Vadim Borisovsky
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Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky was a Russia
n (Soviet
) violist
.
Born in Moscow
, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory
in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press
. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov
, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and graduated in 1922. Borisovsky became Professor of Viola at the conservatory in 1927.
Between 1922 and 1923, Borisovsky and colleagues from the Moscow Conservatory formed the Beethoven Quartet
. He was the quartet's violist until 1964. There are many recordings of Borisovsky with the Beethoven Quartet.
Borisovsky was also a viola d'amore
player. He arranged, transcribed and edited more than 250 compositions for viola and viola d'amore.
He died in Moscow, aged 72.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n (Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
) violist
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
.
Born in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press
Mikhail Press
Mikhail Isaakovich Press, also known as Michael Press, was a Russian-American violinist, conductor and music educator.Press began studying violin with Tissen at the age of eight in Vilnius, and made his first public appearance at ten years old. At the age of thirteen he was concert master in the...
. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov
Vladimir Bakaleinikov
Vladimir Romanovich Bakaleinikov, also Bakaleynikov and Bakaleinikoff was a Russian-American violist, music educator, conductor and composer.Bakaleinikov, the son of a noted clarinetist, was from a large musical family who lived in poverty...
, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and graduated in 1922. Borisovsky became Professor of Viola at the conservatory in 1927.
Between 1922 and 1923, Borisovsky and colleagues from the Moscow Conservatory formed the Beethoven Quartet
Beethoven Quartet
The Beethoven Quartet was founded between 1922 and 1923 by graduates of the Moscow Conservatory: violinists Dmitri Tsyganov and Vasily Shirinsky, violist Vadim Borisovsky and cellist Sergei Shirinsky...
. He was the quartet's violist until 1964. There are many recordings of Borisovsky with the Beethoven Quartet.
Borisovsky was also a viola d'amore
Viola d'amore
The viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.- Structure and sound :...
player. He arranged, transcribed and edited more than 250 compositions for viola and viola d'amore.
He died in Moscow, aged 72.
Harp
For harp soloOriginal composer | Russian title (original title) | English title | anonymous Anonymous work Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."... (16th century) | Парижские колокола | Paris Bells | 1962 |
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anonymous Anonymous work Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."... |
Скерцо: "Перезвон" | Scherzo: "Carillon" (1650?) | 1962 | |
Robert de Visée Robert de Visée Robert de Visée was a lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player at the court of Louis XIV, as well as a singer, and composer for lute, theorbo and guitar.-Biography:... |
Траурная аллеманда | Allemande funèbre | 1962 | original for lute |
Sylvius Leopold Weiss Sylvius Leopold Weiss Silvius Leopold Weiss was a German composer and lutenist.Born in Grottkau near Breslau, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served at courts in Breslau, Rome, and Dresden, where he died... |
Прелюдия | Prelude | 1962 |
Viola d'amore
For viola d'amore and piano unless otherwise notedOriginal composer | Russian title (original title) | English title | Louis de Caix d'Hervelois Louis de Caix d'Hervelois Louis de Caix d'Hervelois was a composer of chamber music.-Biography:Caix d'Hervelois wrote music almost exclusively for the viol. Most of his other works exist as transcriptions from his viol music. A native of the north of France, almost nothing is known of his life... | Непостоянный Грациозная Менуэт Гавот |
L'inconstant La gracieuse Menuet Gavotte |
1928 | transcription date 1926; originals for viola da gamba and continuo; alternate parts for violin and cello |
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Tommaso Giordani Tommaso Giordani Tommaso Giordani was an Italian composer.Giordani was born in Naples and came from a musical family. His father was Carmine Giordani , who was born around 1695 in Naples, died after 1762, probably in London. A younger brother was Giuseppe Giordani , called "Giordanello"... |
Мадригал | Madrigal "Caro mio ben" | 1936 | original for voice; also for viola and piano; false attribution to Giuseppe Giordani Giuseppe Giordani Giuseppe Giordani was an Italian composer, mainly of opera.He was born in Naples, where he studied music with Domenico Cimarosa and Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli. In 1774 he was appointed as music director of the chapel of the Duomo of Naples. His first opera was released in 1779... |
François Joseph Gossec François Joseph Gossec François-Joseph Gossec was a French composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works.-Life and work:... |
Tambourin | 1934 | ||
Franz Anton Hoffmeister Franz Anton Hoffmeister Franz Anton Hoffmeister was a German composer and music publisher.Born in Rottenburg am Neckar, he went to Vienna at the age of fourteen to study law... |
Divertimento for viola d'amore solo, 2 horns, 2 violins and basso | 1934 | viola d'amore and piano reduction by Cornelis Kint | |
Alexander Krein Alexander Krein Alexander Krein was a Russian composer of Jewish heritage.-Background:The Krein family was steeped in the klezmer tradition; his father Abram was a noted violinist... |
Пролог | Prologue | 1962 | |
Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739–1796) (Фридрих Вильгельм Руст) |
Aria con Variazioni | 1934 | original for viola d'amore and basso; reduction by Cornilius Kint |
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Viola
For viola and piano unless otherwise notedOriginal composer | Russian title (original title) | English title | Alexander Alyabyev Alexander Alyabyev Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev, also rendered as Alabiev or Alabieff was a Russian composer. He wrote seven operas, twenty musical comedies, more than 200 songs, and many other pieces. His most famous work is The Nightingale, a song based on a poem by Anton Delvig. It was composed while... | Рондо | Rondo | 1973 |
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Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov was a Russian composer of works for piano and for other instruments, and pianist. His initial works had a mystical element, but he downplayed this to better fit Socialist realism. He led a somewhat retiring life, but received several honors.Alexandrov was the son... |
Ария из "Классической сюиты" | Aria | 1937 | original from Classic Suite, Op.32 (1928) for orchestra |
anonymous Anonymous work Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."... (18th century French) |
Контрданс | Contredanse | 1980 | |
Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity... |
Адажио | Adagio | 1960 | original from Organ Concerto No.3 |
Ария из Кантаты № 5: "Пролейся скорее, источник священный..." | Ergieße dich reichlich, du göttliche Quelle from Cantata No. 5 for tenor, viola and piano (1724) |
1977 | original for tenor, viola and continuo | |
Упражнение для органной педали | Pedal Study for viola solo | 1932 | original for organ | |
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer... |
Весна | Die Frühling | original for clavier | |
Natalya Baklanova (1902–1985) (Наталья Владимировна Бакланова) |
Русская Народная Песня: «Не белы то снеги» | Russian Folk Song | 1953 | |
Русская Народная Песня: Прялка «Против красна солнышка» | Russian Folk Song | 1953 | ||
Русская Народная Песня: Плясовая | Russian Folk Song: The Spinning Wheel | 1953 | ||
Béla Bartók Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer... |
Багатель | Bagatelle, Op.6 No.2, Sz.38 (1908) | 1975 | original for piano |
František Benda Franz Benda Franz Benda was a Czech violinist and composer. He was the brother of Jiří Antonín Benda, and he worked for much of his life at the court of Frederick the Great.... |
Соната D-dur для 2-х альтов и фп. | Sonata in D major for 2 violas and piano | original for 2 violins and continuo | |
Georges Bizet Georges Bizet Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a... |
Адажиэтто из сюиты "Арлезианка" | Adagietto from "L'Arlésienne" | 1980 | original for orchestra |
Интермеццо | Intermezzo | 1980 | ||
Dmitry Bortniansky | Сонатное аллегро | Sonata Allegro | 1967 | original for piano |
Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene... |
Вальс | Waltz in A major, Op.39 No.15 (1865) | 1936 | original for piano 4-hands |
Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor. Bruni was born and died in Cuneo, Italy. During most of his life he resided, played and composed in Paris.... |
