Alexander Gretchaninov - Balalaika Sonata, Op. 188, No. 1 (1948)

Alexander Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ти́хонович Гречани́нов, 25 October [O.S. 13 October] 1864, Moscow – 3 January 1956, New York City) was a Russian Romantic composer. Please support my channel: Balalaika Sonata Op. 188, No. 1 (1948) 1. Allegro moderato (0:00) 2. Adagio (4:08) 3. Allegro (8:43) Andrey Pypin, balalaika and Nikolai Saratovsky, piano Gretchaninov wrote five symphonies, the first premiered by Rimsky-Korsakov; four string quartets, the first two of which won important prizes, two piano trios, sonatas for violin, cello, clarinet, piano and balalaika, several operas, song cycle Les Fleurs du Mal, op. 48 (setting lyrics by Baudelaire) and much other music. Like Vladimir Rebikov’s, his position in the history of Russian music was mainly transitional, his earlier music belonging firmly in that earlier Romantic tradition while his later work is influenced by some of the streams that