Russian & Eastern European Piano Music, Part 1
[2 CDR Set]

This collection brings together over 570 works for solo and duo piano (including concerto reductions) by both familiar and lesser-known 19th century Russian and Eastern European composers.
Works include: Balakirev (Islamey, Rèverie), Borodin (Petite Suite), Dussek (Six Sonatinas, Partant pour la Syrie), Dvorák (Silhouettes, Slavonic Dances, Legends, Mazurkas, Poetic Tone Pictures, Humoresques), Janácek (On the Overgrown Path, Zdenka Variations, Collected Moravian Dances), Moszkowski (Spanish Dances, Fifteen Études de Virtuosité), Mussorgsky (over 20 works including: Pictures at an Exhibition, Duma, Intermezzo in Modo Classico), Rimsky-Korsakov (Six Variations on B-A-C-H, Capriccio Espagnole, Sheherezade), Rubinstein (Ondine, Kamennïy-ostrov, Lezghinka), Scharwenka (Polish National Dances, Scriabin (over 50 works including: Piano Sonata Nos. 1-10), Poème-Nocturne, Preludes, Impromptus, Mazurkas), Smetana (over 30 works including: Louisiana Polka, Album Leaves, Wedding Scenes, Czech Dances Books I&II), Tchaikovsky (over 30 works for solo piano & piano four hands including: Album for the Young, The Seasons, Grand Sonata in G, Dumka, Scherzo à la Russe, Swan Lake, Sleeping BeautyThe Nutcracker, The Nutcracker Suite, Piano Concerto Nos. 1&2), and more
Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians
2 CDR Set
Table of Contents:
BALAKIREV, MILY
Nocturne No. 3
Rêverie
Scherzo No. 2 in Bb Minor
BORODIN, ALEXANDER

II. Intermezzo
III. Mazurka I
IV. Mazurka II
V. Sérénade
VI. Nocturne
VII. Rêverie
VIII. Scherzo
DUSSEK, JAN
Six Sonatinas, Op. 20

Sonatina in F Major
Sonatina in A Major
Sonatina in C Major
Sonatina in C Major
Sonatina in Eb Major
DVORáK, ANTONíN
Furianty in D Major, Op. 42, No. 1
Humoresques, Op. 101

2. B Major
3. Ab Major
4. F Major
5. A Minor
6. B Major
7. Gb Major
8. Bb Minor

No. 2 in G Major
No. 3 in G Minor
No. 4 in C Major
No. 5 in Ab Major
No. 6 in C# Minor
No. 7 in A Major
No. 8 in F Major
No. 9 in D Major
No. 10 in Bb Minor

No. 2 in C Major
No. 3 in Bb Major
No. 4 in D Minor
No. 5 in F Major
No. 6 in B Minor

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2. Intermezzo
3. Gigue
4. Eclogue
5. Allegro Molto
6. Tempo di marcia

2. Toying
3. In the Old Castle
4. Spring Song
5. Peasant Ballad
6. Reverie
7. Furiant
8. Goblins' Dance
9. Serenade
10. Bacchanalia
11. Tittle-tattle
12. At a Hero's Grave
13. On the Holy Mountain
Polka in E Major
Scottish Dances, Op. 41 (Skotsé Tance)
Silhouettes, Op. 8

2. Db Major
3. Db Major
4. F# Minor
5. F# Minor
6. Bb Major
7. B Minor
8. B Minor
9. B Major
10. E Minor
11. A Major
12. C# Minor

No. 2 in E Minor
No. 3 in Ab Major
No. 4 in F Major
No. 5 in A Major
No. 6 in D Major
No. 7 in C Minor
No. 8 in G Minor

No. 2 in E Minor
No. 3 in F Major
No. 4 in Db Major
No. 5 in Bb Minor
No. 6 in Bb Major
No. 7 in C Major
No. 8 in Ab Major
Two Minuets (Menuety)

II F Major

Capriccio

Waltz in A Minor
Waltz in E Major
Waltz in Db Major
Waltz in G Minor
Waltz in F Major
Waltz in D Minor
Waltz in Eb Major
JANáCEK, LEOS

