- Selected Works for Piano

00:00 4 Pieces - Impromptu (Leonid Brumberg) 01:31 4 Pieces - Novellette 03:13 4 Pieces - Scherzino 04:10 4 Pieces - Etude 05:13 Variations on BACH (Laura Oppedisano) 16:22 Prelude in Major 17:31 Little Song 19:31 Allegretto in C Major 20:14 Two Pieces - Prelude Impromptu 21:11 Two Pieces - Mazurka 24:34 3 Pieces - Waltz 27:57 3 Pieces - Romance 29:40 3 Pieces - Fugue Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a Russian Composer and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He joined the Imperial Russian Navy when he was 12. Beginning in late 1859, Rimsky-Korsakov took lessons in piano and composition from Théodore Canillé, whom he later credited as the inspiration for devoting his life to composition. Through Kanille, he was exposed to a great deal of new music, including Mikhail Glinka and Robert Schumann. In November 1861, Kanille introduced the 18-year-old Nikolai to Mily Balakirev. Balakirev in turn introduced him to César Cui and Modes