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The manuscript is available from Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/resource/musapschmi ... st=gallery
For Kursanov's piano paraphrase of Johann Strauss' Persian March, download the following file (it starts on page 66 of the pdf file).
It's a collection of Kursanov piano transcriptions by the Kripto-Logos Publishing firm, published back in 2000.
https://www.pianophilia.com/phpBB3/down ... p?id=13030
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Tokarev_(pianist)Adagio in G minor was only attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, since it was written by Italian musicologist Remo Giazotto in 1949. It was still claimed for years that it belonged to Albinoni, as Giazotto claimed he based his composition on a paper scrap found in the ruins of Saxon State Library of Dresden, which was bombed during World War II. The very little he allegedly found included fragments of the Basso Continuo staff and only the first six measures, which can now be heard played on pipe organ, of what is purported to have been the second movement of a Concerto or Sonata in G.
I have the Great Piano Fantasy by Kursanov based on Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
Not so rare: many volumes of Kursanov are in print, inexpensive and available from the Finnish store Ruslania: https://ruslania.com/en/search/general/?e=0&q=kursanov
The PDF I created was not made from the best quality images available in the LoC, so I've remade that and provided a monochrome version. I've also had a shot at setting the music over at Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/4151271/scores/21107869bingo wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2024 1:04 amThe manuscript is available from Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/resource/musapschmi ... st=gallery
STRAUSS.R Serenade (Standchen) [Beach].pdf
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Igor Leonidovich Khudolei (1940–2001) was a renowned Russian pianist, composer, teacher, and Honored Artist of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic). He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and completed postgraduate studies in the piano class of Professor Ya. V. Flier, and studied composition under Professor S. A. Balasanyan. He was a laureate of international competitions in Lisbon (1964) and the All-Union Pianist Competition in Kyiv (1970), as well as the All-Union Composer’s Competition (Moscow, 1963).
Igor L. Khudolei’s musical style was distinguished by an unusual breadth of artistic outlook, a rare wealth of associative thinking, conceptual clarity, and a particular artistic sharpness. His playing style was characterized by a heightened spirituality, transparency, improvisation, the richest emotional expressiveness of details, along with an undeniable logic and strong organizational and performance will. All of this gave significant originality to his creative interpretations. These qualities manifested brilliantly in his interpretations of the First and Second Piano Sonatas by D. D. Shostakovich. In 1970, Ya. V. Flier wrote about the performance of these sonatas by his former student: "Khudolei managed to vividly and convincingly convey the freshness of this music, to reveal its originality and sharpness of language. I must admit, I even thought about learning this wonderful work and including it in my concert repertoire."
In 1985, the record label "Melodiya" released a recording of these works by Shostakovich performed by I. L. Khudolei. Later, a compact disc was released (Chandos), which included Khudolei's recording of the Piano Concerto by A. G. Schnittke (conducted by E. F. Svetlanov). In general, this pianist’s constant interest in the works of contemporary music was by no means accidental. Khudolei’s broad artistic interests, rooted since his student days, always paid attention to the work of contemporary composers and greatly contributed to their popularity in performing.
In 1964, in one of his last works, H. Neuhaus noted the advantage of performers engaged in composition, highlighting I. Khudolei as an "excellent student of Professor Flier."
I. L. Khudolei was a member of the Union of Composers, author of a large number of piano pieces — suites (including “Pskov Motifs”), concertos, two large fantasies, variations, preludes and toccatas, pieces for violin, cello, voice, and orchestra. In total, he wrote 35 opuses. A number of his piano works have gained popularity among young performers: “Butterflies” (for children), “At School,” “Forest Pictures,” and two sonatas for children. His contribution as a musician and composer received public recognition back in 1963, when he won one of the top prizes at the All-Union Composer’s Competition for his Poem and Sonata for cello. In 1990, before the next International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Khudolei’s “Sonata-Fresco” underwent preliminary selection and became required material for all contestants in the second round for pianists.
Undoubtedly, the combination of an outstanding pianist and composer’s talent allowed I. L. Khudolei to realize two piano transcriptions — “Night on Bald Mountain” and “Boris Godunov.” These distinguished works by I. L. Khudolei were added to the “golden fund” of transcriptive art.