Russian & Soviet Composers - Part 3

[mballan]

Hi Malcolm,

thank you for these rarities by Grimsky-Korsaknov's grandson!
There should be also 24 Preludes (1922-55) and 2 sonatas (1924, 1932). Do you know if they still exist??

best regards

alfor

Hi Alfred

I have never come across any direct reference to their continued existence. There is nothing in the Moscow State Library nor the related the St Petersburg libraries and national archive. They may exist in manuscript somewhere but I have yet been able to trace these works. The only other scores I know to exist are:

Romances [words by Pushkin,Lermontov, Delvig and Sannikov] for the voice and the piano
Trio - Scherzo "Ballad"
"Abchazskaya melody" for violin and piano
Korian fishman's song for viola and piano
Pastoral for the harp
Symphony in F major for orchestra
+ a few vocal works held in Moscow.

Beyond the two sonata, 24 preludes and 8 etudes for piano, I was not even aware of the three pieces I posted until fairly recently [as was the manuscript of his only surviving quarter-tone work].......so who knows what may exist, so these works may turn up eventually. GRK is a sad example of brillance and innovation very much crushed by the Soviet authorities for his muscial experimentation.

Malcolm

[isokani]

My friend Lidia Ader has conducted a lot of research about GNRK, and she thinks these pieces are lost. Her article on him was published in Tempo (UK) earlier this year -- and is definitely worth a read.

[lutoslawski]

Tony, I don´t know about recordings of Shebalin. Here are some Marutayev (1926-....) pieces:

marutayev - opus 50 sonate.pdf

marutayev - prelude and fuga.pdf

marutayev - pictures.pdf

marutayev - fantasy.pdf

marutayev - etudes.pdf

This marutayev's are great!

Tony

[4candles]

Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (1902-1963)

Thanks for this shebalin works. His style's are characteristics of those like shostakovich and tsintsadze.
Do you know where is there a recording of this works? If you know, can you provide information on performer?

Tony

The Toccata Classics label will hopefully be releasing a recording of choral music by Shebalin in the coming months, but I don't know of other (e.g. piano music) recordings...

[moniehof]

Tschemberdshi (1903-1948):

Two Pieces

Tschemberdshi, Two Pieces.pdf

[moniehof]

Yakhin (1921-1993):

Humoresque

Yakhin, Humoresque.pdf

[moniehof]

Deshevov (1889-1955)

Meditiations

Deshevov opus 3 No.2 Meditations.pdf

[mballan]

There was much interest in this Azerbaijan composer when I originally posted his Romantic Sonatina last year, and Alfred kindly shared with us a copy of the Six Preludes. Murad Kazhlayev (1931- ).

A number of his smaller pieces were first published in 1969 as Ten Miniatures....and some of these were later incorporated into his delighful Album for Children [28 pieces].

Kazhlayev M - Album for Children.pdf

Translation of titles as follows:

1. Etude 2. Caravan 3. Sunshine 4. Azerbaijan Dance 5. The Organ-grinder [Old Style Waltz]
6. Strumming 7. March 8. Piece 9. Ashug [folk song] 10. Dance
11. Berceuse 12. The Coming Pioneers 13. Joking 14. Waltz 15. The Shepherd
16. The Hammers 17. Narrative 18. Tightrope-Walker 19. Dudochka 20. Morning
21. Laksky Folksong 22. Joyful Labours 23. Procession 24. Darghestan Folksong 25. Etude
26. Caspian 27. Girl's Dance 28. Lesginka

Malcolm

[mballan]

In most circumstances we try to discourage any postings of works by Khachaturyan as they are still very much in copyright and in modern printings.......but there is one work that has for some strange reason remains very elusive, and I have yet to see either published or available outside of Russia.....his last piano work, composed in the year of his death (1978)......the Op 108 Vocalise.

Duly posted here exclusively for PP members.

Malcolm

Khachaturyan - Op 108 Vocalise

Khachaturyan A - Op 108 Vocalise (1978).pdf

[Dani_area_51]

In most circumstances we try to discourage any postings of works by Khachaturyan as they are still very much in copyright and in modern printings.......but there is one work that has for some strange reason remains very elusive, and I have yet to see either published or available outside of Russia.....his last piano work, composed in the year of his death (1978)......the Op 108 Vocalise.

Duly posted here exclusively for PP members.

Malcolm

Khachaturyan - Op 108 Vocalise

Khachaturyan A - Op 108 Vocalise (1978).pdf

Thank you so much.