Alfor's Rarities from the new PP

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Soviet anthology of contemporary foreign composers:
Vladigerov
Stojanov
Kodaly
Finke
Bartok
Auric
Poulenc
Casadesus
Larson
Copland
Scott
Lesur
Krenek
Schönberg
Hindemith

Contemp. foreign composers.pdf

Hans BAUERNFEIND (Austrian composer)
Kleine Suite (fine music, resembles Uray)
file removed because it is still in print (Doblinger)

audio:
Joyce Hatto (sic!) plays Bax Sonata No. 1 (thread "Alfor's Rarities . Recordings")

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Albert MOESCHINGER (Swiss composer)
3 Klavierstücke op. 29

Moeschinger 3 Klavierstücke op.29.pdf

Marcel MIHALOVICI
Cinq bagatelles op. 37

Mihalovici 5 Bagatelles op.37.pdf

A. A. MURAVLEV
Russian Scherzo (op. 6)

Muravlev Russian Scherzo.pdf

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Lewkovitch:
his 1st, 3rd and 4th sonata together with the 2nd Dance Suite op. 17 are indeed still in print!!

Rued LANGGAARD
Insektarium
Afgrundsmusic
The style of this Danish composer (1893-1952) ranges from Gade-influenced Genre pieces to a highly experimental contemporary language. So some of his works seem to be a bit incoherent. Many have been recorded in recent years, but he still is a forgotten composer, who was completely new to me.
Complete scores are available from Edition SAMFUNDET: http://www.samfundet.dk
http://www.samfundet.dk/artikel_text.ph ... art_sid=17

Arthur SCHNABEL
3 Klavierstücke op. 15
You may like (and buy!!) these late-romantic pieces, influenced by Brahms, Reger, J. & R. Strauss.
In later years S. composed in a modern style; so once Toscanini asked him: "Was it really you, who composed this dreadful piano sonata?"
Schnabel scores can be ordered directly from:
http://www.peermusic-classical.de/?such ... 53&lang=DE#
or through several retailers worldwide.

http://www.mediafire.com/alfor


Vitezslav NOVAK
Exotikon op. 45 mala suita (complete!!)

Novak Exotikon op.45.pdf

IMHO better than his major work "Sonata eroica", which was performed by as famous a pianist as Conrad Ansorge, though.

audio:
Frank Merrick plays Bax Sonata No. 2

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NORWAY:
Two works of norwegian composers. Posted as examples of the composer's styles.

David MONRAD JOHANSEN (1888-1974)
Fra Gudbrandsdalen Suite No. 2

Monrad Johansen Fra Gudbrandsdalen Suite #2.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Monrad_Johansen

Anne-Marie ØRBECK (1911-1996)
Sonatine Nr. 2

Oerbeck Sonatine Nr.2.pdf

http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002100715132269544060

You can order these scores and other scores from Skandinavian composers (Cleve: Sonata!!; Harald Saeverud; Erland von Koch, etc.) here:
http://www.musikk-huset.no/shopdisplayp ... Piano+solo

dito France:

Two examples from the works of a sympathetic French composer; especially for those who prefer good piano music in a MC (= mild contemporary) style:

Serge LANCEN (1922-2005)
Fantasie sur un theme ancien

Lancen Fantasie theme ancien.pdf

3 Impromptus

Lancen 3 Impromptus.pdf

other works include a suite "Domino"; they can be ordered directly (or from retailers):
http://www.annefuzeau.com/CatalogueClas ... =1&r=2&c=4

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Victor KUPREVICH
Travel sketches op. 150 (inspired by a trip trough the GDR)

Kuprevich Reiseskizzen op.150.pdf

Alois HABA
Variace na kanon od Rob. Schumanna op. 1b

Haba Variationen op.1b.pdf

Alexandre TANSMAN
3 Preludes

Tansman 3 Preludes.pdf

audio:
Frank Merrick plays Field


you can browse my 675 scores and audio files at:
http://www.mediafire.com/alfor

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"New Pages"
Anthology of teaching material classes VI-VII of the soviet state music schools:
Pirkovsky, Krein, Sergei Ipatov (?), Medins, Sorokin, Gurev (?), a.o.

New Pages.pdf

Vasilije MOKRANJAC (1923-1984)
Suite "Echoes"

Mokranjac Suite "Echos".pdf

Sigismund THALBERG ("Was kann der Sigismund dafür, daß er so schön ist?")
the "celebre" Ballade op. 76, revised and fingered edition by A. Wouters
(a nice trifle, sort of miniature opera paraphrase)

Thalberg Ballade op.76.pdf

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L. ASTVATSATRYAN
Sonata breve op. 3
Prologe and motet
Partita

Astvatsatryan Piano works.pdf

Nikolai N. AGAFONNIKOV
Sonata

Agafonnikov Sonata.pdf

audio:
Harriet COHEN
mixed program

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A massive anthology of soviet piano music, published in 1960. Selected by first rank artists:
Alexandrov, Neuhaus, Oborin, Milstein, Natanson, Roismann, Sorokin.
Contains well-known material, but also some rarities (I have split the volume into 3 parts):
Myaskovsky, Revutsky, Feinberg, Prokofiev, Polovinkin, Kosenko

Soviet piano music Vol.1 part 1.pdf

audio:
Frank Merrick
mixed program

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Alfor:

Thank you for the hint, I will keep seeking Viktor Kuprewitsch' info and scores.

ILU

Ilu

Information on Kuprevich - Victor Viktorovich Kuprevich. Born 1925 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Composer. Graduated from conservatoire in 1951 [piano class of Yudinoy], and in 1960 took compositon from Aleksandrov. From 1951 - 1954 teacher at the Magnitogorsk Music School; 1954 - 1956 first violinist of the music school linked to the Moscow Conservatoire. From 1956 - 1957 music director of Moscow film studios, and between 1957 - 1960 taught various instrumental ensembles. Various teaching positions continued throughout the 1960’s including artistic director of a Balalaika ensemble. Piano works include:

Op 22 Piano Sonata No. 2 (1959)
Op 24 Two Pieces 1. Fugue 2. Prelude & Fugue
Op 46 Elegy for Piano & Orchestra
Op 51 The Penguins
Op 92 Epitaph
Op 97 Dark Blue Rains
Op 100 Posts
Op 110 Russian Gingerbreads
Op 138 Two Mazurkas
Op 140 Two Preludes
Op 150 Travel Sketches – Twelve Pieces (1982)
Op 154 Invention No. 1
Op 155 Lonely Camomile
Op 156 Elegiac Serenade
Op 159 Prelude
Op 165 Prelude
Op 174 Prelude
Op 179 Northern Melody
Op 180 The Fiords
Op 185 Noveletta
Op 189 Autumnal Sketch
Op 190 Spring Sketch
Op 192 Invention No. 2
Op 193 Fly, my Ducks
Op 195 Sonatina [Diatonic]
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1952)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (1956)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1959)
Two Fugues [E minor & D major]

Also, someone did post some Kuprevich at some time previous on PP - duly attached [nms].

Malcolm

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1960 Anthology of soviet piano music Vol. II part 2:
Khatchaturyan, Balanchivadze, Shostakovich, Rakov

Soviet piano music Vol. 1 part 2.pdf