Re: Russian & Soviet Composers - Part 3
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:51 am
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mballan wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:41 pm As Part 2 primarily marked the 2nd half of my postings on various miscellaneous Russian and Soviet Composers this new Part 3 will continue the theme but in a much more random way. It will include works from my collection but also looking at some of the larger names in Russian music to see if we can create a "complete" posting of all their piano works. I hope to present a few surprises along the way.
And so to start with something I had planned to post earlier but waiting for permission from the relevant authorities.
Iraida Yusupova. Born 1962, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Turkmenistani composer of half Russian, half Tatar ethnicity who currently resides in Moscow. She graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire with a degree in composition in 1987. She has written and composed 3 operas, 2 symphonies, 6 cantatas, 3 instrumental concerts, and a great deal of chamber music, electro-acoustic music, and music for cinema and theater spanning a period from the late eighties to the present day. Her various styles include minimalism, serialism amongst various other 20th century compositional techniques. Her music has been performed extensively across Europe and in 2001, she was named amongst the top 10 most notable modern Russian composers.
I have posted two examples of her work [these are no longer available in print]:
Sonata without a first movement
Yusupova I - Sonata without a first movement.pdf
Canon-Elegy
Yusupova I - Canon-Elegy.pdf
Malcolm
Which one......aware he wrote four: No. 1 (1953), No. 2 (1954 is deemed lost although the Rondo was published), No. 3 (1960-61) and No. 4 (1960-61)?
The Karamanov Rondo looks interesting but not easy on the eyes to read...mballan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 12:10 pmWhich one......aware he wrote four: No. 1 (1953), No. 2 (1954 is deemed lost although the Rondo was published), No. 3 (1960-61) and No. 4 (1960-61)?
Many of Karamanov's works remain in manuscript - I have never come across printed versions of the sonatas beyond the Rondo, and I believe they maybe held by his daughter, who lives somewhere in the Crimea area.
I have attached the Rondo from Sonata No. 2.
Malcolm
Karamanov A - Rondo (from Piano Sonata No. 2 1954-55).pdf
I just started transcribing it a few minutes ago. Yes, it is awful on the eyes. I will post back details if they survive.