Known and unknown things from Russia

All those, whether teachers or piano students, who are looking for playable but musically demanding pieces (e.g. for the minor subject piano) will find the following in the volume published in 2013 Russian piano music and will learn to appreciate the musical quality of these pieces.

The collection builds on the second volume of the Russian Piano School, which has been available in the German version for three decades, and combines a progressively arranged repertoire in 74 pieces ranging in difficulty from easy to intermediate. It includes compositions by well-known composers from Glinka to Gubaidulina, Tchaikovsky, Glière, Goedicke and Schnittke. However, great importance has also been attached to including musicians and teachers who are less well-known in the West and to giving space to regional composers (Agafonnikov, Tigranian, Kolodub, Sevastyanov).

All the pieces are relatively short, musically and pianistically very productive and have a programmatic title. In addition, the care taken in the choice of pieces is also evident in the fact that contextual contexts have always been taken into account and thus, for example The day has passed and Bedtime story or also In the mountains (by Gubaidulina) and Echo are printed opposite each other. The result is attractive combinations for concertos and preludes that offer the listener appealing music.

Russian Piano Music, A Collection for Young and Adult Piano Players, Easy to Intermediate, Volume 1, SIK 2409, € 22.90, Sikorski, Hamburg 2013