CDs with: Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich

Balakirev and Russian folksong.

Grand fantasia on Russian folksongs: op. 4 (18:16) -- 30 songs of the Russian people: even-numbered tracks, original folksong; odd numbered tracks, Balakirev's arrangement for piano 4 hands (1:01:12).

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Bolʹshai︠a︡ fantazii︠a︡ na russkie narodnye pesni

Grand fantasia on Russian folksongs: op. 4 (18:16) -- 30 songs of the Russian people: even-numbered tracks, original folksong; odd numbered tracks, Balakirev's arrangement for piano 4 hands (1:01:12).

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If I were a bird : a piano aviary.

The gathering of the birds / Jean-Philippe Rameau (3:31) -- Woodbird's delight / Josef Hofmann (1:06) -- Roman sketches. The white peacock / Charles Tomlinson Griffes (5:10) -- To a humming bird / Edward MacDowell (0:46) -- Preludes. The dove / Olivier Messaien (2:26) -- Lyric pieces. Little bird / Edvard Grieg (2:08) -- Goyescas. The maiden and the nightingale / Enrique Granados (5:44) -- Little wood-bird / Adolf Jensen (1:32) -- The two larks / Theodor Leschetizky (3:47) -- Miroirs. Sad birds / Maurice Ravel (3:49) -- The lark / Mikhail Glinka ; transcribed by Mili Balakirev (5:11) -- Waldscenen. The prophet bird / Robert Schumann (4:13) -- Water-wagtail / t Cyril Scott (2:34) -- The cuckoo / Louis-Claude Daquin (1:51) -- Carnival of the animals. The swan / Camille Saint-Saëns ; transcribed by Alexander Siloti (2:51) -- The nightingale / Alexander Alabieff ; transcribed by Franz Liszt (3:33) -- Turkey in the straw / David W. Guion (3:00) -- If I were a bird / Adolf Henselt (2:02) -- Alt-China = Old China suite. Chinese nightingale / Walter Niemann (5:09) -- Firebird suite. Danse infernale de roi Kastchei (5:22) ; Berceuse (3:28) ; Finale (4:05) / Igor Stravinsky ; transcribed by Guido Agosti.

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Marc-André Hamelin live at the Wigmore Hall.

Piano concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 37. First movement, Allegro con brio / Beethoven ; transcribed with cadenza by Charles-Valentin Alkan (18:41) -- Piano concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11. Romanza, Larghetto / Chopin ; transcribed by Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (10:25) -- Trois grandes études : op. 76 / Alkan (29:52) -- Sonatina no. 6 : Kammer-Fantasie über Carmen : BV284 / Busoni (7:35) -- Forgotten melodies : Vol I. Danza festiva : op. 38 no 3 / Medtner (5:16).

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Piano aviary

The gathering of the birds / Jean-Philippe Rameau (3:31) -- Woodbird's delight / Josef Hofmann (1:06) -- Roman sketches. The white peacock / Charles Tomlinson Griffes (5:10) -- To a humming bird / Edward MacDowell (0:46) -- Preludes. The dove / Olivier Messaien (2:26) -- Lyric pieces. Little bird / Edvard Grieg (2:08) -- Goyescas. The maiden and the nightingale / Enrique Granados (5:44) -- Little wood-bird / Adolf Jensen (1:32) -- The two larks / Theodor Leschetizky (3:47) -- Miroirs. Sad birds / Maurice Ravel (3:49) -- The lark / Mikhail Glinka ; transcribed by Mili Balakirev (5:11) -- Waldscenen. The prophet bird / Robert Schumann (4:13) -- Water-wagtail / t Cyril Scott (2:34) -- The cuckoo / Louis-Claude Daquin (1:51) -- Carnival of the animals. The swan / Camille Saint-Saëns ; transcribed by Alexander Siloti (2:51) -- The nightingale / Alexander Alabieff ; transcribed by Franz Liszt (3:33) -- Turkey in the straw / David W. Guion (3:00) -- If I were a bird / Adolf Henselt (2:02) -- Alt-China = Old China suite. Chinese nightingale / Walter Niemann (5:09) -- Firebird suite. Danse infernale de roi Kastchei (5:22) ; Berceuse (3:28) ; Finale (4:05) / Igor Stravinsky ; transcribed by Guido Agosti.

