Composer: Anatoly Liadov
Performer: Olga Solovieva
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0082
Release: 2010
Size: 222 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Biryul’ki (Spillikins), Op. 2
01. No. 1. Presto
02. No. 2. Allegro
03. No. 3. Allegretto
04. No. 4. Allegro con fuoco
05. No. 5. Vivace
06. No. 6. Allegro
07. No. 7. Moderato
08. No. 8. Allegro moderato
09. No. 9. Allegretto tranquillo
10. No. 10. Allegro
11. No. 11. Tempo di valse
12. No. 12 Prestissimo
13. No. 13. Vivace
14. No. 14. Presto
6 P’yes (6 Pieces), Op. 3
15. No. 1. Prelude in D Major
16. No. 2. Giga in F Major
17. No. 3. Fugue in G Minor
18. No. 4. Mazurka in G Major
19. No. 5. Mazurka in B Major
20. No. 6. Mazurka in C Major
4 Arabesques, Op. 4
21. No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor: Allegro con fuoco
22. No. 2 in A Major: Allegretto
23. No. 3 in B-Flat Major: Allegro grazioso
24. No. 4 in E Major: Ad libitum – Vivace
Etude in A Major, Op. 5
25. Etude in A Major, Op. 5
Impromptu in D major, Op. 6
26. Impromptu in D Major, Op. 6
2 Intermezzos, Op. 7
27. No. 1 in D Major: Allegro vivace
28. No. 2 in F Major: Allegro energico
2 Intermezzos, Op. 8
29. No. 1. Allegro con fuoco
30. No. 2. Allegretto
2 P’yesi (2 Pieces), Op. 9
31. No. 1. Waltz in F-Sharp Minor
32. No. 2. Mazurka in A-Flat Major
3 P’yesi (3 Pieces), Op. 10
33. No. 1. Prelude in D Major
34. No. 2. Mazurka in C Major
35. No. 3. Mazurka in D Major
3 P’yesi (3 Pieces), Op. 11
36. No. 1. Prelude in B Minor
37. No. 2. Mazurka in the Dorian mode in A Minor
38. No. 3. Mazurka in F-Sharp Minor
This is the first volume in the first-ever recording of the complete piano music of Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914), better-known for his orchestral miniatures such as Baba Yaga and The Enchanted Lake.
His substantial output for piano reveals a composer with an energetic keyboard manner reminiscent of Schumann, often coloured with a hint of Russian folk-music. Its infectious enthusiasm and high-spirited vigour are instantly communicative.
Lyadov was a friend of the most famous Russian composers of his day, from Rimsky Korsakov, who was his teacher at the St Petersburg Conservatory, to ‘The Mighty Handful’ that included Mussorgsky, Borodin and Balakirev, and his piano music was to be influential in the development of Russian piano music as a whole.
This CD contains several first recordings and a number of first digital recordings, and six of the ten opus numbers here are receiving their first complete recording.