M.P. Belaieff

After I had dedicated my first quartet (1983/84) to the memory of a friend and musician who died young, I had to mourn the death of yet another friend: Eduard Khagagortyan. To him, I dedicated my seco...

The title is a quote from the essay 'The Rose of Paracelsus' by Jorge Luis Borges. This parable is about the secret of the creation of a miracle, the disappearance and reappearance of the rose as well...

The work was written for the saxophonist Margarita Shaposhnikova, professor at the Gnessin Institute (now Russian Academy of Music), and was performed by her in 1987 in the Great Hall of the Academy....

The present publication is based on an earlier vocal composition by Mansurian with the same title Four Hayrens for mezzo-soprano and piano (1967). Forty years later, in 2007 (and again revised in 2010...

What does the Lotus Effect have to do with modal structures and prosodic forms of ancient Armenian sacred music? Tigran Mansurian attempts to fathom these mysteries - the magical plant with its unique...

Original works for viola by Russian composers around the turn of the century are a true rarity. For this reason, this volume also includes works for which the authors have allowed two different possib...

'The Musical Offering' (2007) was composed for David Sabee (cello) and Ivan Sokolov (piano) who premiered the work in 2010. In this five-movement sonata, solo passages alternate with the cello and pia...

With these demanding romantic performance pieces for violoncello and piano, Belaieff starts a new series in which 'hidden treasures' from the publisher's archives, i.e. works by Russian composers whic...

Mit diesen mittelschweren, romantischen Vortragsstücken für Violoncello und Klavier setzt Belaieff seine Reihe 'verborgene Schätze' des Verlagsarchivs fort. Weniger bekannte Werke und Autoren, vergrif...

The work was written for the saxophonist Margarita Shaposhnikova, professor at the Gnessin Institute (now Russian Academy of Music), and was performed by her in 1987 in the Great Hall of the Academy....

In Armenia, the clarinet is considered a popular instrument. Almost all of our duduk players also play the clarinet. In some villages, they call it gralnet and they call the player gralnetist. In Para...

Triptych was conceived and almost completely 'written' in my head during my walks around beautiful English countryside. And sometimes in such moments you switch off from reality and are able to see an...

The composition 'Solo' for violin is made up of some earlier works by Wustin from the years 1984 and 1975. The composer dedicated the two-movement work (I Dedication, II Scene) to the outstanding viol...

Belaieff's archives contain many works from the pre-revolutionary period which absolutely deserve to be reprinted and included in the contemporary concert and educational repertoire. These pieces are...

This fantasia is based on the most popular and beautiful melodies from the opera 'Prince Igor' by Borodin, containing both virtuoso passages and expressive cantilenas. Since the setting is quite easy...

Vladimir Pogoyev's transcriptions for violin and piano of two episodes from Alexander Glasunov's ballet 'Raymonda' are among the most famous 'Raymonda' arrangements. The composer Pogoyev (1872-1941) b...

With this homage, the composer bows to J.S. Bach by repackaging seemingly familiar things and listening sensitively after melody fragments and harmonies. The violin part, mostly supported by the piano...

The 'Suite de los espejos' is a remarkable work for its time. The very first word, 'Christ', was a provocation and a challenge to the predominance of dogmatic Marxist-Leninist ideas in Soviet art. Gar...

This is the first publication of the original score by Modest Mussorgsky. The composer himself wrote the song text in the style of Lord Byron's poem of the same name. Apart form the Russian text, the...

For those who are familiar only with Pärt's music of the last 30 years, the uncompromisingly radical nature of this score will no doubt come as a surprise. Obituary is the first piece of Estonian dode...