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Belyayev Project - Piano trios by Rimsky-Korsakov; Glazunov; Blumenfeld
Posted by Paul Ballyk on Jul 5, 2013 in Romantic | 0 comments
The unifying thread that runs through the program on this Profil CD titled "The Belyayev Project", performed by pianist Miki Aoki, violinist Andrey Baranov and cellist Alexey Zhilin, is that all of these pieces were initially published by Mitrofan Belyayev as part of the Belaieff Edition. Mitrofan Belyayev (1836-1904) was a timber baron, enthusiastic amateur violist and pianist, and benefactor of Russian composers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He founded a music publishing house in 1885 and used it to copyright, publish and promote the music of deserving Russian composers; in the first decade following its inception, the company published over 1,000 works!
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is central to both the program on this disc and to the Belyayev narrative. All of the other composers here were students of his at one time or another, and Rimsky-Korsakov served in an advisory capacity for Belyayev, determining which composers would benefit from his philanthropy.
Running over forty-five minutes, the major work on the CD is Rimsky-Korsakov's Piano Trio in C minor, a work that was left incomplete at the time of the composer's death and subsequently completed by his student, Maximilian Steinberg in 1939. Along with the Tchaikovsky Trio and the last two of Anton Rubinstein, this work is among the most important piano trios of the Russian Romantic era. Still, it is not well represented on CD, so interested listeners will be happy to discover this exceptionally fine version. You can enjoy the second movement Allegro on the audio sample provided in the sidebar.
The other rarities to be enjoyed here are made up of duets and piano pieces - brief charmers by Lyadov, Blumenfeld and Glazunov, including that composer's lovely Concert Waltz in D major, Op. 47 (played beautifully by pianist Miki Aoki and available for you to hear below) and Jascha Heifetz's arrangement for violin and piano of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Flight of the Bumblebee. In all, this is a very enjoyable and generous seventy-five minute program which, if you have an interest in getting to know the epic Rimsky-Korsakov trio, is not to be missed.
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Liadow, Blumenfeld -
The Belyaylev Project
Andrey Baranov, violin, Alexey Zhilin, cello, Miki Aoki, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Trio in C minor,
Glazunov: Grand Adagio from “Raymonda”,
Rimsky-Korsakov/Heifetz: The Flight of the Bumblebee
Glazunov/Blumenfeld: Concert Waltz op. 47
Liadow: Barcarolle op. 44
Blumenfeld: Etude “Sur Mer” op. 31/2
Rimsky-Korsakov: Pesenka
Source: Profil
 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composer Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 – 1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was a master of orchestration. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are staples of the classical music repertoire. |
 Felix Blumenfeld |
Felix Blumenfeld, composer Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931) was a Russian composer, conductor, pianist, and teacher. He was born in Kovalevka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (today - part of Kirovohrad, Ukraine), the son of Austrian Mikhail Frantsevich Blumenfeld and the Polish Marie Szymanowska, and studied composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and piano under Fedor Stein between 1881 and 1885. |
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Alexander Glazunov, composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865 – 1936) was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor. He served as director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was also instrumental in the reorganization of the institute into the Petrograd Conservatory, then the Leningrad Conservatory, following the Bolshevik Revolution. |
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 Miki Aoki, piano |
Miki Aoki, piano Miki Aoki made her London Royal Festival Hall debut at the age of 12 and has since continued to perform on international stages. Recognized for her diverse abilities as pianist and as a collaborative artist, Ms Aoki combines her career performing solo recitals and chamber music, with working along side young violinists. |
 Alexey Zhilin, cello |
Alexey Zhilin, cello Alexey Zhilin was born in 1987 in Leningrad. He graduated from the St Petersburg Special School of Music and St Petersburg Conservatoire (class of Anatoly Nikitin). He also has participated in master-classes of such world-known musicians as Yo-Yo Ma, Natalia Shakhovskaya, … |
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Andrey Baranov, violin Laureate of 2010 Indianapolis, Sendai, Unisa, Oistrach and Paganini (Moscow) international competitions, the young Russian Violinist is among the most recognized violinists of today. Baranov’s interpretation of Tchaikovsky concerto has been hailed by Franken Post as ‚charmed with an instinct for tone color’‚resembalance to legendary Jascha Heifitz’. |
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Miki Aoki plays the lovely Concert Waltz by Glazunov, arranged for piano by Felix Blumenfeld