Explorer Set: Slavic Edition

Piano Classics was the first label to exclusively devote itself to piano music. Since its founding in 2010 it has released countless extraordinary recordings, presenting many repertoire rarities and amazing young pianists. The press has always been enthusiastic about the label's releases and have showered many 5-star and Editor's Choices on them.

To celebrate its success Piano Classics will release several 10-CD Explorer Sets, featuring highlights from its catalogue. The first set contains composers from behind what one may loosely describe as the former "Iron Curtain". Not the usual suspects but composers to explore, discover and appreciate: Lyapunov, Bortkiewicz, Blumenfeld, Medtner, Balakirev, Glazunov, Kosenko, Novak, Enescu, Shamo, Pejacevic, Gazarossian.

Played by Vincenzo Maltempo, Mark Viner, Pavel Gintov, Saskia Giorgini, Mattia Ometto, Tobias Borsboom, Dimitri Tchesnokov, Ekaterina Litvintseva and Nare Karoyan.

A treasure trove of the unexpected, in superlative performances and recordings, at an attractive budget price!

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924) , Serge Bortkiewicz (1877-1952) , Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863-1931) , Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) , Mily Balakireff (1837-1910) , Alexander Glasunow (1865-1936) , Viktor Stepanowitsch Kosenko (1896-1938) , Vitezlav Novak (1870-1949) , George Enescu (1881-1955) , Igor Shamo (1925-1982) , Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923) , Koharik Gazarossian (1907-1967)

• Balakirev: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 102
• Blumenfeld: Etude de concert in F sharp minor, Op. 24
• Blumenfeld: Etude for the left hand, Op. 36
• Blumenfeld: Preludes (24), Op. 17
• Bortkiewicz: Consolation in E flat major (from Lamentations and Consolations, Op. 17)
• Bortkiewicz: Esquisses de Crimee, Op. 8
• Bortkiewicz: Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 29 No. 3
• Bortkiewicz: Etude in E flat major, Op. 29 No. 6
• Bortkiewicz: Etude in E minor (from 10 Etudes, Op. 15)
• Bortkiewicz: Etude, Op. 15 No. 6
• Bortkiewicz: Lamentations and Consolations, Op. 17
• Bortkiewicz: Lyrica Nova, Op. 59
• Bortkiewicz: Minuit, Op. 5
• Bortkiewicz: Prelude in B minor, Op. 40 No. 2
• Bortkiewicz: Prelude in F sharp major (from 7 Preludes, Op. 40)
• Enescu: Piano Sonata No. 3 in D major, Op. 24/3
• Enescu: Pièces Impromptues, Op. 18
• Gazarossian: Etudes (24)
• Glazunov: Piano Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 75
• Kalinnikov, Viktor: Piano Sonata No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 14
• Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendente, Op. 11
• Medtner: Forgotten Melodies, Op. 38
• Novák, V: Pan (Symphonic Poem), Op. 43
• Pejačević: Capriccio, Op. 47
• Pejačević: Fantasiestücke (6), Op. 17
• Pejačević: Nocturnes (2), Op. 50
• Pejačević: Piano Sketches (2)
• Pejačević: Piano Sonata, Op. 57
• Pejačević: The Life of Flowers
• Pejačević: Walzer-Capricen, Op. 28
• Shamo: Classical suite
• Shamo: Pictures by Russian painters
• Shamo: Ukrainian suite