The Symphony in B minor of 1905 is Kashperova’s grandest composition, revisited by her in 1909 in order to transform the orchestral original into a large-scale concert work for solo piano. She may well have been prompted in this direction by Balakirev with whom she worked in close collaboration during the last two years of his life: in 1908 she gave the premiere of Balakirev’s Second Piano Sonata, and in 1909 she gave the first performance of his Second Symphony in the composer’s four-hand...

• Biographical note - The music - Origins and performance - Acknowledgements - Editorial notes
• Zur Person - Die Musik - Entstehung und Aufführung - Danksagungen - Editorische Anmerkungen
• Biographie - L’œuvre musicale - Origine et exécution publique - Remerciements - Appareil éditorial
• Piano Symphony
• I Andantino – Allegro risoluto - II Allegretto scherzando - III Andante - IV Andante sostenuto – Molto allegro
• Appendix: material cut from movement III