Audio Samples
Balakirev, Mily : Reminiscences on "A Life for the Czar", for piano (2nd version of Fantasy on Glinka's themes)
Glinka, Mikhail : Say not that it grieves the heart (Ne govori, chto serdtsu), song for voice & piano, G. x335
Romance
Cavatina
Allegretto
IntroductionNotes & Reviews:
Founder of the group of Russian composers called 'The Mighty Handful', Mily Balakirev is known for having helped create a distinctive Russian school of music that was not reliant on the influence of the Austro German school. On these 6 CDs his entire output for piano can be found. A superb pianist, he produced one of the most taxing works ever written for the instrument, his Oriental Fantasy Islamey.
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Works Details
Balakirev, Mily : Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey" - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 8 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1869
Balakirev, Mily : Reminiscences on "A Life for the Czar", for piano (2nd version of Fantasy on Glinka's themes) - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 13 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1899
Balakirev, Mily : Phantasiestück, for piano in D flat major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1903
Balakirev, Mily : Nocturne for piano no 1 in B flat minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1856
Balakirev, Mily : Nocturne for piano no 2 in B minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 9 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1901
Balakirev, Mily : Nocturne for piano no 3 in D minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 7 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1902
Balakirev, Mily : Capriccio for piano in D major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 10 min. 30 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1902
Balakirev, Mily : Sonata for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 5 - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 24 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1855-1856
Balakirev, Mily : Esquisses (Sonatina) for Piano in G major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 39 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1909
Balakirev, Mily : Sonata for Piano [No. 2] in B flat minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 29 min. 5 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1900-1905
Glinka, Mikhail : Kamarinskaya (Russian scherzo), fantasy for orchestra, G. ii105 - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 9 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1848
Glinka, Mikhail : Say not that it grieves the heart (Ne govori, chto serdtsu), song for voice & piano, G. x335 - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 39 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1855
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11 :: Romance - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 10 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1830
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Quartet for Strings no 13 in B flat major, Op. 130 :: Cavatina - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1825-1826
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Quartet for Strings no 8 in E minor, Op. 59/2 :: Allegretto - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 9 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1806
Zapolsky : Reverie - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 23 sec.
Balakirev, Mily : The Wilderness (Pustïnya), song transcription for piano - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1898
Berlioz, Hector : La Fuite en Egypte :: Introduction - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: by 1852
Balakirev, Mily : Impromptu, for piano (after Chopin's Preludes in E flat minor and B major) - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1907
Glinka, Mikhail : Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonesa (Spanish Overture no 1), for orchestra, G. ii3 - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 10 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1845
Balakirev, Mily : Valse di bravura, waltz for piano no 1 in G major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 8 min. 24 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Waltz
- Written: 1900
Balakirev, Mily : Valse mélancholique, waltz for piano no 2 in F minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Waltz
- Written: 1900
Balakirev, Mily : Valse-impromptu, waltz for piano no 3 in D major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1901
Balakirev, Mily : Waltz for piano no 4 in B flat major ("Valse de concert") - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 7 min. 8 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Waltz
- Written: 1902
Balakirev, Mily : Waltz for piano no 5 in D flat major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 7 min. 22 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Waltz
- Written: 1903
Balakirev, Mily : Waltz for piano no 6 in F sharp minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 13 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Waltz
- Written: 1903
Balakirev, Mily : Waltz for piano no 7 in G sharp minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 7 min. 30 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Waltz
- Written: 1906
Balakirev, Mily : Polka, for piano in F sharp minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1859
Balakirev, Mily : Tarantella for piano in B major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1901
Tan, Alexander Sergeyevich : Valse-Caprice, for piano no 1 in A flat major (arr. by Balakirev) - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Waltz
- Written: 1900
Tan, Alexander Sergeyevich : Valse-Caprice, for piano no 2 in D flat major (arr. by Balakirev) - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 30 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Waltz
- Written: 1900
Balakirev, Mily : Mazurka for piano no 1 in A flat major (2nd Version) - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1884-1885
Balakirev, Mily : Mazurka for piano no 2 in C sharp minor (2nd Version) - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1884
Balakirev, Mily : Mazurka for piano no 3 in B minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1886
Balakirev, Mily : Mazurka for piano no 4 in G flat major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1886
Balakirev, Mily : Mazurka for piano no 5 in D major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1900
Balakirev, Mily : Mazurka for piano no 6 in A flat major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1902
Balakirev, Mily : Mazurka for piano no 7 in E flat minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 8 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1906
Balakirev, Mily : Scherzo for piano no 1 in B minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 7 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1856
Balakirev, Mily : Scherzo for piano no 2 in B flat minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 8 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1900
Balakirev, Mily : Scherzo for piano no 3 in F sharp major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1901
Balakirev, Mily : Dumka, for piano in E flat minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1900
Balakirev, Mily : Au jardin, étude-idylle for piano in D flat major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1884
Balakirev, Mily : Gondellied, for piano in A minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 7 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1901
Balakirev, Mily : Berceuse for piano in D flat major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 21 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1901
Balakirev, Mily : The Lark - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: circa 1864
Balakirev, Mily : Mélodie espagnole, for piano in D flat major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1902
Balakirev, Mily : Sérénade espagnol, for piano (revision of Fandango-étude) - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1902
Balakirev, Mily : La Fileuse, for piano in B flat minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1906
Balakirev, Mily : Tyrolienne, for piano in F sharp major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1902
Balakirev, Mily : Chant du pecheur - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1903
Balakirev, Mily : Humoresque, for piano in D major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1903
Balakirev, Mily : Rêverie, for piano in F major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1903
Balakirev, Mily : Novelette, for piano in A major - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1906
Balakirev, Mily : Toccata for piano in C sharp minor - Performer: Alexander Paley (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1902




























