et de l'amour, Op. 104a
  • 4 Stances de Jean Moréas, Op. 45
  • Grève de la faim, Op. 64
  • Une femme du sud chante, Op. 65
  • 3 Poèmes de Paul Éluard, Op. 74a
  • 4 Poèmes de minuit, Op. 47

Adriana Zabala, mezzo-soprano
William Burden, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Jocelyn Dueck, piano

Date: 2017
Label: New Focus Recordings

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Germaine Tailleferre - The Flower of France (Quynh Nguyen)


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Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  1. Impromptu
  2. Romance
  3. Pas trop vite
  4. Pastorale in D Major
  5. Hommage à Debussy
  6. Très vite
  7. Sicilienne
  8. Pastorale in A-Flat Major
  9. Fleurs de France: No. 1, Jasmin de Provence
  10. Fleurs de France: No. 2, Coquelicot de Guyenne
  11. Fleurs de France: No. 3, Rose d'Anjou
  12. Fleurs de France: No. 4, Tournesol du Languedoc
  13. Fleurs de France: No. 5, Anthémis du Roussillon
  14. Fleurs de France: No. 6, Lavandin de Haute - Provence
  15. Fleurs de France: No. 7, Volubilis du Béarn
  16. Fleurs de France: No. 8, Bleuet de Picardie
  17. Chiens
  18. Pastorale Inca
  19. Minuet in B-Flat Major
  20. Berceuse
  21. Au Pavillon d'Alsace
  22. Fugue du Parapluie
  23. Chant chinois
  24. L'Aigle des rues: No. 1, Valse
  25. L'Aigle des rues: No. 2, Berceuse
  26. L'Aigle des rues: No. 3, La Dispute
  27. L'Aigle des rues: No. 4, Fugue
  28. L'Aigle des rues: No. 5, Lent
  29. Pas de Deux
  30. Pastourelle
  31. Larghetto
  32. Valse lente
  33. Partita for Piano: I. Perpetuum mobile
  34. Partita for Piano: II. Notturno
  35. Partita for Piano: III. Allegramente
  36. Sonata alla Scarlatti
  37. Reverie
  38. Barbizon
  39. Escarpolète
  40. Singeries

Quynh Nguyen, piano
Date: 2023
Label: Music and Arts Programs of America

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Germaine Tailleferre - Revived Piano Works, Vol. 1 (Nicolas Horvath)


Information

Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  1. Exercice d'harmonie (Chant donné par Florent Schmitt)
  2. Impromptu in E Major for Piano
  3. Romance in A Major for Piano
  4. Pas trop vite for Piano
  5. Pastorale in D Major for Piano
  6. Fandango for Piano
  7. Hommage à Debussy
  8. Très vite
  9. Jean-Baptiste Lully - La naissance de Vénus, LWV 27, Pt. 2: Grand dieu des enfers (arr. Tailleferre)
  10. Jean-Baptiste Lully - Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, LWV 41: Répands, charmante nuit (arr. Tailleferre)
  11. Jean-Baptiste Lully - Le triomphe de l'amour, LWV 59: Air pour la jeunesse (arr. Tailleferre)
  12. Francesco Mancini - Son confusa pastorella (arr. Tailleferre)
  13. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Salustia (arr. Tailleferre): Per queste amare lagrime
  14. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Salustia (arr. Tailleferre): Soleva il traditore
  15. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Salustia (arr. Tailleferre): Il nocchier nella tempesta
  16. Leonardo Leo - Demetrio (arr. Tailleferre): Piano): Sò che per gioco
  17. Leonardo Leo - Demetrio (arr. Tailleferre): Vorrei dai lacci
  18. Gaetano Latilla - La pena che m'affanna (arr. Tailleferre)
  19. Johann Adolph Hasse - Spero si ch'amor (arr. Tailleferre)
  20. Claudio Monteverdi - Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, SV 325: Duri, e penosi (arr. Tailleferre)
  21. Domenico Mazzocchi - La catena d'Adone: Lieti in grembo (arr. Tailleferre)
  22. Michelangelo Rossi - Plainte d'Erminia (arr. Tailleferre)
  23. Michel Lambert - Airs à 1-4 parties: Il n'est point d'amour sans peine (arr. Tailleferre)
  24. Alessandro Scarlatti - Comodo Antonino (arr. Tailleferre): Son lo scherzo
  25. Alessandro Scarlatti - Comodo Antonino (arr. Tailleferre): Cara e dolce rimembranza
  26. Flavio Lanciani - Gran pena amar lontane (arr. Tailleferre)
  27. André Cardinal Destouches - Les élémens (arr. Tailleferre): Songez à faire usage
  28. André Cardinal Destouches - Les élémens (arr. Tailleferre): Tendre amour
  29. Louis-Nicolas Clerambault - Cantates françoises, Book 3, No. 1, Apollon: Ce n'est point pour servir (arr. Tailleferre)
  30. Michel Pignolet de Montéclair - Cantates à voix seule, Book 1, No. 2, Le triomphe de la constance: Ne cédons point à l'inconstance (arr. Tailleferre)
  31. Jean-Joseph Mouret - Le triomphe des sens: Illustre et cher époux (arr. Tailleferre)
  32. François-André Danican Philidor - Sancho Pança dans son isle: Il fallait le voir au village (arr. Tailleferre)
  33. Sous le rempart d'Athènes (Version for Piano)
  34. Sicilienne for Piano
  35. Pastorale in A-Flat Major for Piano
  36. Pastorale in C Major for Piano
  37. Fleurs de France: No. 1, Jasmin de Provence
  38. Fleurs de France: No. 2, Coquelicot de Guyenne
  39. Fleurs de France: No. 3, Rose d'Anjou
  40. Fleurs de France: No. 4, Tournesol du Languedoc
  41. Fleurs de France: No. 5, Anthémise du Roussillon
  42. Fleurs de France: No. 6, Lavandin de Haute-Provence
  43. Fleurs de France: No. 7, Volubilis du Béarn
  44. Fleurs de France: No. 8, Bleuet de Picardie
  45. Pastorale Inca
  46. Pastorale Amazone
  47. Berceuse in E-Flat Major for Piano
  48. Suite dans le style Louis XV: I. Allegro
  49. Suite dans le style Louis XV: II. Andante
  50. Suite dans le style Louis XV: III. Vif
  51. Suite dans le style Louis XV: IV. Lent
  52. Suite dans le style Louis XV: V. Allegro
  53. Marche funèbre for Piano
  54. Au pavillon d'Alsace: I. Moderato
  55. Au pavillon d'Alsace: II. Allegro

Nicolas Horvath, piano
Date: 2022
Label: Grand Piano

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Germaine Tailleferre - Chamber Music (Various Artists)


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Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Image, for Eight Instruments
  • String Quartet
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1
  • Sonata for Solo Clarinet
  • Arabesque, for Clarinet and Piano
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2
  • Forlane, Flute and Piano
  • Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello

Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet
Ulrike Sieber, flute
Deborah Marshall, clarinet
Angela Gassenhuber, piano
Renate Eggebrecht, violin
Friedemann Kupsa, cello

Date: 1993
Label: Troubadisc

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