Vocal Music from Russia & the Soviet Union

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Re: Vocal Music from Russia & the Soviet Union

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Here are a bunch of songs by Nikolai Peiko, based on the words of Soviet poets. The 'Selected Romances' volume is NMS (originally from http://ale07.ru/ ).

Nikolai Ivanovich PEIKO (PEYKO)
Vocal Cycles (2) on poems by N. Zabolotsky, for voice and piano (1979 pub.) (poet's bio at https://translate.google.com/translate? ... rev=search )
including:
Vocal Poems (8) (1970); 1. Thaw, 2. Cranes, 3. Blind, 4. Poultry yard, 5. In the taiga, 6. Somewhere in a field..., 7. September, 8. Morning
&
Autumn Scenery - Triptych (1976); 1. Under the rain, 2. Autumn morning, 3. The last cannas (?)
Peiko - Vocal Cycles (2) on poems by N. Zabolotsky, for voice and piano (1979 pub.).pdf
Pictures and Reflections, song-cycle on poems by D. Cedrenus, for high voice and piano (1982 pub.) (poet's bio at https://translate.google.com/translate? ... rev=search ); 1. Indian Summer, 2. Alenushka, 3. Frost on the Glass, 4. Evening Life (from an untitled poem), 5. Russian Winter
Peiko - Pictures and Reflections, song-cycle on poems by D. Cedrenus, for high voice and piano (1982 pub.).pdf
Selected Romances (6), for voice and piano (1984 pub.); 1. Winter Evening (words by M. Isakovsky), 2. Mandolin (words by A. Surkov), 3. In the Corner of the Sofa (words by A. Blok), 4. The snow is spinning, shouts the reckless driver (fragment from A. Blok's 'The Twelve'), 5. Alenushka (words by Dm. Cedrenus), 6. Russian Winter (words by Dm. Cedrenus)
Peiko - Selected Romances (6), for voice and piano (1984 pub.).pdf
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Re: Vocal Music from Russia & the Soviet Union

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Some Songs of Aleksandr Krein and Grigory Krein
Krein A - Op 20 No 4.pdf
Krein G - Op 9 No 2.pdf
Krein G - Op 9 No 3.pdf
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Found this somewhere online in .tif format and decided to convert it to .pdf for everybody's convenience. A number of the early opuses have already appeared on IMSLP (though some of the ones on there are incomplete sets), but volume 2 has some lesser-known works (including a handful of socialist realist patriotic songs about pilots, polar explorers, and Lenin)

Nikolai Yakovlevich MYASKOVSKY
Collected Works for voice and piano, in two volumes (pub. 1981)

Contents:

Vol. 1
'Vocal Art of N. Myaskovsky' - Foreword by M. Skrebkova-Filatova
op. 1 - Meditations (7) on poems by E. Baratynsky (1907)
op. 2 - Days of Youth, romances (12) on words of K. Balmont (1903-06)
op. 7 - Madrigal, suite on words of K. Balmont (1908-09, rev. 1925)
op. 8a - Sketches (3) on words of Vyacheslav Ivanov (1908)
op. 20 - Poems (6) by Alexander Blok (1921)
op. 21 - 'On the Slope of the Day', sketches (3) on words of Fyodor Tyutchev (1922)
op. 22 - Faded Garland, music for poems (8) by A. Delvig (1925)

Vol. 2
op. 40 - Romances (12) on words of Mikhail Lermontov (1935-36)
op. 45 - Sketches (3) on words by Stepan Shchipachev and L. Kvitko
op. 52 - From the Lyrics of Stepan Shchipachev, romances (10) (1940)
op. 72 - Lyrical Notebook, romances (6) on words and translations from Robert Burns Worlds Mendelssohn (?)
op. 87 - For Many Years, collection of romances/songs (15) (1950)
w/o op. - Songs (3) on Soviet Pilots, for a two-part chorus
w/o op. - Leninskaya, for one-part chorus
w/o op. - Marching, for one-part chorus
w/o op. - Pours Topoli... (?), for one-part chorus
w/o op. - Songs (2) for Polar Explorers

Vol. 1
http://www.mediafire.com/file/mai7o3gmi ... 981%29.pdf

Vol. 2
http://www.mediafire.com/file/m1djem02z ... 981%29.pdf

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...and here's a collection of romances by Vissarion Shebalin, who studied under Myaskovsky and Gliere, was friends with Shostakovich, and taught numerous important late-Soviet-era composers such as Edison Denisov, Grigory Frid, and Karen Khachaturyan.

We've previously seen a volume of vocal works by Shebalin that were taken from his stage and film works. That can be accessed at:

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=958&p=29639&hilit=shebalin#p29639

This volume is devoted to art song. I'm not sure why the editors chose to jump around chronologically, but I retained the order that is used in the book. Note that there's also an errata page at the end.