11. Konope
8. Holubicka
14. Korycanský
9. Sekerecka
22. Celadenský II
4. Kukacka
1. Troják
2. Silnice
3. Tetka
5. Trojky
6. Starodávný
7. Kalamajka
10. Rožek
13. Kožušek
15. Kyjový
16. Valaška
17. Sedlácká
18. Do kola
19. Troják lašský
20. Požehnaný
21. Kolo
23. Polky

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Po zarostlém chodnícku (On the Overgrown Path), Book I

1. Naše vecery
5. Štebetaly jak laštovicky
10. Sýcek neodetel
9. V pláci
2. Lístek odvanutý
4. Frýdecká panna Maria
6. Nelze domluvit!
7. Dobrou noc!
8. Tak neskonale úzko

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The Death (Smrt)
MOSZKOWSKI, MORITZ
En Automne, Op. 36, No. 4
Étincelles, Op. 36, No. 6
Fifteen Études de Virtuosité, Op. 72

No. 2 in G Minor
No. 3 in G Major
No. 4 in C Major
No. 5 in C Major
No. 6 in F Major
No. 7 in Eb Major
No. 8 in C Major
No. 9 in D Minor
No. 10 in C Major
No. 11 in Ab Major
No. 12 in Db Major
No. 13 in Ab Minor
No. 14 in C Minor
No. 15 in B Major
Krakowiak in G Major, Op. 55, No. 4
La Jongleuse, Op. 52, No. 4
Piano Concerto in E Major, Op. 59

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Siciliano, Op. 42, No. 2
Six Pieces, Op. 31

Mélodie
Valsé Melancolique
Scherzetto
Impromptu
Caprice

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V. Bolero

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V. Bolero

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MUSSORGSKY, MODEST
Ein Kinderscherz (Later version)
From Memories of Childhood

2. First Punishment: Nurse Shuts Me in a Dark Room

2. Hopak (Early Version)
3. Hopak (Later Version)
Impromptu passioné (Later version)
In the Village
Intermezzo in Modo Classico (Early version)
Intermezzo in Modo Classico (Later version)
La capricieuse
Meditation
Near the Southern Shore of the Crimea
On the Southern Shore of the Crimea
Pictures at an Exhibition

2. The Old Castle
Promenade
Promenade
Promenade
Promenade
Promenade
3. Tuileries (Children quarreling after play)
4. The Oxcart (Bydlo)
5. Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells
6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle (Two Polish Jews: one rich, the other poor)
7. The Market Place in Limoges (Big News)
8. Catacombs (Sepulcrum Romanum)
Con Mortuis in Lingua Mortua (With the dead in a dead language)
9. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga's Hut)
10. The Great Gate of Kiev
Scherzo in C# Minor (Early version)
Scherzo in C# Minor (Later version)
Sonata in C Major (Piano, Four Hands)

II. Scherzo
The Seamstress (Scherzino)
Une larme
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NIKOLAI
Capriccio Espagnole, Op. 34

II. Variazioni
III. Alborada
IV. Scena e Canto gitano
V. Fandango asturiano

Novelette
Scherzino
Etude
Little Song
Mazurka , Op. 38, No. 2
Piano Concerto in C# Minor, Op. 30
Prelude in G Major
Prelude-impromptu, Op. 38, No. 1
Sheherezade, Op. 35 (Piano, Four Hands , arranged by the composer), Part I
Sheherezade, Op. 35 (Piano, Four Hands , arranged by the composer), Part II
Six Variations on B-A-C-H, Op. 10

