🇷🇺Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov ： Sarabande in g-moll

Lyadov’s Sarabande in G minor is a piano piece marked by the measured pulse of an old-style dance and a concise yet richly shaded musical language. The melody should be allowed to sing without haste, while careful attention to the inner voices and accompaniment brings out a quiet tension and the changing harmonic colors. Within its cohesive design, repetitions and variations of the phrases shape the expressive character. Rather than treating ornaments and small note values mechanically, the performer should preserve the dance’s sense of weight while carefully balancing the voices and shaping the resonance.