Vissarion Yakovlevich SHEBALIN
Romances and Songs, for voice and piano (pub. 1970)

Contents:
w/o op. - 'There is a spell in autumn early...' (words by F. Tyutchev) (1921)
w/o op. - Poetry (words by F. Tyutchev) (1922)
w/o op. - The Wonderful City (words by E. Baratynsky) (1922)
w/o op. - 'Still I love...' (words by A. Fet) (1922)
op. 23 - Selections (5) from the cycle 'Twelve Poems of A. Pushkin' (1935)
op. 48 - Selections (4) from the cycle 'Six Romances on words of M. Lermontov' (1952)
op. 40 - Selections (5) from the cycle 'Seven Songs on words of A. Kovalenkov' (1948)
op. 54 - 'Thank you, my native land...' (words by A. Tvardovsky) (1961)
op. 55 - In the Land of Mordovia, romances (3) on words by A. Prokofiev (1961)
op. 3 - Fragments (5) from Sappho, as translated by V. Ivanov (1922, rev. 1961)
op. 32 - Fragments (4) from Sappho, as translated by V. Ivanov (1937-39)
op. 1 - Romances (2) on words by Richard Dehmel, as translated by V. Shebalin and D. Usov (1922)
op. 10a - Poems (2) by R. M. Rilke, as translated by N. Gorskaya (1929, rev. 1961)
op. 26 - Selections (3) from the cycle 'Five Romances on words by H. Heine (trans. V. Shebalin)' (1937-42)
Shebalin - Songs and Romances, for voice and piano (pub. 1970).pdf
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Re: Vocal Music from Russia & the Soviet Union

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caostotale wrote: op. 72 - Lyrical Notebook, romances (6) on words and translations from Robert Burns Worlds Mendelssohn (?)
Thank you for these volumes. and Mira Mendelssohn (1915-1968) was the wife of the composer Sergei Prokofiev....
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This song-cycle was included on the second of Alexander Tutunov's excellent Abeliovich recordings for Altarus (on the disc which also includes the piano concerto and piano trio). This is one of numerous settings of poems by nineteenth-century Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev from the Soviet era. Previously-seen volumes include Yefim Adler's ( viewtopic.php?f=19&t=958&p=29600&hilit= ... ler#p29600 ) and Yevgeny Golubev's ( viewtopic.php?f=19&t=958&p=30918&hilit=tyutchev#p30918 ).

Lev Moiseyevich ABELIOVICH (Belarus)
Romances (10) on poems by F. Tyutchev, for bass and piano (pub. 1985); 1. After the Storm, 2. Look how the grove turns green, 3. Child, 4. Autumn, 5. No matter how hard the last hour, 6. In the sky, the clouds are melting, 7. On my way, 8. Chorale, 9. Poetry, 10. Happy is he who has visited this world
Abeliovich - Romances (10) on poems by F. Tyutchev, for bass and piano (pub. 1985).pdf
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Here is a book of romances and songs by a composer most well-known on this forum for the modernist (i.e. Scriabin-inspired, later jazz- and Les-Six-inspired) piano pieces he wrote in the 1920s. His later output, which shifted towards writing symphonies (nine between 1929 and 1944) and string quartets (three or four in the 1940s), conformed to the demands of socialist realism. I'm not sure where any of this vocal music falls in his oeuvre.

Leonid Alexeyevich POLOVINKIN
Selected Romances and Songs, for voice and piano (pub. 1977); 1. Over the stream (words by K. Balmont), 2. Sleepless eyes, unclosing... (words by. A. Golenishchev-Kutuzov), 3. It will only get a little duller... (words by A. Fet), 4. Do not forget (words by A. Kovalenkov), 5. I met you (words by M. Levashov), 6. Moonlight flooded the village (words by M. Levashov), 7. Would you, sister... (words by I. Utkin), 8. Everlasting (words by A. Sofronov), 9. In the twentieth year (words by V. Lebedyev-Kumach), 10. Simple words (words by V. Lebedyev-Kumach)
Polovinkin - Selected Romances and Songs, for voice and piano (pub. 1977).pdf
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Gathered from the internet, these two books collect together a number of vocal works by the eclectic and worldly Russian composer Georgy Dmitriyev.

