Pianophilia

Fantastic recordings - thanks Alfor. I like her relaxed tempi. She was born in 1915 according to this brief bio from the finding aid to her papers at Stanford:

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3199q4ct/

Jim Faston wrote:Fantastic recordings - thanks Alfor. I like her relaxed tempi. She was born in 1915 according to this brief bio from the finding aid to her papers at Stanford:

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3199q4ct/

1915 is definitely wrong!
Bio from http://www.discogs.com:

"Xenia Prochorowa was born in Moscow 25. January 1905 and studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1933 she was the winner of the International Franz Liszt Competition in Budapest. She married a Finn, Leo Grönroos (who died in Mexico), and toured, offering concerts and master classes throughout the Americas and Europe between 1933 and 1963. In 1964 she was appointed piano lecturer at the College of Music, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Xenia passed away 6. July 1991 in San Francisco, USA."

fredbucket wrote:I have changed the upload settings to allow FLAC files to be uploaded. Please let me know if there are any problems.

Regards
Fred

Thank you! Works fine now!

Xenia Prochorowa seems to have missed out on what would have been a fantastic recording career as these recordings can attest to. I hear many nuances here that are ever faithful to the score yet missing in so many other performances. Magnificent!

Thumbs up for FLAC format. In my own collections, ALL my collections have been converted to FLAC.

fleubis wrote:Xenia Prochorowa seems to have missed out on what would have been a fantastic recording career as these recordings can attest to. I hear many nuances here that are ever faithful to the score yet missing in so many other performances. Magnificent!

Thumbs up for FLAC format. In my own collections, ALL my collections have been converted to FLAC.

Some more PROCHOROWA files:
http://www.rene-gagnaux.ch/prochorowa_xenia/index.html

Managed to scarf up Tschaikowsky's Dumka, but alas, the Prokofiev 3rd Sonata still under copyright. Lovely performance of Dumka.

Vladimir Alexandrovich USPENSKY
Variations, on a theme by D. Shostakovich, for piano (pub. 1960)(nms)

caostotale wrote:Vladislav (Vladimir?) Alexandrovich USPENSKY
Variations, on a theme by D. Shostakovich, for piano (pub. 1960)

Uspensky - Variations on a theme by Shostakovich, for piano (1960 pub.).pdf

(nms)

caostotale, many thanks for the Uspensky variations, I didn't have these, so much appreciated.

And yes, you're right they are by Vladislav Aleksandrovich Uspensky (born 1937).

Malcolm

Seconded!

This volume gathers together a number of Georgy Dmitriyev's pedagogical pieces. The front page indicates that the pieces were written with junior and mid-level student pianists in mind. Apologies for the crooked/wavy pages and the large dimensions. I didn't scan this one and the original version I found had two pages per PDF image with a total width of 46 in. (!).

EDIT: I just realized that I previously posted this one in it's original, more-cumbersome form. I will get rid of that post and recommend that people replace that file with this more user-friendly version.

Georgy Petrovich DMITRIYEV (DMITRIEV)
Pieces, Sonatinas and Variations, Ensembles (Young Pianist's Library, pub. 1992)

includes:

- Pieces (20) with ostinato movement; 1. Mechanical Doll, 2. Pastoral Imitation, 3. Spring Thaws, 4. Jumping on a Trampoline, 5. Musical Box, 6. Land of Magic, 7. Scherzino, 8. Riding a Donkey, 9. Sound of the Doira (Central Asian tambourine), 10. Cheerful Attraction, 11. Swarm of Mosquitos (Etude), 12. Bedouins - Arabic Nomads, 13. The Russian Side, 14. Little Passacaglia, 15. Basso Ostinato, 16. Bear and the Stolen Sunshine, 17. Frowning Man, 18. Reminiscence of the Ballet, 19. Deep Thoughtfulness (Passacaglia), 20. Russian Dance
- Sonatina no. 1 (1966)
- Sonatina no. 2 (1975)
- Sonatina no. 3, 'New Year's Eve' (1982)
- Variations in a Very Old-Fashioned Style (1982)
- Rondo-Suite (1973)
- Prelude and Fugue (1970)
- Pieces (6) for four hands; 1. Russian Patterns, 2. Teaser, 3. Fugetta, 4. Russian Song, 5. Let's Fly into the Cosmos!, 6. Fascinating Journey
(nms)