Since you are interested in Balakirev: Piano Sonata & other works, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
C. P. E. BACH
Bach (C.P.E.): Keyboard Sonatas Vol 1 Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "This is surely one of the finest of all recent keyboard issues." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - July 2010 |
YORK BOWEN
The Piano Sonatas Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Instrumental |
YORK BOWEN
Bowen: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 46 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 'Danny Driver's pianism is fully and eagerly up to Bowen's considerable demands' (BBC Music Magazine) |
BENJAMIN DALE
Piano Music Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] The monumental Piano Sonata in D minor was composed by a young Benjamin Dale while he was still a student at the Royal Academy of Music. Dale's contemporaries included the burgeoning composer-pianists Arnold Bax and York Bowen. |
ERIK CHISHOLM
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Chishom's First Concerto is] full of provocative rhythm and utterly devoid of cliche. His second is even more elaborate, drawing its inspiration from the beguiling ragas of Hindustan, their evocative intervals and sensuous, twisting melodies... |