Thursday, December 15, 2011

Balakirev - Piano Concerto #64

Balakirev - Piano Concerto #2

Mily Balakirev (1837 - 1910) was a Russian pianist, director and composer. He created a sense of nationalism in Russia in the 19th century, the instrument is useful. Tchaikovsky music flourished as he was known as the five musicians of the Russian team leader.

He starts with a composition in a composer as well as dress, but it is not the end of years later. He is in his first symphony in 1864 and 1897, but until it is complete. His influence on Russian composers as well, because it is not evident. One piece that he did not start in 1869 and was completed Islamey, an Oriental fantasy for piano solo that was technically very advanced.

Balakirev and his youth in music, illuminated, but no compromise, harmony, or conformity to formal training. Playing on his talent recognized quickly and he had the opportunity to attend the concert was a lot of piano and reading. Her natural musicality and a keen mind and allowed him to compose the first to start.
Balakirev composers and music theory and formal study of the time without much loss of performance set by the government knew of the industry to learn. Rimsky-Koraskov, five to one, his former mentor thses decision came about:

"Evidently Balakirev, who had previously had a regular correspondence, and correspondence courses, and they pretended not even to apply to himself, thinking, such as the number of unnecessary studies .... a wonderful pianist, a superior music sight reader, an excellent improvisor, endowed Exact and part - by the sense of nature, a strategy that a large part of the native and partly acquired through learning musical instruments, with the help of an extraordinary memory, keen and receptive, which is a serious course of conduct between the instrument literature possessed so much money. Then, too, he was a marvelous critic, especially a technical critic. He was immediately felt in every technical error or a problem, he was gripped by the form of a scar. "

Balakirev suffered a nervous breakdown in 1871, has been asked to do. Practically any music a few years after the operation, he was rescued from a life slowly returned to Russia in the instrument. But he claimed that he was never quite the same artistic complete his contract with his close associates, or he will be off. He is a Russian Orthodoxy has become stronger following a furious comeback and antisemite.

Balakirev's 1st piano concerto, written when he was a teenager in 1856. This is the only one movement and it is not a compromise to Balakirev. 1856 with the orchestra in one movement preformed. 2nd piano concerto in 1861 and the commencement of the E-flat major. His influence was for the Liszt concerto, and the same key, Rubinstein's second concerto and Litolff's fourth concerto was the first concerto. At the end of 1862 he had completed the first movement, and his colleagues through the night for the second movement. After this, Balakirev and his death in 1906 until 1910 when they resume work on the concerto was still not finished. His close associate Sergei Liapunov Balakirev knew how I wanted to be able to complete the concerto was completed.

Balakirev's Piano Concerto #2 in E flat major: