Alexander Paley - Balakirev: Complete Piano Works (2011)

Tracklist:

CD 1:
01. Islamey - Orientalische Fantasie [0:08:58.27]
02. Fantasie über Themen aus Glinkas "Ein Leben für den Zaren" [0:13:50.45]
03. Fantasiestück [0:04:18.70]
04. Nocturne No. 1 in b-moll [0:06:53.03]
05. Nocturne No. 2 in h-moll [0:09:58.60]
06. Nocturne No. 3 in d-moll [0:07:04.15]
07. Capriccio [0:10:30.70]

CD 2:
01. Piano sonata no.1, op.5: Andante [0:12:09.27]
02. Piano sonata no.1, op.5: Mazurka [0:04:35.48]
03. Piano sonata no.1, op.5: Andante [0:07:52.54]
04. Sonatina (Esquisses): Allegro moderato [0:02:07.71]
05. Sonatina (Esquisses): L'istesso tempo [0:02:02.00]
06. Sonatina (Esquisses): Coda - poco a poco piu agitato [0:01:31.52]
07. Piano sonata in B flat minor: Andantino [0:08:49.50]
08. Piano sonata in B flat minor: Mazurka - Moderato [0:06:52.38]
09. Piano sonata in B flat minor: Intermezzo - Larghetto [0:04:37.50]
10. Piano sonata in B flat minor: Finale - Allegro non troppo ma con fuoco [0:09:27.60]

CD 3:
01. Reminiscences on -A Life for the Czar-, for piano (2nd version of Fantasy on Glinka's themes)- Kamarinskaya [0:09:32.30]
02. Reminiscences on -A Life for the Czar-, for piano (2nd version of Fantasy on Glinka's themes)- Ne govori [0:05:39.20]
03. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, CT. 47- Romance [0:10:57.47]
04. String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130- Cavatina [0:05:22.43]
05. String Quartet No. 8 in E minor (-Rasumovsky 2-), Op. 59-2- Allegretto [0:09:37.00]
06. Reverie [0:06:23.10]
07. The Wilderness (Pustïnya), song transcription for piano [0:03:05.47]
08. La Fuite en Égypte, for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H.128- Introduction [0:06:52.73]
09. Impromptu, for piano (after Chopin's Preludes in E flat minor and B major) [0:05:34.37]
10. Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonesa (Spanish Overture No. 1), for orchestra, G. ii3 [0:10:40.25]

CD 4:
01. Valse di bravura, waltz for piano No. 1 in G major [0:08:24.62]
02. Valse mélancholique, waltz for piano No. 2 in F minor [0:05:18.39]
03. Valse-impromptu, waltz for piano No. 3 in D major [0:05:10.53]
04. Waltz for piano No. 4 in B flat major (-Valse de concert-) [0:07:08.73]
05. Waltz for piano No. 5 in D flat major [0:07:22.48]
06. Waltz for piano No. 6 in F sharp minor [0:06:13.57]
07. Waltz for piano No. 7 in G sharp minor [0:07:30.45]
08. Polka, for piano in F sharp minor [0:03:24.03]
09. Tarantella for piano in B major [0:05:49.35]
10. Valse-Caprice, for piano No. 1 in A flat major (arr. by Balakirev) [0:06:09.25]
11. Valse-Caprice, for piano No. 2 in D flat major (arr. by Balakirev) [0:06:30.42]

CD 5:
01. Mazurka for piano No. 1 in A flat major (2nd Version) [0:04:31.20]
02. Mazurka for piano No. 2 in C sharp minor (2nd Version) [0:02:34.54]
03. Mazurka for piano No. 3 in B minor [0:06:02.53]
04. Mazurka for piano No. 4 in G flat major [0:05:47.40]
05. Mazurka for piano No. 5 in D major [0:06:52.73]
06. Mazurka for piano No. 6 in A flat major [0:06:10.25]
07. Mazurka for piano No. 7 in E flat minor [0:08:16.67]
08. Scherzo for piano No. 1 in B minor [0:07:53.71]
09. Scherzo for piano No. 2 in B flat minor [0:08:06.72]
10. Scherzo for piano No. 3 in F sharp major [0:06:10.60]

CD 6:
01. Dumka, for piano in E flat minor [0:04:36.58]
02. Au jardin, étude-idylle for piano in D flat major [0:04:27.71]
03. Gondellied, for piano in A minor [0:07:47.02]
04. Berceuse for piano in D flat major [0:06:21.04]
05. The Lark (Zhavoronok), for piano (after Glinka's song) [0:05:43.74]
06. Spanish Song (Ispanskaya pesnya), for voice & piano (Forgotten Songs No. 3) [0:04:14.66]
07. Sérénade espagnol, for piano (revision of Fandango-étude) [0:06:05.03]
08. La Fileuse, for piano in B flat minor [0:03:13.17]
09. Tyrolienne, for piano in F sharp major [0:05:41.60]
10. Chant du pêcheur, for piano in B minor [0:03:55.12]
11. Humoresque, for piano in D major [0:04:42.69]
12. Rêverie, for piano in F major [0:05:29.28]
13. Novelette, for piano in A major [0:05:57.55]
14. Toccata for piano in C sharp minor [0:04:17.28]

Performers:
Alexander Paley – piano