Школа для Альта | Viola Method | 1937 | |
Pyotr Bulakhov (1822–1885) (Петр Петрович Булахов) |
Баркарола для 2-х альтов и ф.-п. | Barcarolle for 2 violas and piano | 1950 | original for 2 voices and piano |
Канцонетта | Canzonetta | 1946 | ||
Ernest Chausson Ernest Chausson Amédée-Ernest Chausson was a French romantic composer who died just as his career was beginning to flourish.-Life:Ernest Chausson was born in Paris into a prosperous bourgeois family... |
Интерлюдия | Interlude | 1980 | |
Frédéric Chopin Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano".... |
Прелюдия | Prélude for viola solo, Op.28 No.14 | 1932 | original for piano |
Вальс | Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No.2 | 1950 | original for piano | |
Alexander Dargomyzhsky Alexander Dargomyzhsky Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky was a 19th century Russian composer. He bridged the gap in Russian opera composition between Mikhail Glinka and the later generation of The Five and Tchaikovsky.... |
Элегия | Elegy | 1949 | original: Не спрашивай, зачем: Элегия (Do Not Ask Why), Elegy for voice and piano (1844); words by Alexander Pushkin |
Claude Debussy Claude Debussy Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions... |
В лодке | En Bateau | 1956 | original from Petite Suite (1886–1889) for piano 4-hands |
Прелюд "Девушка с волосами цвета льна" | Prelude "La fille aux cheveux de lin La fille aux cheveux de lin La fille aux cheveux de lin is a musical composition by French composer Claude Debussy. It is the eighth number from the composer's Préludes, Book I . The title is in French and translates roughly to "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair". The piece is 39 bars long and has a running time of about two and... " |
1936 | original for piano | |
Louis Delune (1876–1940) | Дождь | La Pluie jabote... (The Rain...) | 1980 | original for cello and piano |
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ----August Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf was an Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist.-1739-1764:... |
Концертная симфония ре-мажор "Двойной концерт" | Sinfonia Concertante in D major for viola, double bass and orchestra, K.127 | 1962 | |
Alexandre Dubuque Alexandre Dubuque Alexandre Dubuque, also Alexander and Dubuc , was a 19th century Russian-resident expatriate French pianist, composer and teacher.He was a student of John Field and later gave piano lessons to Mily Balakirev and Nikolai Zverev.... |
Тарантелла | Tarantella | 1973 | |
Balys Dvarionas Balys Dvarionas Balys Dvarionas, in Liepāja — 23 August 1972 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian and Soviet composer, pianist, conductor and educationalist. Dvarionas displayed himself as a composer after World War II. His works are abundant with romanticism, and the pieces are based on folk songs.-... |
Тема с вариациями | Theme and Variations for viola and orchestra (1946) | 1957 | original for bassoon and orchestra |
Andrey Esaulov (1800–c.1850) (Андрей Петрович Есаулов) |
Вальс меланхолической | Melancholic Waltz | 1946 | |
Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers... |
Ноктюрн | Nocturne | 1980 | original for piano |
Varvara Gaigerova (1903–1944) (Варвара Андриановна Гайгерова) |
Сюита | Suite for viola and piano, Op.8 | 1969 | |
Iosif Genishta (1795–1853) (Иосиф Иосифович Геништа) |
Соната | Sonata for viola or clarinet and piano, Op.9 | 1961 | |
Tommaso Giordani Tommaso Giordani Tommaso Giordani was an Italian composer.Giordani was born in Naples and came from a musical family. His father was Carmine Giordani , who was born around 1695 in Naples, died after 1762, probably in London. A younger brother was Giuseppe Giordani , called "Giordanello"... |
Мадригал | Madrigal | 1936 | transcription of Caro mio ben; original for voice; also for viola d'amore and piano |
Alexander Glazunov Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor... |
Песнь трубадура | Chant du Ménestrel, Op.71 (1900) | 1957 | original for cello and piano or orchestra |
Грезы | Rêverie in D major, Op.24 (1890) | 1948 | original for horn and piano | |
Reinhold Glière Reinhold Glière Reinhold Moritzevich Glière was a Russian and Soviet composer of German–Polish descent.- Biography :Glière was born in Kiev, Ukraine... |
Ноктюрн | Nocturne, Op.35 No.10 | 1946 | original for horn and piano |
Романс | Romance, Op.34 | 1961 | original for piano | |
Русская песня | Russian Song | 1958 | original for voice and piano | |
