Balakirev: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 5
This fifth and final volume of Balakirev’s complete piano works follows Volume 4 (GP810), released in May 2019. World premiere recordings in this programme include the transcriptions of Glinka’s Chernomor’s March from Ruslan and Lyudmila, Chopin’s Scherzo No. 2, Op 31, and the only surviving example of the additions Balakirev made during performance, as well as the Polonaise brillante – Balakirev’s earliest surviving piano work.