Evgeny Kissin - Repertoire

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My hobby to investigate repertoire of some pianists brought me to Evgeny Kissin. I’m sure there are some works I forgot/don’t know, so if you think of those, just tell me. Composers are written in chronological order.

I’m not sure about Scriabin 5th Sonata (which I think I saw on some list) and Brahms 3rd Violin Sonata, which I think he played with Spivakov (it was probably on YouTube).

EVGENY KISSIN

SOLO REPERTOIRE

J. S. BACH:

  • Chaconne, from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (transcription: F. Busoni)

  • Siciliano, second movement from Flute Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, BWV 1031 (transcription: W. Kempff)

  • Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564 (transcription: F. Busoni)

C. W. GLUCK:

  • Melody, from the opera "Orpheo ed Euridice" (transcription: G. Sgambati)

J. HAYDN:

  • Sonata No. 45 in A major, Hob. XVI/30

  • Sonata No. 49 in E-flat major, Hob. XVI/49

  • Sonata No. 62 in E-flat major, Hob. XVI/52

W. A. MOZART:

  • Rondo alla Turca, third movement from Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331

  • Sonata No. 10 in C major, KV 330

L. VAN BEETHOVEN:

  • Bagatelle in B minor, Op. 126 no. 4

  • Contredanse in C major, WoO 14 no. 1 (transcription, probably by I. Seiss)

  • 6 Ecossaisen in E-flat major, WoO 83

  • Marcia alla turca, from "The Ruins of Athens", Op. 113 no. 5 (transcription: A. Rubinstein)

  • Rondo in G major, Op. 51 no. 2

  • Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op. 129, "Rage over a lost penny"

  • Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 no. 3

  • Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 no. 2, "Moonlight"

  • Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 no. 2

  • Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"

  • Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata“

  • Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101

  • Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier"

  • Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

  • 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80

  • 6 Variations in D major, Op. 76

C. M. VON WEBER:

  • Perpetuum Mobile, fourth movement from Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 24

SIR HENRY BISHOP:

  • Home Sweet Home

F. SCHUBERT:

  • Fantasie in C major, D. 760, "Wanderer"

  • Impromptus D. 899:

• no. 3 in G-flat major

• no. 4 in F minor

  • Impromptus, D. 935:

• no. 1 in F minor

• no. 3 in B-flat major

  • Military March, for Piano Four Hands, D. 733 no. 1 (transcription: C. Tausig)

  • Moment musicaux, D. 780 no. 3 (transcription: L. Godowsky)

  • Sonata No. 7 in E-flat major, D. 568

  • Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D. 784

  • Sonata No. 17 in D major, D. 850

  • Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major, D. 960

  • Songs (transcriptions: F. Liszt):

• Aufenthalt, D. 957 no. 5 (S. 560 no. 3)

• Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774 (S. 558 no. 2

• Erlkönig, D. 328 (S. 558 no. 4)

• Die Forelle, D. 550 (S. 563 no. 6)

• Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118 (S. 558 no. 8)

• Der Müller und der Bach, D. 795 no. 19 (S. 565 no. 2)

• Ständchen (Horch’, horch’, die Lerch’!), D. 889 (S. 558 no. 9)

• Ständchen (Leise flehen meine Lieder), D. 957 no. 4 (S. 560 No. 7)

• Das Wandern, D. 795 no. 1 (S. 565 no. 1)

• Wohin?, D. 795 no. 2 (S. 565 no. 5)

M. GLINKA:

  • Song "The Lark" (transcription: M. Balakiriev)

F. MENDELSSOHN:

  • Etude in A minor, Op. 104b no. 3

  • Scherzo in E minor, Op. 16 no. 2

  • Schezo from "A Midsummer Nights Dream" (transcription: S. Rachmaninov)

  • Song Without Words in C major, Op. 67 No.4, "Spinning Song"

F. CHOPIN:

  • Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brilliante in E-flat major, Op. 22

  • 4 Ballades:

• no. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

• no. 2 in F major, Op. 38

• no. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47

• no. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

  • Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60

  • Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57

  • Etudes, Op. 10:

• no. 1 in C major

• no. 2 in A minor

• no. 3 in E major

• no. 4 in C-sharp minor

• no. 12 in C minor

  • Etudes, Op. 25:

• no. 5 in E minor

• no. 6 in G-sharp minor

• no. 11 in A minor

  • Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49

  • 4 Impromptus:

• no. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 29

• no. 2 in F-sharp major, Op. 36

• no. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 51

• no. 4 in C-sharp minor, Fantaisie-impromptu, op. posth. 66

  • Mazurkas:

• in E major, Op. 6 no. 3

• in A minor, Op. 7 no. 2

• in F minor, Op. 7 no. 3

• in B-flat major, Op. 17 no. 1

• in A minor, Op. 17 no. 4

• in B-flat minor, Op. 24 no. 4

• in D-flat major, Op. 30 no. 3

• in C-sharp minor, Op. 30 no. 4

• in D major, Op. 33 no. 2

• in C-sharp minor, Op. 41 no. 1

• in A-flat major, Op. 41 no. 4

• in G major, Op. 50 no. 1

• in A-flat major, Op. 50 no. 2

• in C-sharp minor, Op. 50 no. 3

• in C major, Op. 56 no. 2

• in A minor, Op. 59 no. 1

• in F-sharp minor, Op. 59 no. 3

• in B major, Op. 63 no. 1

• in F minor, Op. 63 No. 2

• in C-sharp minor, Op. 63 no. 3

• in A minor, Op. 67 no. 4

• in C major, Op. 68 no. 1

• in A minor, Op. 68 no. 2

• in F minor, Op. 68 no. 4

  • Nocturnes:

• in B-flat minor, Op. 9 no. 1

• in B minor, Op. 9 no. 3

• in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 no. 1

• in D-flat major, Op. 27 no. 2

• in A-flat major, Op. 32 no. 2

• in G major, Op. 37 no. 2

• in C minor, Op. 48 no. 1

• in F-sharp minor, Op. 48 no. 2

• in F minor, Op. 55 no. 1

• in E major, Op. 62 no. 2

• in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.

  • 2 Polonaises, Op. 26:

• no. 1 in C-sharp minor

• no. 2 in E-flat minor

  • Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40 no. 2

  • Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44

  • Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53

  • Polonaise-Fantaise in A-flat major, Op. 61

  • 24 Preludes, Op. 28

  • 4 Scherzi:

• no. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

• no. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

• no. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39

• no. 4 in E major, Op. 54

  • Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35

  • Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

  • Song "The Maiden’s Wish", Op. 74 no. 1 (transcription: F. Liszt, S. 480 no. 1)

  • Waltzes:

• in A-flat major, Op. 34 no. 1

• in A minor, Op. 34 no. 2

• in A-flat major, Op. 42

• in D-flat major, Op. 64 no. 1

• in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 no. 2

• in A-flat major, Op. 69 no. 1

• in B minor, Op. 69 no. 2

• in E minor, Op. posth.

R. SCHUMANN:

  • Arabeske, Op. 18

  • Carnaval, Op. 9

  • Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

  • Fantasiestücke, Op. 12

  • Novelette in F-sharp minor, Op. 21 no. 8

  • Kreisleriana, Op. 16

  • Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 11

  • Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14

  • Song "Frühlingsnacht", Op. 39 no. 12 (transcription: F. Liszt, S. 568)

  • Song "Widmung", Op. 25 no. 1 (transcription: F. Liszt, S. 566)

  • Symphonic Etudes in the Form of Variations, Op. 13

  • Toccata, Op. 7

  • Träumerei, from Kinderszenen, Op. 15 no. 7

  • Variations on the name "Abegg", Op. 1

F. LISZT:

  • Concert Etude in F minor, S. 144 no. 2, "La leggierezza"

  • Concert Etude in D-flat major, S. 145 no. 1, "Waldesrauschen"