Вальс | Waltz, Op.45 No.2 | 1946 | original from 12 Easy Pieces (12 Легких пьес), Op.45 for violin and piano | |
Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka , was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music... |
Баркарола | Barcarolle | 1952 | original for piano |
Детская полька | Children's Polka (Polka Enfantine) | 1952 | original for piano | |
Мазурка | Mazurka | 1948 | original for piano | |
Ноктюрн "Разлука" | Nocturne "La Séparation" | 1948 | original for piano | |
Вариации на тему романса А. Алябьева "Соловей" | Variations on Alyabyev's Alexander Alyabyev Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev, also rendered as Alabiev or Alabieff was a Russian composer. He wrote seven operas, twenty musical comedies, more than 200 songs, and many other pieces. His most famous work is The Nightingale, a song based on a poem by Anton Delvig. It was composed while... Romance "The Nightingale" |
1973 | original for piano | |
Неоконченная соната | Viola Sonata in D minor (1825–1828) | 1932 | completed by Borisovsky | |
Christoph Willibald Gluck Christoph Willibald Gluck Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was an opera composer of the early classical period. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years... |
Гавот | Gavotte | 1937 | original from the ballet Don Juan (1761) |
Alexander Goedicke Alexander Goedicke Alexander Fyodorovich Goedicke was a Russian composer and pianist.Goedicke was a professor at Moscow Conservatory. With no formal training in composition, he studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Galli, Pavel Pabst and Vasily Safonov. Goedicke won the Anton Rubinstein Competition in 1900... |
Соната № 1 (ля-мажор) | Sonata No.1 in A major, Op.10 | 1959 | original for violin and piano; viola part also arranged by Mikhail Vladimirovich Reytikh |
Enrique Granados Enrique Granados Enrique Granados y Campiña was a Spanish pianist and composer of classical music. His music is in a uniquely Spanish style and, as such, representative of musical nationalism... |
Интермеццо | Intermezzo | 1936 | original for piano |
Edvard Grieg Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in... |
Элегия | Elegy (Elegi), Op.38 No.6 | 1935 | original from Lyric Pieces Lyric Pieces Lyric Pieces is a collection of 66 short pieces for solo piano written by Edvard Grieg. They were published in 10 volumes, from 1867 to 1901... , Op.38 for piano |
Поэма | Poéme (Erotik), Op.43 No.5 | 1950 | original from Lyric Pieces Lyric Pieces Lyric Pieces is a collection of 66 short pieces for solo piano written by Edvard Grieg. They were published in 10 volumes, from 1867 to 1901... , Op.43 for piano |
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Alexandr Griboyedov Alexandr Griboyedov Aleksander Sergeyevich Griboyedov was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. He is recognized as homo unius libri, a writer of one book, whose fame rests on the brilliant verse comedy Woe from Wit , still one of the most often staged plays in Russia... |
Вальс | Waltz | 1946 | |
Johann Wilhelm Hässler Johann Wilhelm Hässler Johann Wilhelm Hässler , was a German composer, organist and pianist.Hässler was born in Erfurt, Germany. He first studied under his uncle Johann Christian Kittel, who was an organist at Erfurt. His first post was as organist of the local Barfilsserkirche in around 1762... (Иоганн Вильгельм Гесслер) |
Элегия | Elegy | 1936 | |
Joseph Haydn Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms... |
Менуэт | Menuet | 1950 | |
Kara Karayev | Адажио (Китайский танец) | Adagio (Chinese Dance) | 1962 | from the ballet Seven Beauties (1952) |
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Aram Khachaturian Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a prominent Soviet composer. Khachaturian's works were often influenced by classical Russian music and Armenian folk music... |
Вальс из музыки к драме М. Лермонтова "Маскарад" | Waltz | 1959 | from the incidental music for Masquerade (1941) |
Ivan Khandoshkin Ivan Khandoshkin Ivan Yevstafyevich Khandoshkin was a Russian violinist and composer. He has been described as "the finest Russian violinist of the eighteenth century". He studied under Tito Porta with other Italian influences being Domenico dall’Oglio and Pietro Peri... |
