Nocturnes

by Mily Balakirev

Composed 1898–1902
Published 1902
Works 3

Three numbered nocturnes composed in Balakirev's late period. No. 1 in B♭ minor (1898) is the most sustained, showing deep Chopinesque influence filtered through a Russian harmonic language. No. 2 in B minor (1901) is widely considered his finest short piano work — visionary and harmonically advanced. No. 3 in D minor (1902) is the most intimate of the three.

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