Islamey: Oriental Fantasy (Russian: Исламей: Восточная фантазия), is a composition for piano by Russian composer Mily Balakirev written in 1869. Harold C. Schonberg noted that Islamey was "at one time…considered the most difficult of all piano pieces and is still one of the knucklebusters."[1] Its difficulty has led to the creation of numerous ossias (alternative passages) and made it popular as a virtuosic showpiece.
^Harold C. Schonberg (15 March 1976). "Music: Legendary Pianist (Published 1976)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 January 2022. "Islamey" by Balakirev [was] at one time…considered the most difficult of all piano pieces and is still one of the knucklebusters.
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but completed it in 1897. The exception to this was his oriental fantasy Islamey for solo piano, which he composed quickly and remains popular among virtuosos...
easier version of the preferred form of passage, but in Mily Balakirev's Islamey, for instance, the urtext has ossia passages of both types (simpler and...
Ravel intended the Scarbo movement to be more difficult than Balakirev's Islamey. Because of its technical challenges and profound musical structure, Scarbo...
Balakirev's guest. He also gave the first performance of Balakirev's piano work Islamey, the work for which he is best known today. Nikolai Rubinstein was generally...
recordings. She also rejected several recordings, most notably Balakirev's Islamey, which she said was "flashy" repertoire that did a disservice to her husband's...
and downwards with the right. However, exceptions include Balakirev's Islamey, where players are instructed to execute the glissando upwards across three...
"Russian" works were composed in orientalist style, such as Balakirev's Islamey, Borodin's Prince Igor and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. As leader of...
known for his speed and finger dexterity; his rendition of Balakirev's Islamey and many other recordings were acclaimed.[citation needed] According to...
practicing Franz Liszt's Réminiscences de Don Juan and Mily Balakirev's Islamey. His doctor said he would never recover, and he wrote his first large-scale...
reputation supported by recordings he made at this time, such as Balakirev's Islamey and Liszt's Paganini études. However, even late in his career, he often...
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unique was the beauty of tone... I have never heard the virtuoso piece Islamey by Balakirev, as Rubinstein played it, and his interpretation of Schumann's...
songs and symphonies. He founded the Adigean State Folk Song Ensemble Islamey (Ислъамый) in 1991. It is one of a number of folk song groups that keep...
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including Liszt's Sonata in B minor, Schumann's Fantasie in C, Balakirev's Islamey, Glazunov's first piano sonata and Wagner's Liebestod. In the opinion of...
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