Pianophilia

Thanks, Caostotale, for posting these and thanks, Jim, for squashing.

This nice collection of accessible pieces and transcriptions by Shostakovich has been circulating for a while. I gave the file a quick once-over, straightening pages, cropping and generally cleaning things up. The transcription of the Lullaby from the Third Ballet Suite is quite nice. Have a listen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lLBqerxWDY

Thank you Jim - very tidy!
Some of the later pieces in this album have big leaps for the left
hand to cope with - not easy for children, or indeed adults.
To me, the title seems slightly ambiguous - is it the children or
the pieces that have been selected?

While we're looking at children's works, here's another interesting volume, courtesy of Relative (I'm just the translator and link finder). While these pieces are certainly very far from master works, I always enjoy these volumes inasmuch as they introduce me to all sorts of composers from the tons of different regions in the former Soviet territory. For the most part, I'd not heard of these composers, though we've previously seen both piano and string quartet pieces by Yury Irdyneev:

Children's Pieces by Buryat Composers (Young Pianist's Library) (1986)

Sergey Stepanovich MANZHIGEYEV (MANZHIGEEV) - Pieces (2); 1. Lullaby, 2. Yokhor (Buryat Folk Dance) (bio at http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... JcOhE6TthQ )
Yury IRDYNEYEV (IRDYNEEV) - Children's Pieces (6); 1. Round Dance, 2. Chorale, 3. Mongolian Tune, 4. Duet, 5. Aria, 6. Dance (info at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... gQ7gEwAjgK )
Anatoly ANDREEV (ANDREYEV) - Pieces (4); 1. Song, 2. At Night in the Forest, 3. Chickens, 4. Buryat Folk Song
Viktor Alekseyevich USOVICH - Pieces (2); 1. Tender Calf, 2. Morning Meditation (bio at http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... w1DofeIiUA )
Dandar Dampilovich AYUSHEYEV (AYUSHEEV) - Pieces (2); 1. Shepherds Playing on the Limb, 2. Dance (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... CDEQ7gEwAA )
Gur-Dharma DASHIPYLOV - Puppet Dance (bio at http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... BC_XSDw1cw )
Darima Dashievna SHAGDARON - Pieces (2); 1. Humoresque, 2. Bells
Bazyr Ochirovich TSYRENDASHIEV - Piece (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... CDEQ7gEwAA )
Zhigzhat Abiduyevich BATUYEV (BATUEV) - Kalmyk Dance (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... CDsQ7gEwAQ )
Bair SHAGDARON - Horseman
Bau Bazarovich YAMPILOV - Pieces (2); 1. Landscape, 2. Puppet Dance (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... CDEQ7gEwAA )

Also courtesy of Relative, here's a children's album from one of Tajikistan's more famous opera/song composers. Bio at:

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... QIYb7x26Fg

A search for "Rudaki" on Youtube will turn up a complete video of that opera that was recorded off of a television at some point. Aside from that and this, I've not been able to find any scores or recordings by this composer, save for a few operatic excerpts in the 'Aini va Musiqi' volume that I linked in the Central Asian vocal music thread:

Sharofiddin Sanginovich SAIFIDDINOV (Tajikistan)
Children's Album, Pieces (10), for piano (1968) (Young Pianist's Library); 1. Kids' Song, 2. Crying Kid, 3. Game, 4. Little Waltz, 5. Hike (March?)!, 6. Sad Song, 7. March, 8. Dance, 9. Eastern Improvisation, 10. Mysterious Procession

Jim Faston wrote:This nice collection of accessible pieces and transcriptions by Shostakovich has been circulating for a while. I gave the file a quick once-over, straightening pages, cropping and generally cleaning things up.

Shostakovich_Selected Children's Pieces for Piano.pdf

The transcription of the Lullaby from the Third Ballet Suite is quite nice. Have a listen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lLBqerxWDY

Do you or anyone have a translation of the titles by any chance?

pianophiliac wrote: Do you or anyone have a translation of the titles by any chance?

Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH - Favorite Children's Pieces, for piano

p. 03 Children's Book, Pieces (6) 1. March, 2. Waltz, 3. Bear, 4. Funny Story (Fairy-tale), 5. Sad Tale, 6. Mechanical Doll
p. 12 Street Organ (Dancing Dolls, no. 6)
p. 13 Song of the Counter (from the film 'The Counter')
p. 14 Sad song (from the operetta 'Moscow - Cheryomushki')
p. 16 Nocturne (from the ballet 'Svetvyi Ruchyey')
p. 17 Dance (Dancing Dolls, no. 7)
p. 19 Waltz of the Flowers (from the operetta 'Moscow - Cheryomushki')
p. 21 Gavotte (Dancing Dolls, no. 2)
p. 23 Polka-Street-Organ (from the first ballet suite)
p. 25 Nocturne (from the film 'Ovod (Gadfly)')
p. 27 Spring Waltz (from the film 'Michurin')
p. 29 Waltz-Joke (Dancing Dolls, no. 5)
p. 33 Romance (Dancing Dolls, no. 3)
p. 36 Lyrical Waltz (Dancing Dolls, no. 1)
p. 39 Waltz-Street-Organ (from the film 'Ovod (Gadfly)')
p. 41 Dance (from the first ballet suite)
p. 43 Lullaby (from the third ballet suite)
p. 45 Country Dance (from the film 'Ovod (Gadfly)')
p. 47 Dance-Ropeskipping (from the ballet 'Svetvyi Ruchyey')

Dear caostotale,

Thanks a lot for the kindly translations. It's very useful to know what you are playing

Georgio

Georgio wrote:Dear caostotale,

Thanks a lot for the kindly translations. It's very useful to know what you are playing

Georgio

My thanks for the translations as well. It is indeed useful to know what one is playing--I find it interesting that the Lullaby from this collection appears in a G. Schirmer collection currently circulating with the title "Elegy." That certainly would impart a different feel to the piece for me.

Does anybody know if the Kompozitor publishing house has any distribution in Western countries? Has anyone ever tried ordering anything from them? I ask because I've had very mixed luck ordering items from Russia, Ukraine, etc... I'm interested in picking up Tolib Shakhidi's piano music, which I think is sold in one 130+ page volume by that publisher.