Концерт до-мажор | Concerto in C major for viola and orchestra (1801) | 1947 | piano reduction and cadenzas also by Borisovsky; Attributed to Khandoshkin but is now thought to be written by Mikhail Goldstein Mikhail Goldstein Mikhail Emanuilovich Goldstein , was a Soviet composer and violinist of Ukrainian-Jewish origin, brother of prominent violinist Boris Goldstein.-Biography:... . See Musical hoax Musical hoax A Musical Hoax is a piece of music composed by an individual or group who intentionally misattribute it to someone else.- Musical hoaxes ascribed to historical figures :Henri Casadesus... . |
Вариации на русскую песню "То теряю, что люблю" | Variations on a Russian Song of Love | 1955 | ||
Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855) (Иван Федорович Ласковский) |
Ноктюрн | Nocturne in B major, Op.27 | 1973 | |
Franz Liszt Franz Liszt Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age... |
Ноктюрн | Notturno: Liebestraum No.3 Liebesträume Liebesträume , is a set of three solo piano works by Franz Liszt, published in 1850. Liszt called each of the three pieces Liebesträume, but often they are referred to incorrectly in the singular as Liebestraum... , S.541 (1850) |
1963 | original for piano |
Поэма | 1963 | |||
Прощание | 1963 | |||
Романс | Romance | 1966 | ||
Сонет Петрарки №104 | Sonetto 104 di Petrarca, S.158 No.2 (1844–1845) | 1966 | original for piano | |
Сонет Петрарки №123 | Sonetto 123 di Petrarca, S.158 No.3 (1844–1845) | 1966 | original for piano | |
Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste de Lully was an Italian-born French composer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French Baroque style. Lully disavowed any Italian influence in French music of the period. He became a French subject in... |
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1936 | from the opera Atys Atys (Lully) Atys is a tragédie en musique in a prelude and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully to a French-language libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Ovid's Fasti. It was premiered at the royal court in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, January 10, 1676... (1676) |
Anatoly Lyadov | Прелюдия | Prelude, Op.11 No.1 | 1950 | original from 3 Morceaux, Op.11 (1886) for piano |
Felix Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text... |
Песня без слов "Весенняя песня" | Song without Words "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song), Op.62 No.6 | 1958 | original for piano |
Песня без слов | Song without Words, Op.85 No.1 | 1958 | original for piano | |
Louis-Toussaint Milandre (18th century) | Анданте и Менуэт | Andante et Menuet (1770) | 1980 | |
Modest Mussorgsky Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period... |
Гопак (из оперы "Сорочинская ярмарка") | Hopak | 1936 | from the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1874–1880) |
Nikolai Myaskovsky Nikolai Myaskovsky Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is sometimes referred to as the "father of the Soviet symphony".-Early years and first important works:... |
Конец сказки | Dernière du Conte, Op.74 No.6 (1947) | 1953 | original for piano; from 6 Morceaux-impromptus (Шесть Импровизации), Op. 74 for piano |
Соната № 2 | Sonata No.2 in A minor, Op.81 (1948) | 1960 | original for cello and piano | |
Vladimir Odoevsky Vladimir Odoevsky Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoevsky was a prominent Russian philosopher, writer, music critic, philanthropist and pedagogue. He became known as the "Russian Hoffmann" on account of his keen interest in fantasmagoric tales and musical criticism.-Life:... |
Вальс | Waltz | 1946 | |
Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century... |
Кошка | The Cat | 1962 | from Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf , Op. 67, is a composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936 in the USSR. It is a children's story , spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra.... , Op.67 (1936) |
Свадьба Киже | Kijé's Wedding | from the film Lieutenant Kijé (film) Lieutenant Kijé is a 1934 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer based on the novel of the same title by Yury Tynyanov. The film was released in the USA as The Czar Wants to Sleep.Sergei Prokofiev composed the score.-Cast:... Lieutenant Kijé Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev) Lieutenant Kijé is the score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for the 1934 Soviet film Lieutenant Kijé directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer based on the novel of the same title by Yury Tynyanov.-Suite from Lieutenant Kijé:... , Op.60 (1934) |
