ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH LYADOV (1855-1914) COMPLETE WORKS F À VANVES

Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (1855-1914) Complete Works for Piano Volume 1  Spillikins, the collection of 14 little pieces, Op.2 (1876) 1. Presto 0:51 2. Allegro 0:28 3. Allegretto 0:57 4. Allegro con fuoco 1:09 5. Vivace 0:46 6. Allegro 0:34 7. Moderato 0:50 8. Allegro moderato 0:56 9. Allegretto tranquillo 1:12 10. Allegro 0:52 11. Tempo di Valse 0:56 12. Prestissimo 0:39 13. Vivace 0:28 14. Presto 1:16 Six Morceaux, Op.3 (1876) 15. Prelude 1:19 16. Gigue 2:08 17. Fugue 2:24 18. Mazurka (Allegro) 2:26 19. Mazurka (Allegro energico) 2:05 20. Mazurka (Allegro non troppo) 1:14 Arabesques, Op.4 (1878) 21. Allegro con fuoco 1:26 22. Allegretto 3:46 23. Allegro grazioso 1:59 24. Vivace 3:10 25. Etude, Op.5 (1881) 2:55 26. Impromptu, Op.6 (1881) 1:27 Deux Intermezzi, Op.7 (1882) 27. Allegro Vivace 2:39 28. Allegro Energico 2:06 Deux Intermezzi, Op.8 (1883) 29. Allegro con fuoco 2:02 30. Allegretto 2:49 Deux Morceaux, Op.9 (1884) 31. Valse 1:29 32. Mazurka 2:27 Trois Morceaux, Op.10 (1885) 33. Prelude 1:31 34. Mazurka (Allegro moderato) 1:47 35. Mazurka (Allegretto con spirito) 2:15 Trois Morceaux, Op.11 (1886) 36. Prelude 2:47 37. Mazurka (in Dorian Mode) 2:03 38. Mazurka (Moderato) 2:30 Total Time: 64:41 Volume 2 1. Etude, Oр.12 (1886) 2:03 Quatre Preludes, Oр.13 (1887) 2. Allegro 2:03 3. Allegro Moderato 0:51 4. Andantino 1:49 5. Allegro con fuoco 1:13 Deux Mazurkas, Oр.15 (1887) 6. Allegretto 0:56 7. Allegro 0:54 Deux Bagatelles, Oр.17 (1887) 8. Suffering 1:28 9. Pastorale 1:43 10. Novellette, Oр.20 (1882-1889) 3:06 11. From the Bygone Days (Ballade), Oр.21 (1889) 5:19 12. In the Clearing (Sketch), Oр.23 (1890) 5:47 Deux Morceaux, Oр.24 (1890) 13. Prelude 2:18 14. Berceuse 4:36 15. Idylle, Oр.25 (1891) 5:59 16. Petite Valse, Oр.26 (1891) 1:59 Trois Preludes, Oр.27 (1891) 17. Allegro, ma gracioso 1:11 18. Presto 1:37 19. Allegro 1:21 20. Marionettes, Oр.29 (1892) 7:54 21. Bagatelle, Oр.30 (1889) 1:51 Deux Morceaux, Oр.31 (1893) 22. Mazurka Rustique 4:32 23. Prelude 2:21 24. The Music-box, Oр.32 (1893) 1:57 Trois Morceaux, Oр.33 (1889) 25. Prelude (Theme Russe) 1:00 26. Grotesque (Theme des Tcheremisses) 1:20 27. Pastorale 2:43 Trois Canons, Oр.34 (1894) 28. Allegro 0:31 29. Largo 1:35 30. Allegretto pastorale 1:30 Total Time: 73:49 First Volume recorded at the Moscow Theatre-Concert Centre’s Concert Hall, December 29, 2005 & April 21–23, 2008 Second Volumerecorded at the Studio One of the Russian Radio House, Moscow, May 30-June1, 2010. Sound engineer and supervisor: Vadim Ivanov Editor: Maria Lenarskaya Production direction and co-ordination: Igor Prokhorov, The Boris Tchaikovsky Society Anatoly Lyadov and his piano music Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov was born in St. Petersburg (“ somewhere in way of Okhta, ” as he himself indicated in an autobiographical note) on April 30, 1855, into a family of musicians. The founder of the dynasty was Anatoly’s grandfather, conductor Nikolai Lyadov (1777-1839). Anatoly’s father Konstantin Lyadov (1820-1871) was the chapel master of the orchestra of the Imperial Russian Opera, and a composer. His mother Ekaterina, nee Antipova, died when the boy was six years old. Anatoly was surrounded by music from his childhood. The abilities and social position of his father predetermined the lines of his education, and in 1870 he was admitted to the St. Petersburg Conservatory as a free student under a scholarship named after his father. At the Conservatory, Lyadov studied violin and piano for some time, and attended the practical composition class where he studied with N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. For absen