Schubert and BalakirevAt the Sanibel Music Festival in Florida, Olga Kern performs the Impromptu in B flat, by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), followed by "Islamey," a finger-twister by Miry Balakirev ...

Peter Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat Minor (opus 23), performed by pianist Andrei Gavrilov and the Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti conducting; Tchaikovsky, Theme and Variations (opus ...

An extraordinary pianist plays a piece so difficult, the composer himself could barely play it: Mily Balakirev's "Islamey," in concert in Portland, Oregon, with the young Korean pianist Dong-Hyek Lim.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra play Balakirev's Islamey, Khachaturian's Piano Concerto (with Marc-André Hamelin) and Vassily Kalinnikov's Symphony No 1 at the Royal Festival Hall, London.

Arguably, no one knows the piano works of Mily Balakirev better than Nicholas Walker. Four years ago, he completed his six album set of recordings of the complete piano works – this in addition to his ...