M.P. Belaieff

Mansurjan's String Quartet No. 1 (1983-84) takes us 'on the long road of simplicity, on a wonderful journey during which the question whether this music is new or old can be answered very soon: It is...

Silvestrov's violin sonata 'Post scriptum' is another of his chamber music postludes. The composer once stated that the title of the work signifies that it is 'a postscript to Mozart and the whole cla...

The Violin Concerto op. 82 is one of Glazunov's best-known works. Since the first performance in 1905 conducted by the composer, when Leopold Auer was the soloist, virtually all the great violinists h...

Victor Kissine's 'Caprice' was performed at the Brussels concert hall of Flagey in May 2012 by 24 semifinalists at the Belgian Queen Elisabeth Music Competition. 'Although commissioned by and composed...

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...

Glazunov's Organ Works, which include intricate fugues and double fugues, show that during his lifetime he was the only important Russian composer to write for the organ. His numerous works combine th...

Alexander Glasunov's famous Saxophone Quartet Op. 109 (1932) is one of his last works and, at the same time, one of the earliest quartets for this instrumentation at all. The work is virtually a littl...

The piano works of the Russian composer, conductor and pianist Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931) have unjustly received little attention in recent decades. By publishing a new edition of the studies, the p...

The work was composed in 1999 when a close member of composer's family fell seriously ill. The ode of lamentation is assigned to the two instruments in such a way that they play singly in swift succes...

Quasi Vc-solo means that the two cellists shall communicate with each other in a very careful and gentle way, shall respond to each other in a sensitive way, to sound as only one instrument, a cello '...

The work Path (1987) unfolds so to say from top to bottom. The descending line is metonymic with the path through life - from birth to grave. The beginning flageolets of the cellos and the simple moti...

Grechaninov (1864-1956), mostly known for his piano pieces, songs and operas for children, had his first successes within the circle of the St. Petersburg publisher and patron M. P. Belaieff who award...