Title: Piano Works 3 Artist: Christopher Williams Label: Grand Piano Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 747313986620 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2022-06-10 Number of Discs: 1
A student of Rimsky-Korsakov and Balakirev and a contemporary of Stravinsky and Rachmaninov, Semyon Alexeyevich Barmotin (1877-1939) flourished in the years before the Russian Revolution. His was probably the first Ballade for solo piano written by a Russian composer and this large-scale work exemplifies his perfect control of expansive form, Lisztian virtuosic impulse and thematic variety. The two sets of Morceaux enshrine other essential elements of his art - folkloric influences, crystalline sonorities and true expressive depth. Christopher Williams' third instalment in this acclaimed cycle features all world première recordings.