  • Concert Paraphrase on Verdi’s opera "Rigoletto", S. 434

  • Etudes d’exécution tr anscendante, S. 139:

• no. 5 in B-flat major, "Feux follets"

• no. 8 in C minor, "Wilde jagd"

• no. 9 in A-flat major, "Ricordanza"

• no. 10 in F minor

• no. 11 in D-flat major, "Harmonies du soir"

• no. 12 in B-flat minor, "Chasse-neige"

  • Funérailles, from "Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses", S. 173 no. 7

  • Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S. 141:

• no. 2 in E-flat major

• no. 3 in G-sharp minor, "La campanella"

• no. 5 in E major, "La chasse"

  • Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244:

• no. 6 in D-flat major

• no. 10 in E major

• no. 12 in C-sharp minor

• no. 15 in A minor, "Rakoczy March"

  • Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514

  • Rhapsodie espagnole, S. 254

  • Sonata in B minor, S. 178

  • Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, from "Années de Pèlerinage, Deuxième année: Italie", S. 161 no. 5

  • Vallée d’Obermann, from "Années de Pèlerinage, Premiere Anee: Suisse", S. 160 no. 6

  • Valse-Caprice No. 6 in A major, after Franz Schubert, from "Soirées de Vienne", S. 427 no. 6

  • Venezia e Napoli, S. 162

• Gondoliera

• Canzone

• Tarantelle

C. FRANCK:

  • Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, M 21

J. BRAHMS:

  • Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 no. 2

  • 7 Fantasien, Op. 116

  • Hungarian Dances, WoO1 (composer’s own transcription for piano solo)

• no. 1 in G minor

• no. 2 in D minor

• no. 3 in F major

• no. 4 in F minor

• no. 6 in D-flat major

• no. 7 in F major

  • Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 76 no. 7

  • 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117

  • 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118

  • 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119

  • Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5

  • Varations on a Theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35, Books 1 & 2

  • Waltzes, Op. 39:

• no. 1 in B major

• no. 2 in E major

• no. 3 in G-sharp minor

• no. 4 in E minor

• no. 15 in A-flat major

M. BALAKIRIEV:

  • Islamey, oriental fantasy

M. P. MUSSORGSKY:

  • Pictures at an Exhibition

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY:

  • December (Noël), from The Seasons, Op. 37b no. 12

  • Meditation in D major, Op. 72 no. 5

  • Natha-Valse, Op. 51 no. 4

  • Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 19 no. 4

  • Dance of the Four Swans (Pas de quatre), from ballet "Swan Lake" (transcription: E. Wild)

E. GRIEG:

  • Carnaval, from Scenes of Country Life, Op. 19 no. 3

  • Jeg elsker dig (I love thee), from "Piano Pieces after Original Songs", Op. 41 no. 3

  • Du fatter ei Břlgernes evige Gang (The Poet’s Heart), Op. 52 no. 3

N. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV:

  • Flight of the Bumblebee, from opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" (transcription: S. Rachmaninov)

A. GRÜNFELD:

  • Soirée de Vienne – Konzertparaphrase über Johann Strauss’sche Walzermotive, Op. 56

M. MOSZKOWSKI:

  • Caprice espagnol, Op. 37

C. DEBUSSY:

  • Golliwog’s Cake Walk, from Children’s Corner, no. 6

  • Preludes, Book 1:

• no. 1, Danseuses de Delphes

• no. 5, Les collines d’Anacapri

• no. 7, Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest

• no. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin

• no. 9, La sérénade interrompue

• no. 10, La Cathédrale engloutie

  • Preludes, Book 2:

• no. 6, Général Lavine - eccentric

• no. 12, Feux d’artifice

SAKUNOSUKE KOYAMA:

  • Natu-Wa Kinu, folk song (transcription: Shigeaki Saegusa)

JOAQUIN LARREGLA:

  • Viva Navarra!

