Mily Balakirev
Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (1837–1910)
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He shaped the sound of Russian classical music more through others than through himself. Balakirev gathered The Five — Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui — and drilled his vision of nationalist music into them when most were amateurs. He also pushed Tchaikovsky twice, yielding Romeo and Juliet and the Manfred Symphony. His own compositions took decade
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Born in 1837, Balakirev extended Mikhail Glinka's fusion of Russian folk music and experimental classical forms, developing patterns that could carry overt nationalistic feeling. In the late 1850s and early 1860s, working with critic Vladimir Stasov, he assembled The Five — he was the only professional among them — and imposed his musical beliefs through methods that could be dictatorial but produced works that made their reputations. A nervous breakdown sent him into sabbatical; when he returned his influence had diminished. He started his First Symphony in 1864 and finished it in 1897. The o…
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- The Seasons2023
- Iberian Dances2022
- Complete Piano Works • 6: Islamay and Beyond2020
- Complete Piano Works • 4: Scherzi and Other Works2019
- Complete Piano Works • 5: Original Works and Transcriptions2019
- Russian Piano Sonatas2018
- Complete Piano Works • 2: Waltzes, Nocturnes and Other Works2016
- Symphony no. 1 / Symphonic Poems: Tamara / Russia2016
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