Composer: Semyon Barmotin
Performer: Christopher Williams
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Grand Piano
Catalogue: GP866
Release: 2022
Size: 1.15 GB
Recovery: +3%
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01. Ballade in B-Flat Minor, Op. 10
6 Pieces, Op. 5
02. No. 1, Pastorale
03. No. 2, Minuetto
04. No. 3, Berceuse
05. No. 4, Valse mélancolique
06. No. 5, Leggenda
07. No. 6, Mazurka rustique
10 Pieces, Op. 6
08. No. 1, Intermezzo
09. No. 2, Pastorale norvégienne
10. No. 3, Prélude
11. No. 4, Chant du nord
12. No. 5, La coquetterie
13. No. 6, Valse capricieuse
14. No. 7, Élégie
15. No. 8, Prélude
16. No. 9, Rêverie
17. No. 10, Valse-Scherzo
A student of Rimsky-Korsakov and Balakirev and a contemporary of Stravinsky and Rachmaninov, Semyon Alexeyevich Barmotin (1877-1939) flourished in the years before the Russian Revolution. His was probably the first Ballade for solo piano written by a Russian composer and this large-scale work exemplifies his perfect control of expansive form, Lisztian virtuosic impulse and thematic variety. The two sets of Morceaux enshrine other essential elements of his art – folkloric influences, crystalline sonorities and true expressive depth. Christopher Williams’ third instalment in this acclaimed cycle features all world première recordings.