The Russian / Soviet Piano Concerto

[caostotale]

Two of these have been seen here before, but I don't think anybody's shared the Rzayev piece:

Piano Concertos for Children (two-piano reductions) - Middle Class, vol. 1 (1989 reissue)

Nikolai Iosefovich SILVANSKY (Ukraine) - Easy Concert, for piano and string orchestra
Isaak Yakovlevich BERKOVICH (Ukraine) - Concerto no. 2, for piano and string orchestra, op. 44 (1963) (bio at http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... ICEOmh0dxg )
Azer Husseinovich RZAYEV (Azerbaijan) - Concerto, for piano and symphonic orchestra (1964) (bio at http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... u6zGljCbJg )

Piano Concertos for Children (two-piano reductions) - Middle Class, vol. 1 (1989 reissue).pdf

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[caostotale]

I'm not sure which of Balanchivadze's numbered piano concertos this is. A kid's recital video of the first movement can be seen at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLHGIdPOz34

Piano Concertos for Children (two-piano reductions) - Senior Class, vol. 2 (1990 reissue)

Andrei Melitonovich BALANCHIVADZE (Georgia) - Piano Concerto
Viktor Viktorovich KUPREVICH (Lithuania) - Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 19
Dmitri Dmitriyevich SHOSTAKOVICH - Concertino, for two pianos, op. 94

Piano Concertos for Children (two-piano reductions) - Senior Class, vol. 2 (1990 reissue).pdf

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[caostotale]

Piano Concertos for Children (two-piano reductions) - Middle & Senior Classes, vol. 6 (1984)

Sofia Nikolayevna CHICHERINA - Concertino, for two pianos (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... 6bih%3D761 )
Yuri Vladimirovich ZNATOKOV (Ukraine) - Piano Concerto, op. 9 (1954) (first movement only) (bio at http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... i1diYXNUIw )
Nikolai Iosefovich SILVANSKY (Ukraine) - Young Pioneers' Concert, for piano and orchestra
Yuri Iosefovich POLUNIN - Concertino in A Minor, for piano and string orchestra (bio and numerous recording links at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... 6bih%3D761 )
Yuri Iosefovich POLUNIN - Concertino in G Major, for two pianos

Piano Concertos for Children (two-piano reductions) - Middle & Senior Classes, vol. 6 (1984).pdf

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[caostotale]

...some considerably unsung composers in this volume. We've previously seen some piano sonatas by the latter two female composers. Nososelova was an honored artist of Chuvashia and also authored a book about Andrei Eshpai.

Piano Concertos for Children (two-piano reductions) - Middle & Senior Classes, vol. 7 (1986)

Firuz BAKHOR (Tajikistan) - Rhapsody, for piano and orchestra (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... 6bih%3D761 )
Irina Eduardovna MANUKYAN (MANUKIAN, MANOOKIAN, etc....) (Armenia) - Piano Concerto, op. 20 (1982) (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... 6bih%3D761 )
Lyudmila Alekseyevna NOVOSELOVA (Mari El, Chuvashia) - Piano Concerto (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... 6bih%3D761 )

Piano Concertos for Children (two-piano reductions) - Middle & Senior Classes, vol. 7 (1986).pdf

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[caostotale]

...and finally.

Piano Concertos for Children (two-piano reductions) - Middle Classes, vol. 8 (1988)

Anatoly Vasilyevich SAMONOV - Youthful Concerto, for piano and orchestra
Vladimir Feodosiyevich KRASNOSKULOV (Bulgaria) - Piano Concerto no. 3 (bio at http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... uWWsoNA_Rg )

Piano Concertos for Children (two-piano reductions) - Middle Classes, vol. 8 (1988).pdf

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[lutoslawski]

Thank you Caos for these gems. Krasnoskulov is definitely somebody new for me.
One can find a 3 minute-incomplete recording of the Rzayev Concerto, played by his daughter (dedicatee) with Niyazi conducting.

Tony

[Jean-Séb]

Incredible. Thank you, Caostotale.

[Ferruccio]

Thanks very much seconded !!!

[thalbergmad]

What a splendid contribution.

Top marks.

Luv

Thal

[alfor]

Thanks thirded!

Altough...I am not an absolute friend of „ad usum delphini“ music .

Maybe this has something to do with the notorious „Schülerkonzerte“ which interesting enough have
survived for violinists. Although of doubtful quality, imho, Izhak Perlman could not resist
to record some of these.

Let's hope a closer look at the posted concertos will proove that they are of a better quality than their violin siblings .