Cui: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1

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Label
Piano Classics
Release Date
March 13, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Cesar Cui
    • PERFORMER
      Marco Rapetti
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 13, 2026
    • UPC
      5063758102117
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PCL10211
    • LABEL
      Piano Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Nocturne

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    2. No. 2. Scherzino

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    3. No. 3. Polka

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    4. Scherzino

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    5. No. 1. Expansion naïve

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    6. No. 2. Aveu timide

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    7. No. 3. Petite valse

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    8. No. 4. À la Schumann

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    9. No. 5. Cantabile

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    10. No. 6. Souvenir douloureux

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    11. No. 7. Mosaïque

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    12. No. 8. Berceuse

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    13. No. 9. Canzonetta

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    14. No. 10. Petite marche

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    15. No. 11. Mazurka

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    16. No. 12. Scherzo rustique

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    17. I. Impromptu in A-Flat Minor: Vivace

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    18. II. Ténèbres et lueurs in G-Sharp Minor: Andantino

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    19. III. Intermezzo in A-Flat Major: Allegretto

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    20. IV. Alla polacca in E Major: Moderato maestoso

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    21. No. 1. Marionettes espagnoles

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    22. No. 2. Feuille D'album

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    23. No. 3. Étude arabesque

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    24. No. 4. Au berceau

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    25. No. 5. Marche-Étude

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    26. No. 6. Romanzetta

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    27. No. 1. Le Cèdre

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    28. No. 2. Far niente

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    29. No. 3. Capriccioso

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    30. No. 4. La petite guerre

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    31. No. 5. Sérénade

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    32. No. 6. Causerie

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    33. No. 7. Mazurka

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    34. No. 8. À la chapelle

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    35. No. 9. Le Rocher, Ballade

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    36. No. 1. Valse-Scherzo

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    37. No. 2. Valse-Intermezzo

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti

    38. No. 3. Valse à la viennoise

      Composer: César Cui

      Performer: Marco Rapetti


First recordings of Romantic-era piano miniatures by an overlooked figure among the "New Russian School" of composers known as "The Mighty Handful." "Irretrievably forgotten," wrote musicologist Richard Taruskin of César Cui (1835-1918). Long regarded as a dilettante, Cui combined a distinguished military career-as an engineer, expert in fortifications, and Moscow professor-with prolific writing as one of Russia's most formidable music critics. He was a crucial advocate for the nationalist ideals of Glinka and Mussorgsky, even as his own music revealed a more cosmopolitan voice, steeped in the lyricism of Chopin and Schumann. In this first volume of Cui's complete piano works, pianist Marco Rapetti presents music composed between 1877 and 1888, from the Trois morceaux, Op. 8, to the Trois mouvements de valse, Op. 41. The recording includes charming sets of mazurkas and serenades, as well as two major cycles: the Suite, Op. 21-dedicated to Franz Liszt-and the Pièces caractéristiques, Op. 40, dedicated to the Count and Countess de Mercy-Argenteau, tireless champions of Cui's music in Western Europe. Rapetti, acclaimed for his rediscovery of neglected Russian piano repertoire, has previously recorded Borodin and Lyadov for Brilliant Classics. His performances, described by Fanfare magazine as showing "perfect unanimity and a verve and élan that bring out all the vividness of the orchestral works," affirm his standing as a pianist uniquely suited to illuminate Cui's lyrical, poetic world.