Happy Present Meet
Balakirev Islamey Op.18 for Piano Solo
발라키에프 이슬라메이
Balakirev Islamey Fantaisie orientale for Piano
Ed.: Norbert Gertsch
Edition without fingering, paperbound
“A wonderful piece, but very difficult – only a few will be able to master it …”. Since this pronouncement by Nicolai Rubinstein, who nonetheless premièred it with bravura, the work has unjustly been stuck with the label of “unplayable”. The wild, almost demonic character of this “oriental fantasy” has certainly contributed to this reputation: through the use of Caucasian and Armenian folk idioms Balakirev calls forth a keyboard firework that aroused the admiration even of the Titan Liszt. Our edition provides today’s pianists with a musical text that is not only reliable and accurate, but also clear and well-organised.
작곡가 Balakirev, Mily (1837-1910)
에디터 Gertsch, Nobert