Balakirev - Complete Piano Works Vol.5: Original Works and Transcriptions | Grand Piano GP811

Balakirev - Complete Piano Works Vol.5: Original Works and Transcriptions

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Label: Grand Piano

Cat No: GP811

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 13th September 2019

Contents

Artists

Nicholas Walker (piano)

Works

Balakirev, Mili

Gondellied in A minor
Impromptu (after Chopin's Preludes)
Polonaise brillante
Reminiscences of Glinka's opera 'A Life for the Czar'
Tarantelle

Beethoven, Ludwig van

String Quartet no.8 in E minor, op.59 no.2 'Razumovsky'
» III Allegretto (arr. Balakirev for solo piano)
String Quartet no.13 in B flat major, op.130
» V Cavatina (arr. Balakirev for solo piano)

Chopin, Frederic

Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
» II Romance (Larghetto) (arr. Balakirev for solo piano)
Scherzi (4)
» no.2 in B flat minor, op.31 (with cadenza by Balakirev)

Glinka, Mikhail

Ruslan and Lyudmila, op.5
» March of Chernomor (Act 3) (arr. Balakirev for solo piano)

Liszt, Franz

Mazurka brillante, S221 (with coda by Balakirev)
Mazurka brillante, S221

Artists

Nicholas Walker (piano)

About

Balakirev’s appreciation of other composers is reflected in transcriptions that also reveal his brilliance as a pianist. With several world premiere recordings, this programme includes the marvellous balalaika sonorities and virtuoso colours to be found in operas by Glinka, the novel concept of dovetailing preludes by Chopin, and the richness of Beethoven’s string quartets. A plaintive Gondola Song, the relentlessly energetic Tarantelle and Balakirev’s earliest surviving piano opus conclude this fifth volume in Nicholas Walker’s acclaimed complete edition of his piano works.

Nicholas Walker studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Moscow Conservatoire. Winner of the first Newport International Piano competition, he has performed with major British orchestras, given recitals worldwide, and recorded for the BBC, BMG Arte Nova, ASV, Chandos and Danacord labels. He is also sought after as an imaginative and sensitive accompanist. Although his Beethoven performances have brought him special critical acclaim, he is best known for championing the neglected leader of ‘The Mighty Handful’, Mili Alekseyevich Balakirev. In 2010 he organised the Balakirev Centenary concerts in London. He also teaches at the Royal Academy of Music.

‘I have no doubt that Walker’s series will replace Paley as the reference set for Balakirev and expect the journey towards its completion will be quite enjoyable.’ – American Record Guide on Vol.2 (GP713)

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