Pianophilia

juno_nb wrote:trying to track down Balakirev: 30 russian folksongs for piano 4 hands or two pianos?

It must exist somewhere as Joseph Banowetz recently recorded it

It appears that Könemann published a five volume set of his complete piano works in 1997. A quick Google search shows multiple resellers with a volume here and there, and Amazon has them varying from $3 U.S. to $35 U.S., depending on condition/new/used.

Allan wrote:

juno_nb wrote:trying to track down Balakirev: 30 russian folksongs for piano 4 hands or two pianos?

It must exist somewhere as Joseph Banowetz recently recorded it

It appears that Könemann published a five volume set of his complete piano works in 1997. A quick Google search shows multiple resellers with a volume here and there, and Amazon has them varying from $3 U.S. to $35 U.S., depending on condition/new/used.

Please note - the Konemann did not include the 30 Russian Folksongs for Piano 4 hands / 2 pianos......they just covered all the solo piano works.

No. I do not have a copy any more myself.......but I am sure I have seen these in a modern printing [possible Schirmers or similar company].

Malcolm

PS: just checked and Elibron have a reprint, and also found a website site where you can also download for about $12.

mballan wrote: PS: just checked...and also found a website site where you can also download for about $12.

This is a version for voice with piano!

Berlin SB should have the 4H (see attached card)

Much appreciated that you found on Elibron! Have ordered the score for a happy price, cheers

Here are the 14 Revolutionary and Mass Songs by Goldenweiser, picked up in Moscow by some rather roundabout methods.

Thank you for this rarity. Do you know if this was a commissional work? Interesting that G.'s arrangements are more of an intimate and refined nature rather than pompous.

I don't know much about the circumstances of these arrangements. I do know that Goldenweiser had written almost nothing for over 20 years when he wrote them. He also had written transcriptions of some of the same revolutionary songs a couple of years before -- in a more virtuosic manner, with more orchestral piano writing, and more dense polyphony -- and published them in the last book of the mammoth collection "86 Pieces".

Hi Folks,

In case anyone missed this I want to mention that yesterday IMSLP posted a great and rare set of 2 Etudes by Alexander Kopylov, Op. 60:

http://imslp.org/wiki/2_Etudes,_Op.60_( ... Alexander)

I know I was happy to get them!

All best,

Frank

Nikolai Artchibouchev [Artsybushev] (1858-1937) - I posted his Op 3 Deux Mazurkas many moons ago but here is a much cleaner and smarter copy of the work, coupled with the somewhat rarer solo Prelude published by Jurgenson.

Malcolm

Op 3 Deux Mazurkas Prelude in E major