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Rosa Tamarkina Sergei Taneyev - Quintet for piano, two violins, viola and cello g-moll, op.30
1. Introduzione. Adagio mesto. Allegro patetico 2. Scherzo. Presto. Moderato teneramente Largo Finale. Allegro vivace. Moderato maestoso
Recorded in 1946 with Bolshoi Theatre Quartet
Tamarkina studied at the Moscow Conservatory and eventually with Konstantin Igumnov. She began to concertize at the age of 15 and was invited to participate in the 3rd International Chopin Competition in 1937 at the age of 17.

Judges of the caliber of Emil von Sauer and Wilhelm Backhaus awarded her second prize. To put this achievement in perspective, the first prize winner that year was Yakov Zak, one of the great Russian pianists of the mid-century. 10 years earlier the 1st International Chopin Competition winner was Lev Oborin, another of the supreme Russian giants of the piano.

She had a wide ranging repertoire, from Bach to the moderns (at that time Scriabin and Rachmaninov). It was considered that she could play them all beautifully and with a maturity that belied her age. But she is most remembered, by those fortunate enough to have heard her, for her interpretations of Chopin, Schumann and Liszt.

Taneyev, Sergey Ivanovich Suite de concert, Op. 28 Oistrakh, David, violin
Philharmonia Orchestra Malko, Nikolai, Conductor performed in 1955
I. Praeludium: Grave 00:07:06
II. Gavotte: Allegro moderato 00:05:36
III. Marchen (Tale): Andantino 00:08:12
IV. Theme and Variations 00:14:46
V. Tarantella: Presto 00:06:24 Naxos Classical Archives

Balakirev's Greatest Hits

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Symphonies, no. 1, C major.
Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910.
Melodiya/Angel 1975. USSR Symphony Orchestra; Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor.

Fantasy on themes from A life for the Tsar. RCA Red Seal, [1969] Earl Wild, piano.

Tamara. Columbia [1955] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor.

Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1
Seifetdinova, Anastasia, piano Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Yablonsky, Dmitry, Conductor Naxos 8.570396
Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major (completed by S. Lyapunov)
Seifetdinova, Anastasia, piano Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Yablonsky, Dmitry, Conductor Naxos 8.570396 I. Allegro non troppo 00:15:54 II. Adagio 00:10:15
III. Allegro risoluto 00:10:29
If time allows:
Grande Fantaisie on Russian Folksongs, Op. 4
Seifetdinova, Anastasia, piano Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Yablonsky, Dmitry, Conductor

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Cesar Cui's Greatest Hits

CUI: 25 Preludes, Op. 64
Biegel, Jeffrey piano Naxos
Cui, Cesar
1. Prelude No. 1 in C major: Allegro maestoso 00:01:32
2. Prelude No. 2 in E minor: Moderato assai 00:03:17
3. Prelude No. 3 in G major: Allegro 00:01:22
4. Prelude No. 4 in B minor: Allegro 00:02:23
5. Prelude No. 5 in D major: Allegretto 00:03:04
6. Prelude No. 6 in F sharp minor: Andante 00:05:17
7. Prelude No. 7 in A major: Allegro non troppo 00:01:36
8. Prelude No. 8 in C sharp minor: Allegro 00:02:37
9. Prelude No. 9 in E major: Andantino 00:03:20
10. Prelude No. 10 in G sharp minor: Allegro non troppo 00:02:00
11. Prelude No. 11 in B major: Allegretto 00:01:45
12. Prelude No. 12 in E flat major: Allegretto 00:02:36
13. Prelude No. 13 in F sharp major: Andante 00:04:58
14. Prelude No. 14 in B flat major: Moderato 00:02:03
15. Prelude No. 15 in D flat major: Andantino 00:02:27
16. Prelude No. 16 in F minor: Andantino 00:02:59
17. Prelude No. 17 in A flat major: Larghetto 00:03:49
18. Prelude No. 18 in C minor: Allegretto 00:02:12
19. Prelude No. 19 in E flat major: Allegretto 00:01:23
20. Prelude No. 20 in G minor: Allegro non troppo 00:02:08
21. Prelude No. 21 in B flat major: Allegro 00:02:38
22. Prelude No. 22 in D minor: Lento 00:06:23
23. Prelude No. 23 in F major: Allegro non troppo 00:01:22
24. Prelude No. 24 in A minor: Moderato 00:01:22
25. Prelude No. 25 in C major: Allegro non troppo 00:02:25
Nishizaki, Takako, violin Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Schermerhorn, Kenneth, Conductor Cui, Cesar
Suite Concertante, Op. 25 I. Intermezzo scherzando 00:05:55
II. Canzonetta 00:04:17
III. Cavatina 00:04:13
IV. Finale: Tarantella 00:06:43 Naxos 8.555244
Suite Miniature No. 1, Op. 20
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Schermerhorn, Kenneth, Conductor
I. Petite Marche 00:03:09 II. Impromptu a La Schumann 00:01:48 III. Cantabile 00:02:51 IV. Souvenir douloureux 00:01:38 V. Berceuse 00:03:14
VI. Scherzo rustique 00:01:37 Marco Polo 8.220308