V. KOMITAS:

  • Krumk (transcription: Georgy Saradjian)

L. GODOWSKY:

  • Alt Wien, from "Triakontameron", no. 11

A. SCRIABIN:

  • Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 no. 1

  • Etudes, Op. 8:

• no. 2 in F-sharp minor

• no. 4 in B major

• no. 5 in E major

• no. 8 in A-flat major

• no. 9 in G-sharp minor

• no 11 in B-flat minor

• no. 12 in D-sharp minor

  • Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 42 no. 5

  • Mazurka in E minor, Op. 25 no. 3

  • 4 Preludes, Op. 15

  • 2 Preludes, Op. 27

  • 4 Preludes, Op. 37

  • Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19

  • Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23

  • Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op.

  • Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 53 (?)

S. RACHMANINOV:

  • Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39:

• no. 1 in C minor

• no. 2 in A minor

• no. 4 in B minor

• no. 5 in E-flat minor

• no. 6 in A minor

• no. 9 in D major

  • Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 no. 2

  • Preludes, Op. 23:

• no. 1 in F-sharp minor

• no. 2 in B-flat major

• no. 3 in F major

• no. 4 in D minor

• no. 5 in G minor

• no. 6 in E-flat major

• no. 7 in C minor

• no. 10 in G-flat major

  • Preludes, Op. 32:

• no. 8 in A minor

• no. 10 in B minor

• no. 12 in G-sharp minor

• no. 13 in D-flat major

  • Song "Lilacs", Op. 21 no. 5 (transcription: S. Rachmaninov)

  • Song "Vocalise", Op. 34 no. 14 (transcription: A. Richardson)

E. GRANADOS:

  • Quejas, o La Maja y el ruiseñor (Complaint, or the Girl and the Nightingale), from Goyescas, Op. 11 no. 4

  • Danza Española, Op. 37 no. 5, "Andaluza"

N. MEDTNER:

  • Sonata reminiscenza in A minor, Op. 38 no. 1

I. STRAVINSKY:

  • Three Moments from "Petroushka"

K. SZYMANOWSKI:

  • Etude in B-flat minor, Op. 4 no. 3

ALEXANDER KREIN:

  • Suite dansée

E. BLOCH:

  • Piano Sonata B. 69

MIKHAIL (MOSHE) MILNER:

  • Farn Opsheyd (Before Separating)

ALEXSANDER VEPRIK:

  • Sonata No. 2, Op. 5

S. PROKOFIEV:

  • Dance, Op. 32 no. 1

  • Etude in C minor, Op. 2 no. 3

  • March, from the "Love for the Three Oranges", Op. 33 no. 1

  • Ten Pieces for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75:

• no. 4., "Juliet as a Young Girl"

• no. 6, "Montagues and Capulets"

• no. 8, "Mercutio"

  • Prelude in C major, Op. 12 no. 7

  • Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29

  • Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 62

  • Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84

  • Suggestion diabolique, Op. 4 no. 4

  • Visions Fugitives, Op.22:

• no. 10 - Ridicolosamente

• no. 11 - Con vivacità

• no. 16 - Dolente

• no. 17 - Poetico

V. HOROWITZ:

  • Variations on a theme from Bizet’s opera "Carmen"

I. ALBENIZ:

  • Suite Española, Op. 47

• no. 1 - Granada

• no. 4 - Cádiz

• no. 5 - Asturias (Leyenda)

  • Cordoba, Op. 232 no. 4

S. BARBER:

  • Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26

E. KISSIN:

  • Dodecaphonic Tango

  • Two Inventions

  • Toccata

ANONYMUS:

  • Todai-Mori (Lighthouse Keeper) (transcription: Shigeaki Saegusa)

  • Usagi (Rabbit) (transcription: Shigeaki Saegusa)

PIANO CONCERTOS

J. S. BACH:

  • Concerto for Four Pianos and Strings in A minor, BWV 1065 (Martha Argerich, James Levine, Mikhail Pletnev)

J. HAYDN:

  • Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII/11

W. A. MOZART:

  • Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, KV 414

  • Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, KV 466

  • Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, KV 491

  • Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, KV 595

  • Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D major, KV 382

L. VAN BEETHOVEN:

  • Fantasy for Piano, Vocal Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80

