Scherzo and Petite Suite – Piano

Description

Alexander Borodin’s Scherzo in A-flat major and his Petite Suite (a suite of seven piano pieces), were written in 1885 and were later orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov. The Petite Suite consists of 7 movements, with s supplied by the composer:

1. Au couvent, Andante religioso, C-sharp minor (“The Church’s vows foster thoughts only of God”)
2. Intermezzo, Tempo di minuetto, F major (“Dreaming of Society Life”)
3. Mazurka I, Allegro, C major (“Thinking only of dancing”)
4. Mazurka II, Allegretto, D-flat major (“Thinking both of the dance and the dancer”)
5. Reverie, Andante, D-flat major (“Thinking only of the dance”)
6. Serenade, Allegretto, D-flat major (“Dreaming of love”)
7. Nocturne, Andantino, G-flat major (“Lulled by the happiness of being in love”).