Balakirev / Walker Complete Works For Solo Piano CD

These recordings of Balakirev's complete solo piano works by the much-lauded pianist Nicholas Walker have been hailed as 'the reference set' by the American Record Guide. Originally released between 2013 and 2020, these critically acclaimed performances are now collected together for the first time in a 6 album box set. Includes world premiere recordings. Hailed by the London Evening Standard as a 'prodigy, of awesome technical fluency backed by exceptional artistry', Nicholas Walker possesses a rare combination of talents combining sensitivity with 'the flair of a full scale virtuoso and a sparkling intelligence' (BBC Music Magazine). Nicholas Walker teaches at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he devised the celebrated keyboard skills course, the advanced level of which not only helps students to be proficient in all aspects of practical musicianship, but offers them the chance to learn how to improvise in various forms, such as minuets, variations, sonatinas and Mozart-type cadenzas, in addition to devising and performing a virtuoso transcription of their own.

1. Piano Sonata in B-Flat minor 2. I. Andantino 3. II. Mazurka: Moderato 4. III. Intermezzo: Larghetto 5. IV. Allegro Non Troppo, Ma Con Fuoco 6. Piano Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat minor, Op. 5 7. I. Andante - Allegro Assai, Feroce 8. II. Mazurka: Tempo Di Mazurka 9. III. Andante 10. Piano Sonata in B-Flat minor, Op. 3, "Grande Sonate" 11. I. Allegro Feroce 12. II. Mazurka 13. III. Larghetto 14. IV. Finale: Allegro Grazioso 15. V. Epilogue: Fuga 16. Waltz No. 1 in G Major 17. Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat minor 18. Waltz No. 2 in F minor 19. Waltz No. 3 in D Major 20. Nocturne No. 2 in B minor 21. Waltz No. 4 in B-Flat Major 22. Nocturne No. 3 in D minor 23. Waltz No. 5 in D-Flat Major 24. Nocturne in G-Sharp minor 25. Fantasy Piece in D-Flat Major 26. Waltz No. 6 in F-Sharp minor 27. Chant Du Pecheur 28. Waltz No. 7 in G-Sharp minor 29. Mazurka No. 1 in A-Flat Major 30. Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp minor 31. Piano Sonatina in G Major, "Esquisses" 32. I. Allegro Moderato 33. II. L'istesso Tempo 34. III. Coda: Poco a Poco Pi? Agitato 35. Berceuse in D-Flat Major 36. Mazurka No. 3 in B minor 37. Mazurka No. 4 in G-Flat Major 38. Dumka in E-Flat minor, "Complainte" 39. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Classical Composer 40. Walker, Nicholas - Arranger 41. Mazurka No. 5 in C-Sharp Major (1884 Version, Completed By N. Walker) 42. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Classical Composer 43. R?verie in F Major 44. Humoresque in D Major 45. Mazurka No. 6 in A-Flat Major 46. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Classical Composer 47. Walker, Nicholas - Arranger 48. Piece in F-Sharp minor (1851,2nd Version Completed By N. Walker) 49. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Classical Composer 50. Mazurka No. 7 in E-Flat minor 51. Capriccio in D Major 52. Scherzo No. 1 in B minor 53. Novelette in a Major 54. 10 Songs (1896): No. Pust?nya (The Wilderness) (Version for Piano) 55. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat minor 56. Fandango-?tude 57. S?r?nade Espagnole 58. Glinka - Jota Aragonesa (Version for Piano) 59. Berlioz - la Fuite en Egypte: Ouverture 60. Scherzo No. 3 in F-Sharp Major 61. M?lodie Espagnole 62. Taneyev - Valse-Caprice No. 1 in A-Flat Major 63. Taneyev - Valse-Caprice No. 2 in D-Flat Major 64. R?miniscences de L'op?ra la Vie Pour Le Czar 65. Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich - Classical Composer 66. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Arranger 67. Ruslan I Lyudmila: Chernomor's March (Arr. M.A. Balakirev for Piano) 68. Chopin, Fryderyk - Classical Composer 69. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Arranger 70. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: II. Romanza: Larghetto (Arr. M.A. Balakirev for Piano) 71. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Classical Composer 72. Impromptu (After Chopin's Preludes) 73. Chopin, Fryderyk - Classical Composer 74. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat minor, Op. 31 (Cadenza By M.A. Balakirev) 75. Liszt, Franz - Classical Composer 76. Mazurka Brillante, S221/R43 77. Mazurka Brillante, S221/R43 (Cadenza By M.A. Balakirev) 78. Beethoven, Ludwig Van - Classical Composer 79. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Arranger 80. String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, "Rasumovsky": III. Allegretto (Arr. M.A. Balakirev for Piano) 81. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina (Arr. M.A. Balakirev for Piano) 82. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Classical Composer 83. Gondellied in a Minor 84. Tarantella in B Major 85. Polonaise Brillante 86. La Fileuse (The Spinner) 87. Au Jardin (In the Garden), "Idyll-?tude" 88. Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich - Classical Composer 89. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Arranger 90. Kamarinskaya (Arr. M.A. Balakirev for Piano) 91. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Classical Composer 92. Walker, Nicholas - Arranger 93. Tamara (Arr. N. Walker for Piano) 94. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Classical Composer 95. Polka in F-Sharp minor 96. Elegy on the Death of a Mosquito (Completed By N. Walker) 97. La Danse de Sorci?res (Witches' Dance) (Completed By N. Walker) 98. Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich - Classical Composer 99. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Arranger 100. Ne Govori: Lyubov' Proydyot (Do Not Say: Love Passes Away) (Arr. M.A. Balakirev for Piano) 101. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Classical Composer 102. Tyrolienne 103. Zapol'sky, Platon Vasil'evich - Classical Composer 104. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Arranger 105. R?verie (Arr. M.A. Balakirev for Piano) 106. Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich - Classical Composer 107. Toccata in C-Sharp minor 108. Glinka - a Farewell to St. Petersburg: No. Zhavoronok (The Lark) 109. Islamey, "Oriental Fantasy"