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Piano music (complete) / Balakirev.

CD 1. Fantasies and nocturnes. Islamey : Oriental fantasy (8:55) -- Fantasia on themes from Glinka's A life for the Tsar (14:47) -- Fantasiestück (4:14) -- Nocturne no. 1, B♭ minor (6:49) -- Nocturne no. 2 in B minor (9:55) -- Nocturne no. 3 in D minor (7:00) -- Capriccio (10:31). CD 2. Piano sonata in B♭ minor op. 5 (12:07; 4:34; 7:45) -- Sonatina (Esquisses) (2:07; 2:01; 1:25) -- Piano sonata in B♭ minor (8:46; 6:46; 4:37; 9:21). CD 3. Transcriptions. Kamarinskaya / Glinka (9:30) -- Negovori / Glinka (5:36) -- Romance from piano concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11 / Chopin (10:54) -- Cavatina from string quartet no 13 in B♭ major, op. 130 / Beethoven (5:20) -- Allegretto from string quartet no. 8 in E minor, op. 59, no. 2 / Beethoven (9:34) -- Réverie / Zapolsky (6:20) -- Pustinya / Balakirev (3:01) -- Introduction to La fuite en Egypte / Berlioz (6'50) -- Impromptu on the themes of two preludes by Chopin / Balakirev (5:30) -- Jota aragonesca / Glinka (10:42). CD 4. Waltzes. Valse di bravura (No. 1) in G major (8:19) -- Valse mélancholique (No. 2) in F minor (5:12) -- Valse-impromptu (No. 3) in D major (5:08) -- Waltz no. 4 in B♭ major (Valse de concert) (7:04) -- Waltz no. 5 in D♭ major (7:20) -- Waltz no. 6 in F sharp major (6:08) -- Waltz no. 7 in G♯ minor (7:27) -- Polka (3:21) -- Tarantella (6:46) -- Valse-caprice no. 1 in A♭ major (after A.S. Taneyev) (6:06) -- Valse-caprice no. 2 in D♭ major (after A.S. Taneyev) (6:31). CD 5. Mazurkas and scherzos. Mazurka no. 1 in A♭ major (2nd version) (4:25) -- Mazurka no. 2 in C♯ major (2nd version) (2:32) -- Mazurka no. 3 in B minor (5:58) -- Mazurka no. 5 in D major (6:48) -- Mazurka no. 6 in A♭ major (6:08) -- Scherzo no. 1 in B minor (7:50) -- Scherzo no. 2 in B♭ major (8:05) -- Scherzo no. 3 in F♯ major (6:11). CD 6. Miscellaneous pieces. Dumka (4:32) -- Au jardin (4:25) -- Gondollied (7:44) -- Berceuse (6:19) -- The lark (5:41) -- Spanish melody (4:11) -- Spanish serenade (6:02) -- La fileuse (3:10) -- Tyrolienne (5:38) -- Chant du pêcheur (3:51) -- Humoresque (4:39) -- Réverie (5:26) -- Novelette (5:54) -- Toccata (4:18).

