Russian & Soviet Composers - Part 3

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Has this Etude in C minor by Desiderius Zadora ever surfaced?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1CjFzzUisQ

Here's a link to a bio in Russian:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0 ... 0%B8%D1%87

Thanks.

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Found it. There's a piano competition named after the composer here:
http://www.muzdepartament.uz.ua/article ... iya-zadora

One of his piano pieces is a requirement. They provided pdfs of the Etude (in MS) and the Piano Sonata which can be found below. There are also low res pngs of the published version of the Etude which I compiled into a pdf.
Zadora, D_Sonata for Piano.pdf
Zadora, D_Etude in C minor (MS).PDF
Zadora, D_Etude in C minor.pdf
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Never heard of Zadora before so nice to have a look at these pieces. Thanks for posting these, Jim.
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I hadn't heard of this Croatian composer before - Blagoje Bersa (1873–1934). I need to get out more often.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagoje_Bersa

A recording project here.
https://www.naxos.com/ECard/GrandPiano/GP767/

A number of lo-res JPGs of (piano and other) manuscripts start here.
https://digitalna.nsk.hr/pb/?object=linked&c2o=113119

There are a number of recordings on YouTube. The Nocturne, Op.38 is quite nice...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCVzeglEXC8

...as is Mélancolie, Op.76
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckoxFVGRlhE

Here are PDFs of Mélancolie and the Nocturne. I resampled the JPGs up bit with a minor improvement. Still not great.
Nocturne, Op.38 (MS) larger.pdf
Mélancolie, Op.76 (MS) larger.pdf
There has to be a published edition of some of his music - any info on same please share with us.
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excellent work Jim and glad to.see some.more Croatian and related works and discussion since I pinged that Mokranjac recording last week.
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i had scribd accounts but they deactivated my main main I need to rejoin and re upload more so o can gain download privileges again.
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Here's a nice cache of (so-so quality) scans of piano works by Moldavian composer Alexei Stârcea. There are also a few YouTube links as well.
http://baranovtinca.wixsite.com/partiti ... exei-kaeym

The owner of the site indicates intention to add scores of other Moldavian composers as well.
http://baranovtinca.wixsite.com/partitions-moldova
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I have added an updated version of my Encyclopaedia of Russian & Soviet Piano Music in the Literature section of this website, but have also added them to this thread. The latest update has a very major update of Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian composers, plus many additions in Ukrainian and Russian composers (i have added over 500 additional short biographies and increased details on work lists). As I have stated many times this will remain a lifetime project !

I also plan over the next couple of weeks to post a number of works by Tatar composers, which were discovered on a website by a friend and fellow member of Pianophilia, and to make it easier for everyone I have downloaded all works and changed all titles to English. All these works will either be for piano solo or Two Pianos (lots of transcriptions). The quality of the scans vary considerably from quite poor (but readable) to very good. But as many of these composers are relatively rare, it is good to have so many scores available. In a number of cases there may be several movements to a work and hence by using the Encyclopaedia, you can see the English translation of said movements.

Malcolm
Russian & Soviet Piano Music Vol. 1 A - E.pdf
Russian & Soviet Piano Music Vol. 2 F - K.pdf
Russian & Soviet Piano Music Vol. 3 L - P.pdf
Russian & Soviet Piano Music Vol. 4 R - U.pdf
Russian & Soviet Piano Music Vol. 5 V - Z & Misc.pdf
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The first of the Tatar composers: Rafael Nurievich Belyalov (1940-1999). With all the composers I plan to post there are bios and work-lists in the Encyclopaedia.

Malcolm

Note: His Suite for Two Pianos is in the Two Piano thread.
Belyalov R - Scherzino.pdf
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Malcolm:

Muchas gracias!

This updated collection is a treasure for fans of Russian and Soviet music, we already have an invaluable material to enjoy.

ILU.
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Our next Tatar composer: Renat Akhmetovich Yenikeyev [Enikeev] (1937 - ). Good selection here, although quality varies. The full sonata was posted previously by Alfor. A Two Piano work is also available also under that thread.

Malcolm
Yenikeyev R - Adagio.pdf
Yenikeyev R - Five Pieces from the suite 'Saidashstan' (1996).pdf
Yenikeyev R - Four Miniatures (1965).pdf
Yenikeyev R - Piano Sonata No. 1 (1967) - 2nd movement.pdf
Yenikeyev R - Piano Sonata No. 1 (1967) - 3rd movement.pdf
Yenikeyev R - Scherzino.pdf
Yenikeyev R - Sonatina No. 4.pdf
Yenikeyev R - Variations (1957).pdf
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Dear Malcolm,

Thank you for all these works.

Regards,
Emil
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