  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19

  • Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

  • Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

  • Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 57

F. CHOPIN:

  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

R. SCHUMANN:

  • Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

F. LISZT:

  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major

J. BRAHMS:

  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83

E. GRIEG:

  • Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY:

  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

A. SCRIABIN:

  • Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20

S. RACHMANINOV:

  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in C mimor, Op. 18

  • Piano Concerto No. 3 in D mimor, Op. 30

S. PROKOFIEV:

  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10

  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16

  • Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

D. SHOSTAKOVICH:

  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

T. KHERNIKOV:

  • Piano Concerto No. 2

CHAMBER MUSIC & LIED REPERTOIRE

J. J. BENDA:

  • Grave, second movement from Violin Concerto in G Major (transcription for viola and piano) (Yuri Bashmet)

W. A. MOZART:

  • Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, KV 478 (Kopelman Quartet / Emerson String Quartet)

  • Sonata for Piano Four Hands in C major, KV 521 (Martha Argerich)

  • Molto allegro, third movement from Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, KV 448 (Martha Argerich)

  • Violin Sonata No. 23 in D major, KV 306 (Itzhak Perlman)

L. VAN BEETHOVEN:

  • Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer" (Itzhak Perlman)

G. ROSSINI:

  • Overture to the opera "Semiramide" (transcription for eight pianos: C. Czerny/R. Gulda) (Steffan Scheja, James Levine, Nicholas Angelich, Leif Ove Andsnes, Emanuel Ax, Lang Lang, Mikhail Pletnev)

  • Overture to the opera "William Tell": Finale: March of the Swiss Soldiers (transcription for four pianos, 16 hands) (Daniil Trifonov, Seong-Jin Cho, Yuja Wang, Denis Kozhukhin, Mikhail Pletnev, Sir András Schiff, Sergei Babayan)

F. SCHUBERT:

  • Allegro for Piano Four Hands in A Minor, D947, "Lebensstürme" (James Levine)

  • Characteristic March No.1 in C major, for Piano Four Hands, D. 968b (James Levine)

  • Fantasie for Piano Four Hands in F minor, D. 940 (James Levine / Martha Argerich)

  • Military March for Piano Four Hands No. 1 in D major, D. 733 (James Levine)

  • Piano Trio in B-flat major, D. 898 (Sylvia Marcovici, Alexander Kniazev / Itzhak Perlman, Mischa Maisky / Julian Rachlin, Mischa Maisky / second movement with Renaud Capucon, Gautier Capucon)

  • Sonata in A minor, D. 821, "Arpeggione" (Yuri Bashmet, vola)

  • Sonata for Piano Four Hands in C major, D. 812, "Grand Duo" (James Levine)

  • Songs (Thomas Quasthoff):

• Ganymed, D. 544

• Prometheus, D. 764

• Im Frühling, D. 882

• Erlkönig, D. 328

• Der Wanderer, D. 493

• Der Zwerg, D. 771

  • Quintet in A major, D. 667, "Trout" (Vladimir Spivakov, violin; Gregory Kovalenko, viola; Mikhail Milman, cello; Ivan Suluga, double bass / Vladimir Spivakov, violin; Igor Sulyga, viola; Mikhail Milman, cello; Gregory Kovalevsky, double bass / Gidon Kremer, violin; Veronika Hagen, viola; Clemens Hagen, cello; Alois Posch, double bass)

F. MENDELSSOHN:

  • Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (Isaac Stern, Natalia Gutman (Verbier, 1995.) / Joshua Bell, Mischa Maisky)

R. SCHUMANN:

  • Fantasiestücke, for Cello and Piano, Op. 73 (Alexander Kniazev)

R. WAGNER:

  • "Ride of the Valkyries" from "Die Walküre" (transcription for eight pianos: Blackford) (Lang Lang, Leif Ove Andsnes, Claude Franck, Emanuel Ax, James Levine, Staffan Scheja, Mikhail Pletnev)

