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M. Balakirev, autograph musical quotation of the opening of Islamey, 1895.

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Balakirev/Lyapunov - Islamey [arr. orchestra]

Following up after Scheherazade, my city’s classical radio happened to play this transcription of Balakirev’s famous “Oriental” work. But Balakirev wasn’t inspired by the Middle East so much as he was inspired after visiting the Caucus region. Being the Nationalist he was, Balakirev wanted to write a work that reflected “South Russian” culture, and so he injected the piece with as much color and energy that was in the culture’s spirit. The original for solo piano was meant to be the most difficult concert piece ever, and since has become a challenge to performers trying to play it, and composers working to out-write, out-dazzle it. One of his contemporaries, Sergei Lyapunov, arranged the work for orchestra, and so added a new flavor with all of the orchestral colors. I personally prefer the orchestration to the original.

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Islamey was composed as an “Oriental Fantasy” by Mily Balakirev and published for piano in 1869 as his Op. 18. Although Islamey is rather well known, this orchestration by Sergei Lyapunov isn’t so famous.

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