Composer: Mily Balakirev, Hector Berlioz, Mikhail Glinka, Sergei Taneyev
Performer: Nicholas Walker
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Grand Piano
Catalogue: GP810
Release: 2019
Size: 1.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Balakirev: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor
02. Balakirev: Novelette in A Major
Balakirev: 10 Songs (1896) (version for piano)
03. The Wilderness-Romance (After 10 Songs No. 2)
04. Balakirev: Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor
05. Balakirev: Fandango-Etude
06. Balakirev: Sérénade espagnole
07. Glinka: Jota aragonesa (version for piano)
Berlioz: L’enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130
08. Pt. 2 “La fuite en Égypte”: Overture (Arr. M. Balakirev for Piano)
09. Balakirev: Scherzo No. 3 in F-Sharp Major
10. Balakirev: Spanish Melody
11. Taneyev: Valse-Caprice No. 1 in A-Flat Major (Transcr. M. Balakirev for Piano)
12. Taneyev: Valse-Caprice No. 2 in D-Flat Major (Transcr. M. Balakirev for Piano)
This fourth volume in Nicholas Walker’s complete edition of Balakirev’s piano music is structured around his three Scherzos, which take us from the youthful influence of Chopin and Liszt in the First Scherzo, to the music of his prolific final decade, from which the Second Scherzo is one of his finest compositions. Balakirev’s interest in Spanish music was kindled by his mentor Glinka, creating surprisingly authentic sounding textures and rhythms, and the programme is topped with the elegantly masterful poetry of the two Valse-Caprices.