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Where to start with Balakirev
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles
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Keyboard
Islamey: Oriental Fantasy
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Orchestral
Tamara, symphonic poem
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Vocal
10 Songs
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Chamber
Expromt, for violin and piano
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Vocal
10 Songs
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Vocal
20 Songs
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Vocal
3 Forgotten Songs
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Vocal
6 Anthems
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Vocal
Among Flowers
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Keyboard
Au jardin, étude-idylle in D flat major
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Keyboard
Berceuse in D flat major
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Keyboard
Chant de pêcheur
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Keyboard
Esquisses
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Keyboard
Gondellied
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Orchestral
Grand Fantaisie on Russian Folksongs, for piano and orchestra, op. 4
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Balakirev's catalogue
Most Popular
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Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)
one of the technically hardest piano pieces ever written
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Symphony No. 1 in C major
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Tamara (symphonic poem)
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Overture on Russian Themes
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Piano Sonata in B-flat minor
Most Acclaimed
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Symphony No. 2 in D minor
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Piano Sonata in B-flat minor
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Tamara
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Russia (symphonic poem)
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Octet for winds and piano
Most Weird
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Islamey
Oriental modality + extreme pianistic difficulty — Ravel said it influenced Gaspard de la nuit
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King Lear (incidental music)
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Piano Sonata in B-flat minor
started 1905, finished 1910 — full of unusual tonal schemes
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Scherzo No. 2 in B minor
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Fantasy on Glinka themes
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinity
Works 53
- Keyboard
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Islamey: Oriental Fantasy
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Au jardin, étude-idylle in D flat major
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Berceuse in D flat major
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Chant de pêcheur
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Esquisses
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Gondellied
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Impromptu in F minor
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Mazurka no. 1 in A flat major
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Mazurka no. 2 in C sharp minor
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Mazurka no. 3 in B minor
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Mazurka no. 4 in G flat major
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Mazurka no. 5 in D
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Mazurka no. 6 in A flat major
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Mazurka no. 7 in E flat minor
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Nocturne no. 2 in B minor
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Nocturne no. 3 in D minor
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Piano Sonata no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 5
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Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor
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Polka in F sharp minor
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Pustïnya
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Scherzo no. 1 in B minor
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Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor
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Scherzo no. 3 in F sharp minor
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Suite for Piano, 4-hands
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Tarantella
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Toccata in C sharp minor
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Valse di bravura no. 1
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Valse mélancholique no. 2
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Valse-impromptu no. 3 in D
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Waltz no. 4 in B flat major, "Valse de concert"
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Waltz no. 5
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Waltz no. 6
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Waltz no. 7
- Orchestral
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Tamara, symphonic poem
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Grand Fantaisie on Russian Folksongs, for piano and orchestra, op. 4
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In Bohemia
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King Lear
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Overture on a Spanish March Theme
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Piano Concerto no. 1 in F sharp minor, op. 1
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Russia
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Suite on Pieces by Chopin
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Symphony no. 1 in C
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Symphony no. 2 in D minor
- Vocal
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10 Songs
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10 Songs
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20 Songs
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3 Forgotten Songs
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6 Anthems
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Among Flowers
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Utyos
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Zarya
- Chamber
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Expromt, for violin and piano
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Octet for Flute, Oboe, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass and Piano, op. 3
Canon