A. BAZZINI:

  • Le Ronde de lutes, for violin and piano (Maxim Vengerov)

C. FRANCK:

  • Violin Sonata in A major (Itzhak Perlman)

  • Violin Sonata in A major (transcription for cello and piano: J. Delsart) (Alexander Kniazev)

B. SMETANA:

  • Sonata for Two Pianos Eight Hands in E minor, B 70/T 47 (James Levine, Leif Ove Andsnes, Emanuel Ax / Yuja Wang, Sir András Schiff, Seong-Jin Cho)

L. M. GOTTSCHALK:

– L’Union: Paraphrase De Concert Sur Les Airs Nationaux (Star Spangled Banner, Yankee Doodle, Hail Columbia) (transcription for eight pianos) (Lang Lang, Leif Ove Andsnes, Nicholas Angelich, Emanuel Ax, James Levine, Staffan Scheja, Mikhail Pletnev)

J. BRAHMS:

  • Andante, second movement from Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34b (Emerson String Quartet)

  • Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (Vadim Repin, Yuri Bashmet, Mischa Maisky)

  • Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 (Itzhak Perlman)

  • Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 (Vladimir Spivakov) ?

  • Sonata for Viola and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 120 no. 2 (Yuri Bashmet)

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY:

  • Lensky’s Aria, from the opera “Eugene Onegin” (transcription for violin and piano: L. Auer) (Itzhak Perlman)

  • Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 (Joshua Bell, Mischa Maisky / Sylvia Marcovici, Alexander Kniazev / Itzhak Perlman, Mischa Maisky / Julian Raclih, Mischa Maisky)

  • Songs/Romances (Dmitri Hvorostovsky)

• Why?, Op. 6 no. 5

• The love of a dead man, Op. 38 no. 5

• Ah, if only you could for one moment, Op. 38 no. 4

• On golden cornfields, Op. 57 no. 2

• Pimpinella, Op. 38 no. 6

• Say of what, in the shade of branches, Op. 57 no. 1

• To forget so soon; In the midst of the ball, Op. 38 no. 3

• O child, Op. 63 no. 6

• Don Juan’s Serenade, Op. 38 no. 1

A. DVOŘÁK:

  • Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81 (Vadim Repin & Laurent Korcia, violins; Yuri Bashmet, viola; Alexander Kniazev, cello / Kopelman Quartet / Emerson String Quartet)

N. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV:

  • Flight Of The Bumblebee, from the opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" (transcription for eight pianos) (Lang Lang, Leif Ove Andsnes, Nicholas Angelich, Emanuel Ax, James Levine, Staffan Scheja, Mikhail Pletnev)

G. FAURE:

  • Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 (Kopelman Quartet / Emerson String Quartet)

J. P. SOUSA / M. GOULD:

  • The Stars and Stripes Forever (transcription for eight pianos) (Lang Lang, Leif Ove Andsnes, Nicholas Angelich, Emanuel Ax, James Levine, Staffan Scheja, Mikhail Pletnev)

C. DEBUSSY:

  • Two Nocturnes: Nuages and Fetes (transcription for two pianos: M. Ravel) (Martha Argerich)

S. RACHMANINOV:

  • Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (Alexander Kniazev)

  • Polka italienne, for Piano Duet (Daniil Trifonov)

  • Romance in A major, for Pano Six Hands (Rodion Shchedrin, Daniil Trifonov)

  • Songs/Romances (Dmitri Hvorostovsky):

• It’s time, Op. 14 no. 12

• Believe me not, friend, Op. 14 no. 7

• I was with her, Op. 14 no. 4

• Let us rest, Op. 26 no. 3

• Spring waters, Op. 14 no. 11

M. DE FALLA:

  • Danza Española No. 1, from the opera "La Vida Breve" (transcription for violin and piano: F. Kreisler) (Itzhak Perlman)

N. MEDTNER:

  • Songs (Dmitri Hvorostovsky):

