MILY BALAKIREV Complete Piano Works ALEXANDER PALEY (6CD)

CD1
Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)
piano works (complete)
FANTASIES AND NOCTURNES
1. ISLAMEY, Oriental Fantasy 8:55
2. FANTASIA On Themes from Glinka’s A Life For The Tsar 14:47
3. FANTASIESTÜCK 4:14
4. NOCTURNE No. 1 in B flat minor 6:49
5. NOCTURNE No. 2 in B minor 9:55
6. NOCTURNE No. 3 in D minor 7:00
7. CAPRICCIO 10:31
Total: 61:34

CD2
SONATAS
PIANO SONATA in B flat minor Op. 5
1. Andante 12:07
2. Mazurka 4:34
3. Andante 7:45
SONATINA (ESQUISSES)
4. Allegro moderato 2:07
5. L’Istesso tempo 2:01
6. Coda-poco a poco piu agitato 1:25
PIANO SONATA in B flat minor
7. Andantino 8:46
8. Mazurka-moderato 6:46
9. Intermezzo-larghetto 4:37
10. Finale-allegro non troppo ma con fuoco 9:21
Total: 60:07

CD3
Transcriptions
1. Mikhail I. Glinka: Kamarinskaya 9:30
2. Mikhail I. Glinka: Ne govori 5:36
3. Frédéric Chopin: Romance from Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 10:54
4. Ludwig van Beethoven: Cavatina from String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 5:20
5. Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegretto from String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 9:34
6. Zapolsky: Réverie 6:20
7. Mily Balakirev: Pustinya 3:01
8. Hector Berlioz: Introduction to La Fuite en Egypte 6:50
9. Mily Balakirev: Impromptu on the themes of Two Preludes by Chopin 5:30
10. Mikhail I. Glinka: Jota Aragonesca 10:42
Total: 73:45

CD4
Waltzes
1. Valse di bravura (No. 1) in G Major 8:19
2. Valse mélancholique (No. 2) in F Minor 5:12
3. Valse-Impromptu (No. 3) in D Major 5:08
4. Waltz No. 4 in B-Flat Major (Valse de Concert) 7:04
5. Waltz No. 5 in D-flat Major 7:20
6. Waltz No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor 6:08
7. Waltz No. 7 in G-Sharp Minor 7:27
8. Polka 3:21
9. Tarantella 6:46
10. Valse-Caprice No. 1 in A-Flat Major (after A.S. Taneyev) 6:06
11. Valse-Caprice No. 2 in D-Flat Major (after A.S. Taneyev) 6:31
Total: 69:03

CD5
Mazurkas and Scherzos
1. Mazurka No. 1 in A-Flat Major (2nd version)
2. Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor (2nd version)
3. Mazurka No. 3 in B Minor
4. Mazurka No. 4 in G-Flat Major
5. Mazurka No. 5 in D Major
6. Mazurka No. 6 in A-Flat Major
7. Mazurka No. 7 in E-Flat Minor
8. Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor
9. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
10. Scherzo No. 3 in F-Sharp Major
Total: 62:28

CD6
Miscellaneous Pieces
1. Dumka 4:32
2. Au jardin 4:25
3. Gondollied 7:44
4. Berceuse 6:19
5. The Lark 5:41
6. Spanish Melody 4:11
7. Spanish Serenade 6:02
8. La fileuse 3:10
9. Tyrolienne 5:38
10. Chant du pêcheur 3:51
11. Humoresque 4:39
12. Réverie 5:26
13. Novelette 5:54
14. Toccata 4:18
Total: 72:34

ALEXANDER PALEY, piano