Christopher Williams - Semyon Alexeyevich Barmotin: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - Ballade; 6 Morcaeux, Op. 5; 10 Morceaux, Op. 6

A student of Rimsky-Korsakov and Balakirev and a contemporary of Stravinsky and Rachmaninov, SEMYON ALEXEYEVICH BARMOTIN (1877�1939) flourished in the years before the Russian Revolution. His was probably the first Ballade for solo piano written by a Russian composer and this large-scale work exemplifies his perfect control of expansive form, Lisztian virtuosic impulse and thematic variety. The two sets of Morceaux enshrine other essential elements of his art � folkloric influences, crystalline sonorities and true expressive depth. Christopher Williams� third instalment in this acclaimed cycle features all world premi�re recordings.