Pianophilia

Igor Khudolei Rondo Op. 12 No 5
Boris Frankshtein

Adrian Grigoryevich Shaposhnikov. Born 1887, St Petrersburg: died 1967, Moscow. Graduated in 1909 from the St Petersburg Institute, where he studied composition with Kalafati; further studies at St Petersburg Conservatoire where his teachers included N Tcherepnine, Glazunov, Sokolov and Witol [he graduated from the conservatoire in 1913]. In 1937 settled in Turkmenia and became one of the first founders of professional music in that region – he wrote the first Turkmenian opera “Zokhre & Takhir”.

I have posted two works, although I think the sonatina has been posted before [but here is an alternate scan].

Malcolm

Sonatina (1923) Gavotte (1920)

Thank you so much Malc! Is Russian season open??

Aggelos wrote:Igor Khudolei Rondo Op. 12 No 5

Khudolei_Rondo_Op12_No5.pdf

Boris Frankshtein

FranksteinB_March_(pno).pdf

Great! Thanks for this Aggelos! Any more Khudolei and/or Boris Frankshtein would be greatly appreciated. I ordered that volume you linked to as well

Chromaticon wrote:
Great! Thanks for this Aggelos! Any more Khudolei and/or Boris Frankshtein would be greatly appreciated. I ordered that volume you linked to as well

If I stumble across anything, rest assured that I will post it.


I am positive that you're going to love it, due to the fact that the series "Masterpieces of Piano Transcription" published by deka-bc is very ravishing. The only drawback is that there is no dual language support (Russian&English text-notes). Notwithstanding, ruslania bookstore supports secure payments with paypal (it's not like those untrusted, forsaken, forgotten russian stores that don't support paypal), so what more do you want?
Perhaps we ought to support deka-bc by means of buying the originals, so that they can furnish more volumes in the series.
http://www.ruslania.com/entity-6/contex ... -4919.html

Aggelos wrote:

Chromaticon wrote:
Great! Thanks for this Aggelos! Any more Khudolei and/or Boris Frankshtein would be greatly appreciated. I ordered that volume you linked to as well

If I stumble across anything, rest assured that I will post it.


I am positive that you're going to love it, due to the fact that the series "Masterpieces of Piano Transcription" published by deka-bc is very ravishing. The only drawback is that there is no dual language support (Russian&English text-notes). Notwithstanding, ruslania bookstore supports secure payments with paypal (it's not like those untrusted, forsaken, forgotten russian stores that don't support paypal), so what more do you want?
Perhaps we ought to support deka-bc by means of buying the originals, so that they can furnish more volumes in the series.
http://www.ruslania.com/entity-6/contex ... -4919.html

Yes, I received it already. Super fast delivery, and great piano writing by Khudolei, texture and spacing sound absolutely great in the Boris Godunov Suite. Purely subjective of course, but It was years and years since any piano music inspired in this way. Like you say, it's a pity that the foreword (8 pages) do not come translated into English as well. But... life is good

Thank you Aggelos, I managed to persuade Ruslania to stock the deka-bc publications a couple of years ago, and pleased others are enjoying these transcriptions. Ruslania are a very trusted and helpful company, so always happy to help any music retailer offering good service, and deka-bc have produced some very worthwhile publications at realistic prices.

Another rarity especially for Isokani - Vladimir Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov Born 1888, Warsaw: died 1952, Leningrad. Nephew to Nikolai Shcherbachyov [Stcherbatchev]. Attended St Petersburg University from 1906-10, studying in the legal and history-philological departments. He also took classes with N Tcherepnin, Kalafati, Lyadov and Steinberg at the St Petersburg Conservatory. He graduated in 1914. Held various adminstrative, research and teaching positions including the Leningrad Conservatoire [1923-31 & 1944-48) and the Tbilisi Conservatoire (1931-32). He was a particualry noted teacher and his many students included: Arapov, Bogdanov-Berezovsky, Bogoslovsky, Chicherina, Chulaki, Gabichvadze, Kamensky, Kiladze, Kochurov, Levashov, Mravinsky, Maradeli, popov, Pushkov, Stepanyan, Tomilin, Velikanov, Zhelobinsky and Zhivotov, to name but a few.
As a composer he first followed in the traditions of his teachers then experimented with Expressionist elements within his works, the most notable being the 3rd symphony. He was also influenced by Prokofiev and Stravinsky.

Although Shcherbachyov did not write much for the piano, they are nonetheless given much regard. Interesting chapter on the composer in Larry Sitsky's book 'Music of the Repressed, Russian Avant-Garde 1900-1929'.

Malcolm

Op 15 Inventions

Superb find Malc! Many thanks...

Best regards,
Parag

I am sure Anatoli N Alexandrov (1888 – 1982) need little introduction on this forum. The following is a selection of short pieces taken from an album – I have excluded pieces that have already beautifully scanned previously by Alfor – and have also posted each work separately. Hopefully in time we may fill some of the missing gaps.

I have also included an alternate scan to the piano sonata No. 14 [previous scan again posted by Alfor].

Malcolm
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Three Easy Pieces (1. Russian Folk Song 2. Grasshopper 3. Request) Six Pieces of Medium Difficulty [Nos 1, 5 & 6 ONLY]
(1. Siciliana 2. Etude in F major 3. Procession 4. Ballet Dance 5. Rescuing a Drum-Stick 6. March) March-Procession from the music to “Pinocchio” Two Polkas (1. Polka in D major [from the musical “Sloi”] 2. Polka in G major) Six Pieces from Op 76 Twenty Russian Folk Melodies
(1. Epic Melody 2. About Olden Times 3. About Budimirovicha's Nightgale 4. Nurse Katyushenka 5 & 6 No titles)
Two Pieces from Op 108 Eight Pieces on Folk Melodies
[Book 1. Four pieces on national Communism melodies] Nos. 2 & 4 only Two Pieces from Op 108 Eight Pieces on Folk Melodies
[Book 2 Four pieces on melodies from other countries] Nos. 2 & 3 only Three Pieces for Children on Czech Folk Melodies
(1. Difficult Crossing 2. The Cobbler 3. The Poppy) Op 97 Piano Sonata No. 14 (1971)

Oh my!!! Thank you so much, Malcolm. I was wishing so bad for the return of the Russian and Soviet thread, and you did not disappointed us with such a treat. Really marvelous rarities you've been sharing. Please, keep them coming

Best regards.

Daniel