Pianophilia

Certainly not bored
I just wish having the time to get through all of them because there are always some gems to discover

Good.....six more volumes from the Concert Pieces series still to be posted.


Vadim Borisovich Yushin. Born 1957, Ulan-Ude.

Studied at the city’s music school, where he graduated as a pianist. During this period he won a competition for young composers of Siberia and Far East. He then studied composition at the Ural Conservatoire, in Sverdlovsk. Whilst a student at the conservatoire he composed works for theatre – 'Twelve Months' and ‘Roman and Yulka’ , which were duly performed.

He served in the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Trans-Baikal Military District. In Buryatia, he taught at a local music school, and was director of the Philharmonic Society. He later moved to Moscow in 1997, where there were greater opportunity. Employed as an accompanist and arranger of the ‘Russian Song’ ensemble. Member of the Russian Union of Composers.

‘Kaleidoscope’ Three Pieces (1975)

Jazz Suite on Buryat Themes for Piano
1. Let’s hit the road
2. Naughty Foal
3. National Holiday

Polyphonic Piece

Concert Pieces by Soviet Composers – Vol. 9 (Muzyka 1990 Leningrad)
1. Myaskovsky N - Two Pieces from Op 73 ‘Stylization’ Nine Pieces in the form of Ancient Dances
a. Procession [No. 1]
b. Siciliana [No. 7]
2. Juzelunas Y – Piano Sonata No. 2.
3. Tamverk J - Three Arabesques
4. Tishchenko B – Op 6 Piano Suite No. 2
5. Gurkov V – ‘From Folk Life’ Three Poems
a. ‘Tchastooshks’ Russian Poem
b. Sutartine ‘The Bee’ Lithuanian Poem
c. ‘Jigger’ Kazakh Poem

Concert Pieces by Soviet Composers – Vol. 10 (Soviet Composer 1983 Moscow)
1. Uspensky V - Prelude, Fugato and Variations
2. Baryshev A - Toccata
3. Kuznetsova Zh – Op 25 Lento & Allegro
4. Kvernadze B - Toccata
5. Polunin Y - Fantasy
6. Machavariani A – Suite ‘Paris Sketches’
a. Walk on the Seine
b. Chateau in Leville
c. Benard Street
d. Song in Montmartre
e. From Montmartre to Pigalle
7. Melik-Pashaev A - Prelude
8. Galynin G - Suite
a. Toccata
b. Intermezzo
c. Dance
d. Aria
e. Final

Concert Pieces by Soviet Composers – Vol. 11 (Soviet Composer 1984 Moscow)
1. Mansuryan – T – Three Pieces in Low Keys
2. Artemov V - Preludes to Sonnets
3. Gabichvadze R – ‘Contrasts’ Three Pieces
a. Chromatic Prelude
b. Diatonic Prelude
c. Second Chromatic Prelude
4. Golovin A - Legend
5. Petrov B – Three Pieces from ‘Lyric Caprices
a. Allegory of Time
b. White Mirage
c. Minute Caprice
6. Petrov B - Prelude
7. Bakradze T – Three Pieces from ‘Svanskie Sketches’
8. Blok V - Humoresque for the Left Hand
9. Kuliev T – Lezginka ‘Gaytaghi’

Concert Pieces by Soviet Composers – Vol. 13 (Soviet Composer 1985 Moscow)
1. Kulieyev J – Seven Pieces with Interludes in Mugham Modes
a. Prelude
b. Rast
c. Interlude
d. Bayaty-Shiraz
d. Interlude
e. Segyakh
f. Shuster
g. Interlude
h. Chargyakh
i. Interlude
j. Khumayun
k. Interlude
l. Shur
2. Korndorf N – Yarilo
3. Bunin R – Fantasia
4. Lokshin A – Prelude and Theme with Variations
5. Lebednev A – Symphonic Variations
i. Passacaglia
ii. Scherzo
iii. Valse
iv. Finale
6. Tobis B – Epitaph for Januš Korčak

The penultimate volume in this series.

Concert Pieces by Soviet Composers – Vol. 15 (Soviet Composers 1988 Moscow)
1. Konshina E - Three Preludes
a. Morning silence
b. Silence and Stillness
c. Evening song
2. Ryabov V – Op 26 Twelve Transcendental Variations on a theme by Liszt (A Fantasy of Etudes)
3. Agaronyan A – Seven Miniatures
4. Belyaev V - Variations on a theme by Handel
5. Blok V - Elegy
6. Novikov V – ‘Symbols’ Six Pieces
a. Call
b. Ray
c. Time
d. Image
e. Mask
f. Steps
7. Krivitsky D - Romantic Rhapsody

Malcolm:

Thank you very much for your generosity, this collection has compositions of very different styles and I will enjoy it this weekend.

Thanks Ilu.

The last volume in this series (to my knowledge).

Concert Pieces by Soviet Composers – Vol. 16 (Soviet Composer 1990 Moscow)
1. Denisov E – Variations on a theme by Handel’s Passacaglia in G minor
2. Podgayts E – Polyphonic Studies
3. Alexandrov Y - Four Pieces:
a. Pastoral
b. Fight
c. Elegy
d. Thunder
4. Begaliyev M - Kairik
5. Burstin M – Two Kyrgyz Drawings:
a. Yours - from the series ‘Three tunes by Karamoldo (Toktomambet) Orozov’
2. Steam - from the series ‘Three Tricks by Ybray Tumanov’
6. Ali-zade A - Dastan

Two composers, two different albums aimed at the younger player.


Yuri Abramovich Levitin (1912 - 1993)
Children’s Album (Soviet Composer 1975) [some of these were composed from 1946 and formed separate published albums before being expanded to create this one Children’s Album]
1. March
2. Cowgirl
3. Waltz No. 1
4. Complaint
5. Grasshoppers
6. A Shepherd Plays
7. Dance of the Toys
8. Tale
9. Clear Morning
10. Horrible Story
11. One after the other (Canon)
12. Waltz No. 2
13. Simple Song
14. The Pipe
15. In the circus
16. Sad Song
17. Lullaby
18. The Brook
19. Waltz No. 4
20. Farewell
21. The Knights
22. A Sad Tale
23. On the little black
24. The Last Waltz



David L'vov-Kompaneyets (1918 - 1974)
Music for Children – Forty Pieces (Soviet Composer 1973)
1. Cheerful Song
2. Chickens
3. Meditation
4. At the Forest Edge
5. In the Summer in the Field
6. Good Mood
7. Sonatina
8. Well, Snow !
9. Catch Up With !
10. The Willow
11. Get Ready, Kids !
12. Masha with a Jump Rope
13. Two Voices
14. Wider Circle !
15. On the Christmas Tree
16. Mother’s Waltz
17. Clockwork Toy
18. Little Dzhigit
19. At the Lake
20 Little Mazurka
21. Serbian Song
22. Azerbaijan Dance
23. Sad Song
24. Neapolitan Song
25. Scherzino
26. Mother’s Assistant
27. Beyond the Butterfly
28. Chase
29. Fugue
30. Theme with variations
31. In Memory of Edward Grieg
32. Tradition
33. Sincere Friend
34. Jokes
35. Chant
36. Gathering
37. A Tale
38. Cheerful Accordion
39. Balalaika Strings
40. Matryoshka