CD1

Études-Tableaux Op.33

1. No.1 in F minor, allegro non troppo 2’47
2. No.2 in C, allegro 2’23
3. No.3 in C minor, grave 5’35
4. No.4 in D minor, moderato 3’04
5. No.5 in E flat minor, non allegro-presto 1’50
6. No.6 in E flat, allegro con fuoco 1’59
7. No.7 in G minor, moderato 4’01
8. No.8 in C sharp minor, grave 2’55

Études-Tableaux Op.39

1. No.1 in C minor, allegro agitato 3’13
2. No.2 in A minor, lento assai 6’10
3. No.3 in F sharp minor, allegro molto 2’54
4. No.4 in B minor, allegro assai 3’38
5. No.5 in E flat minor, appassionato 5’29
6. No.6 in A minor, allegro 2’45
7. No.7 in C minor, lento, lugubre 5’25
8. No.8 in D minor, allegro moderato 3’36
9. No.9 in D, allegro moderato 3’35

Zlata Chochieva piano

Recording: 4-5 September 2015, Westvest Church, Schiedam, Netherlands

CD2

Prelude Op.3 No.2

1. Lento, in C sharp minor 4’09

Preludes Op.23

1. No.1 Largo in F sharp minor 3’00
2. No.2 Maestoso in B flat 3’33
3. No.3 Tempo di minuetto in D minor 3’13
4. No.4 Andante cantabile in D 4’32
5. No.5 Alla marcia in G minor 3’46
6. No.6 Andante in E flat 2’38
7. No.7 Allegro in C minor 2’33
8. No.8 Allegro vivace in A flat 3’30
9. No.9 Presto in E flat minor 1’51
10. No.10 Largo in G flat 3’32

Preludes Op.32

1. No.1 Allegro vivace in C 1’14
2. No.2 Allegretto in B flat minor 3’07
3. No.3 Allegro vivace in E 2’37
4. No.4 Allegro con brio in E minor 5’36
5. No.5 Moderato in G 3’11
6. No.6 Allegro appassionato in F minor 1’27
7. No.7 Moderato in F 2’17
8. No.8 Vivo in A minor 1’48
9. No.9 Allegro moderato in A 2’58
10. No.10 Lento in B minor 5’25
11. No.11 Allegretto in B 2’18
12. No.12 Allegro in G sharp minor 2’28
13. No.13 Grave in D flat 5’09

Lukas Geniušas piano

Recording: Live, Grand Hall of Moscow Conservatory, March 25, 2013

CD3

Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22

1. Theme: largo 1’13
2. Var. 1: moderato 0’42
3. Var. 2: allegro 0’15
4. Var. 3 0’15
5. Var. 4 0’50
6. Var. 5: meno mosso 0’24
7. Var. 6: meno mosso 1’02
8. Var. 7: allegro 0’17
9. Var. 8 0’21
10. Var. 9 0’20
11. Var. 10: più vivo 0’30
12. Var. 11: lento 1’27
13. Var. 12: moderato 2’05
14. Var. 13: largo 1’15
15. Var. 14: moderato 1’20
16. Var. 15: allegro scherzando 1’23
17. Var. 16: lento 1’08
18. Var. 17: grave 1’33
19. Var. 18 più mosso 0’50
20. Var. 19: allegro vivace 1’11
21. Var. 20: presto 1’07
22. Var. 21: andante-più vivo 2’36
23. Var. 22: maestoso 4’50

Piano Sonata No.1 in D minor Op.28

24     I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                              12’05

25     II. Lento                                                                                                                                                                8’06

26     III. Allegro molto                                                                                                                                                  14’16

Zlata Chochieva piano

Recording: January 2012, Studio I Musicanti, Rome

CD4

Moments Musicaux Op.16

1. No.1 in B flat minor, andantino 7’06
2. No.2 in E flat minor, allegretto 3’10
3. No.3 in B minor, andante cantabile 6’25
4. No.4 in E minor, presto 2’56
5. No.5 in D flat, andante sostenuto 3’22
6. No.6 in C, maestoso 4’38

Alexander Gavrylyuk piano

Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor Op.36 (revised version, 1931)

Movement 1

1. Allegro agitato 1’40
2. Meno mosso: Measure 38 1’39
3. Measure 55 1’43
4. Tempo I: 98 2’54

Movement 2

1. Non allegro – Lento 3’22
2. Poco più mosso: 36 1’14
3. Tempo I: 63 – attacca 1’30

Movement 3

1. L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto 1’42
2. A tempo meno mosso: 76 0’55
3. Tempo I: 106 1’20
4. Tempo rubato: 184 1’37

Variations on a theme of Corelli Op.42

1. Theme. Andante 1’01
2. Var. 1. Poco più mosso 0’47
3. Var. 2. L’istesse tempo 0’39
4. Var. 3. Tempo di menuetto 0’36
5. Var. 4. Andante 0’55
6. Var. 5. Allegro 0’20
7. Var. 6. L’istesso tempo 0’21
8. Var. 7. Vivace 0’26
9. Var. 8. Adagio misterioso 1’02
10. Var. 9. Un poco più mosso 1’16
11. Var. 10. Allegro scherzando 0’34
12. Var. 11. Allegro vivace 0’20
13. Var. 12. L’istesso tempo 0’31
14. Var. 13. Agitato 0’41
15. Intermezzo: A tempo rubato 1’25
16. Var. 14. Andante 1’05
17. Var. 15. L’istesso tempo 1’16
18. Var. 16. Allegro vivace 0’36
19. Var. 17. Meno mosso 1’16
20. Var. 18. Allegro con brio 0’34
21. Var. 19. Più mosso - Agitato 0’29
22. Var. 20. Più mosso - Coda 2’29