Georgy Petrovich DMITRIYEV (DMITRIEV)

Vocal Works, for voice and piano (pub. 1979)

includes:
- Poems (3) by Langston Hughes (translated by M. Zenkevich); 1. Air blues, 2. In the morning with a hangover, 3. If only...
- From Persian Folk Poetry, pieces (5) (translated by N. Grebnev)
- You ask... (words by E. Mezhelaitis, translated by B. Slutsky)
- Romances (2) on words by R. Gamzatov (translated by N. Grebnev); 1. Songs, 2. Time
- Russian Songs (2) (folk lyrics); 1. Lullaby, 2. Regarding the cat (Comical)
Dmitriyev, G. - Vocal Works, for voice and piano (pub. 1979).pdf
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Vocal Works on the Words of Russian Poets, for voice and piano (pub. 1987)

includes:
- Romances (3) on words by M. Lermontov (1978); 1. And boring, and sad, 2. Wanderer's prayer, 3. Sky and stars
- Moralizing Stories (3) on words by A. Pushkin and N. Yazykov (1978); 1. Vindictiveness, 2. Proverbs of justice, 3. Common destiny
- Poems (3) by F. Tyutchev (1967); 1. When in the circle of murderous worries, 2. All that I managed to save, 3. If death is the night
- 'Alexander Blok', poems (3) by A. Akhmatova (1966, 1980); 1. It's time to forget this camel, 2. And, fumbling in the black memory..., 3. He's right - again a lantern, a pharmacy
- Poems (3) by N. Rubtsov (1978); 1. September, 2. Road, 3. Fall of night
Dmitriyev, G. - Vocal Works on the Words of Russian Poets, for voice and piano (pub. 1987).pdf
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...and one more excellent internet find...

Otar Vasilyevich TAKTAKISHVILI (Georgia)
Vocal Compositions, for voice and piano (pub. 1984)

- Romances (8) on the words of Vazha-Pshavela (translated by I. Arakishvili or L. Ozerov); 1. Spring Aragvi, 2. The Groom's Song, 3. Poplar, 4. In Spring, 5. Song of the Pshavian Warriors, 6. Elegy, 7. Mountain Streams, 8. To the Brim of the Horn is Poured
- Romances (4) on the words of S. Chikovani (translated by E. Alexandrov); 1. Spring, 2. The Death of Leshkasheli, 3. Abandoned House, 4. Seraphite
- Vocal Poems (3) on the words of Galaktion Tabidze (translated by E. Alexandrov); 1. City, 2. Evening, 3. Moon Mtatsmindy
- Maki Krtsanisi (words by L. Asatiani, translated by I. Arakishvili)
- Captain Bukhaidze (words by I. Abashidze, translated by E. Alexandrov)
- Song of Autolycus (from the music for Shakespeare's 'A Winter's Tale', translated by V. Levik)
- Romances (7) on words of A. Pushkin; 1. Fountain of the Bakhchisaray Palace, 2. Winter Road, 3. Country Village, 4. Foreigner, 5. Spell, 6. (The River) Don, 7. In the Hills of Georgia
Taktakishvili - Vocal Compositions, for voice and piano (pub. 1984).pdf
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I originally didn't plan on posting this volume, having assumed that the elder Tcherepnin's works would be well-represented on IMSLP. Alas, most of these romances are not amongst the ones available on that site. If anybody here wants to pass them (or any other appropriate things from my above posts) on to that site, I encourage it.

The IMSLP works list is very thorough, but does not include all of the dates. My assumption is that these are all works that Tcherepnin penned between 1898 and 1921, before he moved from Georgia to live in western Europe for the rest of his life.

Nikolai Nikolayevich TCHEREPNIN (CHEREPNIN)
Selected Romances, for voice and piano (pub. 1973)

contents:

- op. 7/1 - Autumn (I. Lyalechkin) (1900)
- op. 7/2 - Deep in the Waters (A. Golenishchev-Kutuzov) (1900)
- op. 7/6 - Lullaby (M. Lermontov) (1900)
- op. 8/3 - Quiet Night (F. Tyutchev) (c. 1900)
- op. 8/4 - Spring Calm (F. Tyutchev) (c. 1900)
- op. 16/4 - Dusk (F. Tyutchev) (1903)
- op. 21/1 - To Music (P. B. Shelley, trans. by K. Balmont) (1904)
- op. 21/4 - I Would Kiss You (A. Maikov) (1904)
- op. 22/2 - They Loved Each Other (M. Lermontov) (c. 1905)
- op. 22/4 - Here, in the Valley of Sorrow... (A. Maikov) (c. 1905)
- op. 25/4 - Hyacinth of One's Curls (A. Fet) (1906)
- op. 25/2 - Oh, If Only the Lake (A. Fet) (1906)
- op. 26/1 - Horse of the Sea (F. Tyutchev) (1906)
- op. 26/2 - Meniscus (A. Maikov) (1906)
- op. 27/2 - Blowing my Heart (A. Fet) (1906)
- w/o op. - Wanderer of Heaven (P. B. Shelley, trans. by K. Balmont)
- Selections (4) from op. 33 - 'Fairy Tales, Melodies (18) (K. Balmont)'
- series 1, no. 3 - Zainka
- series 1, no. 4 - Silly Tale
- series 2, no. 4 - Snowflakes
- series 2, no. 8 - Wagtail
- Selections (4) from op. 52 - 'Lyrics (пятистиший) (7) by Ancient and Modern Japanese Poets (trans. by K. Balmont)'
Tcherepnin, N. - Selected Romances, for voice and piano (pub. 1973).pdf
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