Philip Edward Fisher - Piano Works by 'The Mighty Handful' (2011) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
02. Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Gnomus
03. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
04. Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Old Castle
05. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
06. Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries
07. Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Bydlo
08. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
09. Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells
10. Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
11. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
12. Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. The Market-Place at Limoges
13. Pictures At An Exhibition: VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum Romanum) -
14. Pictures At An Exhibition: VIII. Con Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
15. Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
16. Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate at Kiev
17. 4 Morceaux, Op. 22: No. 3. Nocturne
18. Scherzo in A-Flat Major
19. Petite Suite: I. In the Monastery
20. Petite Suite: II. Intermezzo
21. Petite Suite: III. Mazurka
22. Petite Suite: IV. Mazurka
23. Petite Suite: V. Reverie
24. Petite Suite: VI. Serenade
25. Petite Suite: VII. Nocturne
26. 4 Pieces, Op. 11: No. 3. Scherzino
27. 3 Pieces, Op. 15: No. 2. Romance
28. 3 Pieces, Op. 15: No. 1. Waltz
29. Islamey

On his first solo recital album for Chandos, Philip Edward Fisher performs piano works by members of the so-called ‘Mighty Handful’, a group of five Russian composers – César Cui, Alexander Borodin, Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov – who in the 1860s banded together in an attempt to create a truly national school of Russian music, free of the perceived stiffling influences of Italian opera, German lieder, and other western European forms.

“It was a good idea to group the piano works of five composers who played a vital role in the evolution of Russian music, for they offer variety aplenty. In “Pictures at an Exhibition” Fisher’s easy-on-the-ear musicality more than compensates for his lack of temperamental swagger and thunderous tone.” (Financial Times)

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