Pianophilia

Dear Frank,

I want to express my great appreciation for the Aloiz pieces you have posted. This is yet another composer I would never have heard of but for your postings. His music seems sort or pre-Brahms to me, and much fun to play.

Dear fleubis,

You are quite welcome, my friend! I am so happy to hear that you are enjoying the Aloiz pieces. You know, it is a great pleasure for me to share music with other members on Pianophilia. I have more surprises to come in the near future! (And sincere thanks for your good wishes on Alfor's site re. some health issues I'm working through...always staying very positive on this front!)

And Dear Fred, I checked the Op. 24 Brahms Variations on Handel and you are quite right...maybe Aloiz qualifies as another member of the "Circle of Brahms"?! There's no question about the strong influence shown here. So many of the late Romantics owe Brahms a debt of gratitude!!

All Best,

Frank

As promise, the final piano work by Vasily Vasilyevich Nechayev (1895 -1956) - his set of Twelve Preludes.

Malcolm

Op 41 Twelve Preludes

Thank you so much dearest Malcolm! This ends beautifully my week and the collections you've got on Nechayev.

Dear Malcolm, you have given us a wonderful collection of Nechayev and completed your survey with the magnificent Op.41 Preludes. Nechayev's music is a real joy to play and highly pianistic, and I've enjoyed many happy hours playing his music. Your great work is much appreciated!

Dear Malcolm,

These Nechayev works are simply wonderful; all of them, the Morceaux, Sonata and of course the great set of Preludes!
If it were not for your extensive research on the Russian composers, I certainly would never have encountered this composer. He has a lot of terrific ideas and the music is highly pianistic. An extremely fine batch of music!

I'd like to continue contributions to this thread with some postings of a somewhat lighter but still interesting fare. These are by an earlier A. Alexandroff, certainly not the 20th century genius but a much more obscure figure in Russian music. I note that he composed a number of dance pieces. Again, it's light fare but there are some very nice melodies here.

All Best,

Frank

Continuing on with the mysterious 19th century A. Alexandroff:

Further on A. (Anatoly?) Alexandroff:

This completes what I have to offer on Mr. A. Alexandroff:

Here is a lone composition by another obscure Russian composer of light Salon style...one N. Alexandroff. Again it would seem that memory of this composer has been pretty much lost to time.

All Best,

Frank