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Колыбельная | Lullaby | 1962 | from the oratorio On Guard for Peace (На страже мира), Op.124 (1950) | |
Пьесы из балета "Ромео и Джульетта"
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Pieces from the Ballet "Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets... ", Op.64 |
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Carnaval is taken from No.24 Dance of the Five Couples. |
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Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music... |
Не пой, красавица... | Sing Not to Me, O Lovely One for voice, viola and piano, Op.4 No.4 (1890–1893) | 1977 | original for voice and piano; words by Alexander Pushkin |
Прелюдия | Prelude Preludes, Op. 23 (Rachmaninoff) Ten Preludes, Op. 23, is a set of ten preludes for solo piano, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1901 and 1903. This set includes the famous Prelude in G minor.- Composition :... , Op.23 No.4 (1903) |
1950 | original for piano | |
Соната соль-минор | Sonata in G minor Cello Sonata (Rachmaninoff) Sergei Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19, a sonata for cello and piano, was completed in November 1901 and published a year later. As typical of sonatas in the Romantic period, it has four movements. Rachmaninoff disliked calling it a cello sonata because he thought the two instruments... , Op.19 (1901) |
1950 | original for cello and piano | |
Maurice Ravel Maurice Ravel Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects... |
Павана на смерть инфанты | Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) | 1929 | original for piano |
Gioachino Rossini | La Pastorella dell' Alpi | No.6 from Les soirées musicales; original for soprano and piano | ||
Скерцо | Scherzo | 1962 | ||
Alessandro Rolla Alessandro Rolla Alessandro Rolla was widely acknowledged in his time as a violin and, especially, viola virtuoso, composer and teacher. His contribution to technique, repertoire and history of music is greatly underestimated... |
Концертный этюд | Étude de Concert in G major | 1962 | original for viola solo |
Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739–1796) (Фридрих Вильгельм Руст) |
Соната (соль-мажор) | Sonata in G major for viola and continuo | 1935 | |
Franz Schubert Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music... |
Два вальса | 2 Waltzes, Op.9 Nos.1 and 2 | 1952 | original from 36 Originaltänze, Op.9, D.365 for piano |
François Schubert François Schubert François Schubert was a violinist and composer in Dresden.... |
Пчелка | Bagatelle "The Bee" (L'abeille; Die Biene), Op.13 No.9 | 1937 | |
Robert Schumann Robert Schumann Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era.... |
Вечерняя песнь | Abendlied, Op.85 No.12 (1849) | 1937 | original for piano 4-hands |
Адажио и аллегро | Adagio und Alegro, Op.70 (1849) | 1953 | original for horn and piano | |
Маленький этюд | A Little Study for viola solo | 1932 | original for piano: No.14 from Album für die Jugend Album für die Jugend Album for the Young , Op. 68, was composed by Robert Schumann in 1848 for his three daughters. The album consists of a collection of 43 short works. Unlike the Kinderszenen, they are suitable to be played by children or beginners. The second part, starting at Nr... , Op.68 (1848) |
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Пастушеская мелодия | Pastoral (Alpenkuhreigen) for viola solo, Op.115 No.4 | 1939 | from the incidental music for Manfred, Op.115 | |
Lev Shvarts (1898–1962) (Лев Александрович Шварц) |
Две Пьесы
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Alexander Scriabin Alexander Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Frédéric Chopin. Quite independent of the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed an increasingly atonal musical system,... |
Прелюдия | Prélude in C minor, Op.9 No.1 (1894) | 1935 | transcription dated 1931 |
Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century.... |
Адажио | Adagio | 1962 | |
Пьесы из музыки к кинофильму "Овод"
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Pieces from "The Gadfly"
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from music to the film The Gadfly (Овод), Op.97 (1955) | |
Весенний Вальс | Spring Waltz | 1962 | ||
Johann Stamitz Johann Stamitz Jan Václav Antonín Stamic was a Czech composer and violinist. Johann was the father of Carl Stamitz and Anton Stamitz, also composers... |
Соната (соль-мажор) | Sonata in G major, Op.6a | 1956 | original for violin and basso continuo: Sonate da camera |