Santiago Rodriguez piano

Four Improvisations on Themes of Arensky, Glazunov, Taneyev and Rachmaninoff (c.1896–97)

1. Moderato in E minor 0’55
2. Allegretto in C major 0’43
3. Allegro scherzando in B flat minor 0’38
4. Lento – Tempo di valse – Tempo di marcia – Tempo del commincio, largo in F minor 1’06
5. Morceau de fantaisie in G minor (Delmo) Liberamente (11–23 January 1899) 1’00
6. Fughetta in F Moderato (4–16 February 1899) 2’27

Nils Franke piano

Recording: 27 April 2011, Westvest Church Schiedam, The Netherlands (tr.1-6); January & April 1993 (tr.7-17), June 1994 (tr.18-39), John Addison Concert Hall, Fort Washington, USA; 1–3 August 2008, Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, England (tr.40-45)

CD5

Morceaux de Fantaisie Op.3

1. Elégie in E flat minor 4’46
2. Prélude in C sharp minor 3’50
3. Mélodie in E major 3’56
4. Polichinelle in F sharp minor 3’45
5. Sérénade in B flat minor 3’22

Transcriptions

J.S. BACH. from the violin partita in E

1. Prélude 4’00
2. Gavotte 3’18
3. Gigue 1’54
4. F. SCHUBERT Wohin? 2’33
5. G. BIZET Menuet from ‘L’Arlésienne” 3’00
6. F. MENDELSSOHN Scherzo from “A Midsummernight dream” 4’29
7. S. RACHMANINOFF The Lilacs 2’32
8. S. RACHMANINOFF The Daisies 2’44
9. P. TCHAIKOVSKY Lullaby 5’03
10. M. MUSSORGSKY Hopak from “The Sorochintsy fair” 2’05
11. N. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Flight of the Bumble-bee, from “The Tale of the Tsar Saltan” 1’09
12. F. KREISLER Liebesleid 4’29
13. F. KREISLER Liebesfreud 6’39

1. Polka V.R. 4’10

Alexander Ghindin piano

1. Oriental Sketch in B flat Non allegro (14–27 November 1917) 1’57
2. Piece (Prelude) in D minor Andante ma non troppo – Poco più mosso – Tempo I (14–27 November 1917) 2’37
3. Fragments in A flat Andante semplice – Più mosso – Come prima                                                                   2’02

(15–28 November 1917)

1. The Star-Spangled Banner in B flat (15 December 1918) 1’28

arr. after John Stafford Smith’s To Anacreon in Heaven, 5th Book of Canzonets, Catches, Canons and Glees, London 1799

Nils Franke piano

Recording: September 1995, Moscow Conservatory (tr.1-19); 1–3 August 2008, Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, England (tr.20-23)

CD6

Suite in D minor (1890/1891)

1. Lento -Allegro moderato 5’48
2. Lento 5’34
3. Menuetto-Trio 2’20
4. Allegro 4’43

1. Song without words in D minor, lento (1886/7) 1’27

Four Pieces (1887-1891)

1. Romance 1’59
2. Prélude 3’12
3. Mélodie 3’02
4. Gavotte 3’39

Nocturnes (1887/88)

1. Nocturne in F 3’24
2. Nocturne in F sharp minor 4’03
3. Nocturne in C minor 4’03
4. Canon in E minor (1889-92) 2’26
5. Prelude in F (1891) 2’34

Morceaux de salon Op.10 (1893/4)

1. Nocturne 4’47
2. Valse 3’16
3. Barcarolle 4’49
4. Mélodie 3’50
5. Humoresque 3’20
6. Romance 4’07
7. Mazurka 5’33

Elisa Tomellini piano

Recording: 21/22 February 2016, Cavalli Music Recording Studio, Castrezzato/Brescia, Italy

CD7

Fantaisie-tableaux (Suite No.1) for two pianos Op.5

1. Barcarolle 7’48
2. La nuit…l’amour 5’45
3. Les larmes 6’34
4. Pâques 2’26

1. Russian Rhapsody 8’50

Six Morceaux for piano duet Op.11

1. Barcarolle 4’59
2. Scherzo 2’47
3. Russian Theme 4’15
4. Valse 3 ’41
5. Romance 3’35
6. Slava 4’17

Two Pieces for piano six-hands

1. Valse 1’11
2. Romance 3’42
3. Polka italienne for piano duet 1’56

Ingryd Thorson & Julian Thurber piano duet

with David Gardiner (12–13)

Recording: 1985, Paula’s Recording Hall, Denmark

CD8

Suite No.2 for two pianos Op.17

1. I. Introduction 4’28
2. II. Valse 6’25
3. III. Romance 7’01
4. IV. Tarantelle 6’02

Symphonic Dances for two pianos Op.45

1. I. Non allegro 10’56
2. II. Andante con moto, tempo di valse 8’41
3. III. Lento assai – Allegro vivace 12’39

1. Romance in G for piano duet 1’44

1. Prelude in C sharp minor for two pianos 4’21

Ingryd Thorson & Julian Thurber piano duet

Recording: 1985, Paula’s Recording Hall, Denmark