• Gone are my heart’s desires, Op. 3 no. 2

• To a dreamer, Op. 32 no. 6

• Prosperous voyage, Op. 15 no. 8

• The wanderer’s night song, Op. 6 no. 1

• Winter evening, Op. 13 no. 1

S. PROKOFIEV:

  • Overture on Hebrew Themes Op. 34 (Vladimir Spivakov & Boris Garlitsky, violins; Yuri Gandelsman, viola; Mikhail Milman, cello; Michel Lethiec, clarinet)

D. MILHAUD:

  • Scaramouche, for Two Pianos (Martha Argerich)

A. BENJAMIN:

  • Jamaican Rumba (transcription for eight pianos) (Lang Lang, Leif Ove Andsnes, Nicholas Angelich, Emanuel Ax, James Levine, Staffan Scheja, Mikhail Pletnev)

D. SHOSTAKOVICH:

  • Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (Alexander Kniazev)

  • Scherzo, third movement from Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 (Emerson String Quartet)

  • Viola Sonata in C minor, Op. 147 (Yuri Bashmet)

W. LUTOSLAVSKI:

  • Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for Two Pianos (Martha Argerich)
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Mendelssohn - also the little Etude VH played. F minor, Op. onehundredsomething-b.

I’m listening to an EK recital right now. He owns the Schubert/Godowsky - ridiculously well played. I would have made a YT video of it tonight if I hadn’t discovered my CD-R of his best performance has a glitch a few seconds in. :rage:

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To put things in perspective, at Kissin’s present age, we would be talking about Vladimir Horowitz as early Horowitz of the Yale archive era.

Surprised by how little Rachmaninoff there is by Kissin.

Alas, a frustrating artist for me. Not too many highs, not too many lows. And that tone? The Soviet Serkin.

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All true & fair. I thought he was a human midi-generator essentially in his youth, and a SNN uglifier after that, but I’ve really enjoyed his playing since around 2012 (and a few things before then too). I think he’s finally living up to his early promise.

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@xsdc this one in A minor?

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Right, yes.

:mage:

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He Talks about playing the Bach D Minor Concerto in an interview in youth. Also, that Bach is favorite composer though… seems like only transcriptions making into his programs so far.

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It’s a shame actually… I’d love to hear him play untranscribed Bach.

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He said something like he wouldn’t like to play Bach on modern piano…

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Which one? Rec?

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Carnegie 1997

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oh brother

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Now that would be a composer I’d like to hear him play, much more than typical Romantic composers.

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:rectum:

If he hasn’t been convinced by the wealth of great Bach recordings out there that it in fact does work… can’t he see it as a transcription? It feels like a double standard to avoid playing harpsichord music on the piano while happily performing organ music on it. Besides Bach would have been the last to object, he shuffled around music from one instrument to another all the time himself.

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Agreed, a lot of it was composed for “keyboard” with no specific instrument in mind anyway. And the music is too great to neglect. Several great pianists have struggled with this in the past (ABM, Arrau), but Bach on piano can work well indeed if it’s in the hand of a capable pianist who finds a good balance - “good” in my opinion meaning avoiding excesses in pedaling, tempo and dynamics and avoiding the idiotic staccato-mania of GG.

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One thing I am reacting to is the Godowsky rep. He obviously knows about Godowsky, and he is only playing one arrangement by him. Does this mean that he believes that only one of his arrangements is worth playing? Just something I was thinking about

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I don’t know, but I wouldn’t think so. It’s fringe rep. Also not the kind of music I normally associate with EK.

The MM is really ingenious though. More complex than the Rosamunde I’m playing now.

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I am just wondering why he doesn’t feel the need to make Godowsky more famous. I honestly believe it is strange

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Bearing in mind this is only rep he’s performed. He undoubtedly would play Bach at home, pozz has no wish to perform it, or insecure with it, who knows.

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Guys, I’m curious if anyone has Kissin recital program he played I think around 1998, with Beethoven 101, Brahms 119 and Liszt Sonata?