Intermezzo
Scherzo
Nocturne
Prelude
Fugue
Three Pieces, Op. 15

Romance
Fugue
RUBINSTEIN, ANTON
Barcarolle in F Minor, Op. 30, No. 1
Barcarolle in G Minor, Op. 50, No. 3
Étude in Db Major, Op. 1, No. 1 (Ondine)
Impromptu in Eb Major, Op. 75, No. 4
Impromptu in G Major, Op. 44, No. 4
Kamennïy-ostrov, Op. 10, No. 22
Lezghinka, Op. 82, No. 1
Marche Orientale, Op. 93bis
Mazurka (Pologne), Op. 82, No. 4
Melody in F, Op. 3, No. 1
Nocturne in Gb Major, Op. 28, No. 1
Polonaise in Eb Minor, Op. 118, No. 6
Romance in Eb Major, Op. 44, No. 1
Romance in F Major, Op. 26, No. 1
Scherzo, Op. 44, No. 2
Valse, Op. 93bis
SCHARWENKA, XAVER
Impromptu in D Major, Op. 17
Polish National Dances, Op. 3 (excerpts)

2. F# Minor
6. C# Minor
9. B Minor
Staccato Étude, Op. 27, No. 3
SCRIABIN, ALEXANDER
Allegro de Concert, Op. 18
Eight Études, Op. 42

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Feuillet d'album, Op. 58
Five Préludes, Op. 15

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2. Prelude
3. Poème ailé
4. Danse languide

2. Ironies
3. Nuances
4. Etude

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Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G# Minor, Op. 19 (Sonata-fantaisie)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F# Minor, Op. 23

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Piano Sonata No. 6 , Op. 62
Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 ("White Mass")
Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66
Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 ("Black Mass")
Poème Satanique, Op. 36
Poème tragique, Op. 34
Poème, Op. 41
Poème, Vers la flamme, Op. 72
Poème-Nocturne, Op. 61
Polonaise, Op. 21
Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9

Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 2
Scherzo, Op. 46
Seven Préludes, Op. 17

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2. Prelude
3. Impromptu à la Mazur

2. Poème fantaque
3. Prelude

2. Prelude
3. Rêverie

2. Enigme
3. Poème languide

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2. Flammes sombres

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2. Caresse dansée

2. Prelude

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Valse, Op. 38
SMETANA, BEDRICH

Chanson in A Minor
Album Leaf in G Major (Vivace)
Album Leaf in E Minor (Allegro Commodo)
Album Leaf in D Major (Moderato)
Album Leaf in B Minor (Andante ma non troppo)
Book II

4. Medved (The Bear)
2. Slepicka (The Little Hen)
8. Obkrocák (Stepping Dance)
10. Skocná
1. Furiant in A Minor
3. Oves (Oats)
6. Dupák
7. Hulán (The Uhlan)
9. Sousedská (Peasant Dance)

2. Polka in A Minor
3. Polka in F Major
4. Polka in Bb Major
Das Hochzeitsfest: der Tanz (Svatební veselí: tanec)
Das Schäfermädchen (Pastýrka)
Der Hochzeitszug (Svatební pruvod)
Der Krieger (Válecník)
Die Sehnsucht (Touha)
Die Verzweiflung (V Zoufalství)
Erwachende Leidenschaft (Vznnikající vášen)
Georgina Polka
Im Walde (V lese)
L' Amour (from Bagatelles et Impromptus)
L'Idylle (from Sketches)
L'Innocence (from Bagatelles et Impromptus)
La fête des paysans bohémiens, Op. 6, No. 6 (The festival of Bohemian peasants)
Louisina Polka
Paysage aimable (from Sketches)
Polka in E Minor, Op. 12, No. 2 (from: Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas)
Polka in E Minor, Op. 13, No. 1 (from: Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas)
Polka in Eb Major, Op. 13, No. 2 (from: Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas)
Polka in Eb Major, Op. 8, No. 1
Polka in Eb Major, Op. posth.
Polka in G Major (Venkovanka)
Polka in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2
Six Pieces Op. 1 (Šest charakteristických skladeb)
Sonata in G Minor

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III Scherzo
IV
Trois Polkas de Salon, Op. 7

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Pochod Národní Gardy (National Guard March)
Waltzes

Waltz No. 2 in Ab Major
Waltz No. 3 in Eb Major
Waltz No. 4 in C Minor
Waltz No. 5 in Ab Major
TCHAIKOVSKY, PETER ILYICH

