℗ 2020 Grand Piano
| Released | September 11, 2020 |
| Duration | 1h 18m 41s |
| Catalogue No. | GP846 |
| Genre | Classical (Piano) |
Balakirev: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 6
Nicholas Walker
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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La fileuse
Mily Balakirev; Nicholas Walker |
3:23 | |||
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1.2
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Au jardin "Étude-idyll"
Mily Balakirev; Nicholas Walker |
4:38 | |||
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1.3
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Fantasy on 2 Russian Songs (Arr. M. Balakirev for Piano)
Mikhail Glinka; Nicholas Walker |
7:48 | |||
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1.4
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Tamara (Arr. N. Walker for Piano)
Mily Balakirev; Nicholas Walker |
21:10 | |||
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1.5
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Polka in F-Sharp Minor
Mily Balakirev; Nicholas Walker |
2:44 | |||
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1.6
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Elegy on the Death of a Mosquito (Completed by N. Walker)
Mily Balakirev; Nicholas Walker |
1:11 | |||
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1.7
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La danse de sorcières (Completed by N. Walker)
Mily Balakirev; Nicholas Walker |
2:58 | |||
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1.8
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Do Not Say (Arr. M. Balakirev for Piano)
Mikhail Glinka; Nicholas Walker |
4:18 | |||
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1.9
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Tyrolienne in F-Sharp Major
Mily Balakirev; Nicholas Walker |
4:50 | |||
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1.10
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Rêverie (Arr. M. Balakirev for Piano)
Platon Zapolsky; Nicholas Walker |
6:53 | |||
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1.11
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Toccata in C-Sharp Minor
Mily Balakirev; Nicholas Walker |
4:25 | |||
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A Farewell to St. Petersburg
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1.12
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No. 10, The Lark (Arr. M. Balakirev for Piano)
Mikhail Glinka; Nicholas Walker |
5:32 | |||
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1.13
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Oriental Fantasy, Op. 18 (Islamey)
Mily Balakirev; Nicholas Walker |
8:51 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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This final volume in Nicholas Walker’s much-admired survey of the complete solo piano music of Balakirev includes the composer’s famous work for piano, "Islamey", an exotic and ultravirtuoso oriental tale. Also featured are previously unpublished and unrecorded miniatures—pieces that are both poetic and, in the case of the "Elegy on the Death of a Mosquito", witty. Transcriptions of Glinka are included, and Walker has arranged Balakirev’s passionate and sensual symphonic poem "Tamara" for solo piano, recreating textures redolent of the composer’s own piano style. He also plays "Au Jardin, an Idyll-Étude" of rapt beauty and tenderness.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Grand Piano Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.19 -5.29 to -0.45 | -27.45 -38.77 to -22.87 | -23.77 -33.00 to -19.20 | 14 6 to 16 | |
| 1 | La fileuse | -4.97 | -26.16 | -23.2 | 14 |
| 2 | Au jardin "Étude-idyll" | -5.19 | -28.53 | -25.1 | 14 |
| 3 | Fantasy on 2 Russian Songs (Arr. M. Balakirev for Piano) | -3.38 | -26.43 | -22.4 | 14 |
| 4 | Tamara (Arr. N. Walker for Piano) | -1.01 | -25.91 | -22.6 | 16 |
| 5 | Polka in F-Sharp Minor | -1.61 | -25.12 | -21.5 | 13 |
| 6 | Elegy on the Death of a Mosquito (Completed by N. Walker) | -4.25 | -38.77 | -33.0 | 6 |
| 7 | La danse de sorcières (Completed by N. Walker) | -3.63 | -27.44 | -24.1 | 15 |
| 8 | Do Not Say (Arr. M. Balakirev for Piano) | -4.47 | -25.59 | -22.3 | 13 |
| 9 | Tyrolienne in F-Sharp Major | -1.47 | -25.72 | -22.5 | 14 |
| 10 | Rêverie (Arr. M. Balakirev for Piano) | -3.41 | -29.00 | -25.3 | 16 |
| 11 | Toccata in C-Sharp Minor | -2.39 | -24.92 | -21.9 | 13 |
| 12 | No. 10, The Lark (Arr. M. Balakirev for Piano) | -5.29 | -30.35 | -25.9 | 15 |
| 13 | Oriental Fantasy, Op. 18 (Islamey) | -0.45 | -22.87 | -19.2 | 14 |