Rare Masterpieces of Russian Piano Music. Eleven Pieces by Glinka, Balakirev, Glazunov and Others

Compositores rusos del siglo XIX y XX: Obras maestras de la música rusa para piano. Partitura general.

Edited by Dmitry Feofanov.

A great musical tradition flourished in late 19th- and early 20th-century Russia, nurturing such renowned composers as Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Unfortunately, many superb compositions by lesser Russian composers have been eclipsed by the works of these giants.
In this volume, University of Kentucky musicologist Dmitry Feofanov presents eleven overlooked masterpieces - important Russian piano works of the late 18th to 20th centuries virtually unobtainable elsewhere. Here is Mikhail Glinka's "Prayer", a rare program piece by the founder of Russian opera, the first Russian composer whose music was performed in the West; German-born Johann Hässler's "Sonata-Fantasie", Op. 4, which anticipates Beethoven in structure; and Sergey Liapunov's "Transcendental Etude", Op. 11, No. 10, a stunning tour de force of piano technique.
All scores are authoritative, reprinted from rare Russian texts, many of which are now out of print - with new translations of performance instructions. Short biographies of each composer and background information on each piece round out this fine, modestly priced performance and study edition- sure to appeal to pianists, students, music historians and music lovers everywhere.

Original Dover (1984) publication. Eleven selections reproduced from various original Russian texts.

CONTENIDO:

Introduction

- Mily Balakirev
Rêverie, 1903

- Aleksandr Glazunov
Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, Op. 62, 1899

- Mikhail Glinka
Prayer ("My Thoughts Are Heavy"), 1847

- Aleksandr Griboyedov
Two Waltzes

- Johann Hässler
Sonata-Fantasie, Op. 4, 1795

- Vasily Kalinnikov
Nocturne in F-sharp Minor, 1894

- Anatoly Liadov
Prelude,Op. 11, No.1, 1886

- Sergey Liapunov
Transcendental Etude, Op. 11, No. 10

- Nikolay Medtner
Sonata in G Minor, Op. 22

- Pyotr Schlözer
Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 1, No.2

- Sergey Taneyev
Prelude and Fugue, Op. 29, 1910