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Piano music. Selections

CD 1. Fantasies and nocturnes. Islamey : Oriental fantasy (8:55) -- Fantasia on themes from Glinka's A life for the Tsar (14:47) -- Fantasiestück (4:14) -- Nocturne no. 1, B♭ minor (6:49) -- Nocturne no. 2 in B minor (9:55) -- Nocturne no. 3 in D minor (7:00) -- Capriccio (10:31). CD 2. Piano sonata in B♭ minor op. 5 (12:07; 4:34; 7:45) -- Sonatina (Esquisses) (2:07; 2:01; 1:25) -- Piano sonata in B♭ minor (8:46; 6:46; 4:37; 9:21). CD 3. Transcriptions. Kamarinskaya / Glinka (9:30) -- Negovori / Glinka (5:36) -- Romance from piano concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11 / Chopin (10:54) -- Cavatina from string quartet no 13 in B♭ major, op. 130 / Beethoven (5:20) -- Allegretto from string quartet no. 8 in E minor, op. 59, no. 2 / Beethoven (9:34) -- Réverie / Zapolsky (6:20) -- Pustinya / Balakirev (3:01) -- Introduction to La fuite en Egypte / Berlioz (6'50) -- Impromptu on the themes of two preludes by Chopin / Balakirev (5:30) -- Jota aragonesca / Glinka (10:42). CD 4. Waltzes. Valse di bravura (No. 1) in G major (8:19) -- Valse mélancholique (No. 2) in F minor (5:12) -- Valse-impromptu (No. 3) in D major (5:08) -- Waltz no. 4 in B♭ major (Valse de concert) (7:04) -- Waltz no. 5 in D♭ major (7:20) -- Waltz no. 6 in F sharp major (6:08) -- Waltz no. 7 in G♯ minor (7:27) -- Polka (3:21) -- Tarantella (6:46) -- Valse-caprice no. 1 in A♭ major (after A.S. Taneyev) (6:06) -- Valse-caprice no. 2 in D♭ major (after A.S. Taneyev) (6:31). CD 5. Mazurkas and scherzos. Mazurka no. 1 in A♭ major (2nd version) (4:25) -- Mazurka no. 2 in C♯ major (2nd version) (2:32) -- Mazurka no. 3 in B minor (5:58) -- Mazurka no. 5 in D major (6:48) -- Mazurka no. 6 in A♭ major (6:08) -- Scherzo no. 1 in B minor (7:50) -- Scherzo no. 2 in B♭ major (8:05) -- Scherzo no. 3 in F♯ major (6:11). CD 6. Miscellaneous pieces. Dumka (4:32) -- Au jardin (4:25) -- Gondollied (7:44) -- Berceuse (6:19) -- The lark (5:41) -- Spanish melody (4:11) -- Spanish serenade (6:02) -- La fileuse (3:10) -- Tyrolienne (5:38) -- Chant du pêcheur (3:51) -- Humoresque (4:39) -- Réverie (5:26) -- Novelette (5:54) -- Toccata (4:18).

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Russian images.

Ah, the sweetness of being beside you / Glinka (3:12) -- Bolero : no. 3 of A farewell to St. Petersburg / Glinka (1:57) -- The night zephyr / Dargomyzhsky (3:23) -- The miller / Dargomyzhsky (1:16) -- I remember / Dargomyzhsky (3:24) -- For the shores of your far homeland / Borodin (4:07) -- Embrace, kiss / Balakiriev [i.e. Balakirev] (2:05) -- On the hills of Georgia / Rimsky-Korsakov (2:31) -- The fountain statue at Tsarskoye Selo / Cui (1:17) -- Forgotten / Mussorgsky (2:02) -- Mephistopheles' song of the flea / Mussorgsky (3:23) -- I bless you, forests / Tchaikovsky (4:38) -- In the midst of the ball / Tchaikovsky (2:10) -- Don Juan's serenade / Tchaikovsky (2:35) -- Autumn / Arensky (2:11) -- I have outlived my aspirations / Medtner (2:07) -- Spring solace / Medtner (2:12) -- The prisoner / Gretchaninov (2:39) -- Dawn / Lyatoshinsky (sung in Ukrainian) (5:04) -- Supreme happiness / Lyatoshinsky (sung in Ukrainian) (4:19) -- She is as beautiful as noon / Rachmaninov (2:45) -- It is time / Rachmaninov (1:30).

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