Winter morning
Mama
The little horseman
March of the wooden soldiers
The new doll
The sick doll
The doll's burial
Waltz
Polka
Mazurka
Russian Song
Peasant prelude
Folk song
Italian song
Old French song
German song
Neopolitan song
The nurse's tale
The witch
Sweet dream
Song of the lark
In church
The hurdy-gurdy man
Aveu Passioné
Capriccio, Op. 8
Dumka, Op. 59, Scène rustique Russe
Eighteen Pieces, Op. 72

2. Berceuse
3. Tendres reproches
4. Danse charactéristique
5. Méditation
6. Mazurque pour danser
7. Polacca de concert
8. Dialogue
9. Un poco di Schumann
10. Scherzo-fantaisie
11. Valse bluette
12. L'espiègle
13. Echo rustique
14. Chant élégiaque
15. Un poco di Chopin
16. Valse à cinq temps
17. Passé lointain
18. Scène dansante (invitation au trépak)

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III Scherzo
IV Finale
Impromptu-Caprice
Military March (for the Yurevsky Regiment)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb Minor, Op. 23

II. Andantino semplice
III. Allegro con fuoco

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Scherzo à la Russe, Op. 1, No. 1
Six Pieces on One Theme, Op. 21

2. Fugue à 4 voix
3. Impromptu
4. Marche funèbre
5. Mazurque
6. Scherzo

3. Feuillet d'album
4. Nocturne
6. Thème original et variations

2. Polka peu dansante
3. Menuetto scherzoso
4a. Nathalie-valse (Early version)
4b. Nathalie-valse (Later version)
5. Romance in F Major
6. Valse sentimentale

1. Marche
2. Scène Dansante
3. Pas des six
4. Finale
Act I
5. Scène
6. Valse
7. Scène
8. Pas d'action
9. Finale

10. Entr'acte et Scène
11. Colin-Maillard
12. Scène
13. Farandole
14. Scène
15. Pas d'action
16. Scène
17. Panorama
18. Entr'acte
19. Entr'acte symphonique (Le Sommeil) et scène
20. Finale
Act III
21. Marche
22. Polacca
23. Pas de Quatre
24. Pas de Caractère
25. Pas de Quatre
26. Pas de Caractère
27. Pas Berrichon
28. Pas de Deux
29. Sarabande
30. Finale

2. Scherzo
3. Chant sans paroles

Act I
1. Scène
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3. Scène
4. Pas de trois
5. Pas de deux
6. Pas d'action
7. Sujet
8. Danse de coupes
9. Finale
Act II
10. Scène
11. Scène
12. Scène
13. Danse des cygnes
14. Scène

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16. Danses du corps de ballet et des nains
17. Scène: la sortie des invitèe et la valse
18. Scène
19. Pas de six
20. Danse hongroise Czardas
21. Danse éspagnole
22. Danse napolitaine
23. Mazurka
24. Scène
Act IV
25. Entr'acte
26. Scène
27. Danses des petits cygnes
28. Scène
29. Scène finale
Supplement
Pas de deux
Danse russe

March
Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
Russian Dance (Trepak)
Arabian Dance
Chinese Dance
Dance of the Flutes
Waltz of the Flowers

March
Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
Russian Dance (Trepak)
Arabian Dance
Chinese Dance
Dance of the Flutes
Waltz of the Flowers

Act I
Tableau I
1. Scène
2. Marche
3. Petit galopsdes enfants et entrèe des parents
4. Scène dansante
5. Scène
6. Scène
7. Scène
Tableau II
8. Scène
9. Valse des flocons de neige

10. Scène
11. Scène
12. Divertissement
13. Valse des fleurs
14. Pas de deux
15. Valse finale et apothéose

February (Carnival)
March (Song of the lark)
April (Snowdrop)
May (May Nights)
June (Barcarolle)
July (Song of the reaper)
August (The harvest)
September (The hunt)
October (Autumn song)
November (Troika)
December (Christmas)

2. Polka de Salon
3. Mazurka de salon

6. Song without words
9. Valse in F# Minor
10. Danse Russe

2. Humoresque
Valse-scherzo No. 2