This Grand Piano CD is designated volume one of the complete piano works by Mili Balakirev performed by British pianist Nicholas Walker. The program contains three sonatas, coupling the familiar Sonata in B flat minor of 1905 with two early works from the composer’s late teens, his...

The music on this Grand Piano CD traverses twenty-three years from the career of Bulgarian composer Dimitar Nenov (1902-1953), a period that saw enormous changes to his compositional style. This of itself is not unusual; the fascinating thing is that he progressed backwards, as it were. Taking...

This is the third volume from the Grand Piano label of the complete piano music by Alexander Tcherepnin, performed by Giorgio Koukl. Grand Piano has been a clear leader in the exposure of piano music by curiously neglected composers, and this Tcherepnin series has been one of the most...

Without previous knowledge of the music of Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937), listeners who generally steer clear of contemporary music might miss out by not giving this Grand Piano CD a chance. The works span a creative period of over 55 years from the composer’s Naive Musik (1954-55, rev....

I’m completely bewildered by the fact that these charming romantic miniatures for piano by Manuel Ponce are so under represented in the catalog, especially given how attractive and immediately appealing they are. With the exception of a couple of the more popular tunes, and another few...

Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919 – 1996) wrote the piano works on this album following his move to Moscow in 1943. There he established a close and mutually respectful friendship with Shostakovich, who at the time was working on piano pieces for his young daughter to play. Weinberg’s Children’s...