This is my recording for the Christmas Season : Sergey Lyapunov's endearing Fètes de Noël (Quatre Tableaux), Op.41, written in 1910. Here we hear Lyapunov in an unusually genial and relaxed mood. This is a lovely little suite with great Russian tunes, set with a relative sparsity of means rather than with great virtuosity and lavish decoration. The fourth piece nostalgically juxtaposes an Ukrainian song with a Russian song.

As far as I know this is only the second performance on YouTube of this work, the other being by the late Anthony Goldstone. That one is a better performance of course, but I think my piano sounds nicer :)

Chris Breemer, piano
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00:20 - 1: Nuit de Noël (Andantino pastorale)
05:31 - 2: Cortège des mages (Allegro moderato)
10:05 - 3: Chanteurs de Noëls (Moderato)
12:12 - 4: Chant de Noël (Allegretto)

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