Carl Stamitz Carl Stamitz Karl Philipp Stamitz , who later changed his given name to Carl, was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry , and a violin, viola and viola d'amore virtuoso... |
Концерт | Concerto in D major for viola and orchestra, Op.1 (published 1774) | 1955 | |
Концерт № 2 | Concerto No.2 for viola and orchestra | 1937 | ||
Igor Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor.... |
Пастораль | Pastorale Pastorale (Stravinsky) Pastorale is a song without words written by Igor Stravinsky in 1907. Stravinsky composed the piece at his family's estate in Ustilug, Ukraine, while under the supervision of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and dedicated it to Rimsky-Korsakov's daughter Nadia.... (1907) |
original for voice and piano | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"... |
Страстное Признание | Ardent Declaration (Aveu Passionné) | 1950 | original for piano |
Ночь | Night for voice, viola and piano, Op.73 No.2 (1893) | 1977 | original for voice and piano; words by Daniil Ratgauz | |
Ноктюрн | Nocturne in D minor, Op.19 No.4 (1873) | 1937 | original for piano | |
Нет, только тот, кто знал... | None But the Lonely Heart None but the lonely heart Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed a set of six romances for voice and piano, Op. 6, in late 1869; the last of these songs is the melancholy "None but the Lonely Heart" .... for voice, viola and piano, Op.6 No.6 (1869) |
1977 | original for voice and piano; words by Lev Mei | |
Времена Года
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The Seasons (Les Saisons), Op.37b
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Сентиментальный Вальс | Valse Sentimentale, Op.56 No.6 (1882) | 1979 | original for piano | |
Grigory Teplov Grigory Teplov Grigory Nikolayevich Teplov was a Russian academic administrator of lowly birth who ruled the Petersburg Academy of Sciences and wielded influence over Little Russia in his capacity as the secretary and advisor to Kirill Razumovsky... |
Менуэт | Minuet | 1946 | |
Thibaut IV Theobald I of Navarre Theobald I , called the Troubadour, the Chansonnier, and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne from birth and King of Navarre from 1234... |
Песня о розе | The Rose's Song for voice, viola and piano | 1977 | original for voice and piano; words by Guillaume de Lorris Guillaume de Lorris Guillaume de Lorris was a French scholar and poet from Lorris. He was the author of the first section of the Roman de la Rose. Little is known about him, other than that he wrote the earlier section of the poem around 1230, and that the work was completed forty years later by Jean de Meun.-... |
Nikolai Titov (18th century) (Николай Сергеевич Титов) |
Романс | Romance | 1946 | |
Joaquín Turina Joaquín Turina Joaquín Turina was a Spanish composer of classical music.-Biography:Turina was born in Seville but his origins were in northern Italy . He studied in Seville as well as in Madrid... |
Анданте из сюиты "Севилья" | Andante | 1958 | original from Sevilla, Op.2 (1908) for piano |
Alexander Veprik Alexander Veprik Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, also Weprik, was a Russian composer and music educator. Veprik is considered one of the greatest composers of the "Jewish school" in Soviet music.-Life:... |
Строгий напев | Chant rigoureux, Op.9 (1927) | 1937 | original for clarinet and piano |
Alexey Verstovsky Alexey Verstovsky Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky was a Russian composer, musical bureaucrat and rival of Mikhail Glinka.-Biography:... |
Вариации на две темы | Variations on Two Themes | 1950 | |
Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe... |
Концерт соль-мажор | Concerto in G major for viola and orchestra | 1955 | original: Concerto in D Major for viola d'amore and orchestra |
Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school.... |
Вариации | Variations on "A Schüsserl und a Rein'dl'" for viola and orchestra | 1962 | cadenzas by Borisovsky |
Carl Friedrich Zelter Carl Friedrich Zelter Carl Friedrich Zelter was a German composer, conductor and teacher of music.Zelter became friendly with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and his works include settings of Goethe's poems... |
Концерт ми-бемоль мажор | Concerto in E major for viola and orchestra | 1959 | |
Georgi Zlatev-Cherkin (1905–1977) (Георгий Златев-Черкин) |
Севдана | Sevdana (1944) | original for violin and piano |