1. Tamara, Symphonic Poem (1882)
2. Piano Concerto Op. 1 in F-Sharp minor (1855)
Symphony No. 1 in C Major (1864-1897)
3. I. Largo – Allegro vivo – Alla breve – Piu animato
4. II. Scherzo: Vivo – Poco meno mosso – Tempo I – Coda. L’istesso tempo
5. III. Andante – attaca il finale
6. IV. Finale: Allegro moderato (Theme russe) – L’istesso tempo – Tempo di polacca
Mily Balakirev ©
Mily Balakirev is one of the strangest figures in the history of music as well as being one of his country’s most important. Depending on which calendar one
uses he was born at the end of 1836 or the beginning of 1837 and grew up in Nijni-Novgorod, where at an early age he was taught the piano and attracted the attention of a local, music-loving landowner. He allowed the boy to avail himself of his capacious music library, and here the young Balakirev aquainted himself with Beethoven’s chamber music. His mother took him to St. Petersburg where as a youngster he studied the piano with Alexander Dubuque, a pupil of the renowned Irish pianist and composer John Field, the “creator” of the nocturne, who had lived in the city for several years.
RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 2005
CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 616
EAN: 5709499616000
