Russian recital repertoire

[mussorgsky]

Hello! I'm preparing a recital with Russian piano music and I'm wondering - Is my repertoire good for such recital? Here it is:
Tchaikovsky - Harvest, Meditation op.72 no.5
Rachmaninoff - Elegie op.3, Prelude op.32 no.10
Scriabin - Impromptu op.12 no.2, Two poemes op.32, Prelude and nocturne for the left hand
Mussorgsky - Pictures from an exhibition
encore - Rachmaninoff - Prelude op.23 no.5, Scriabin etude op.8 no.12

Any suggestions are welcome! Thank you!  

[mussorgsky]

No replies? I thought Russian music was very popular on this forum. 

[j_menz]

No replies? I thought Russian music was very popular on this forum. 

Not sure what to say, really.  It's a collection of Russian piano music and should go down well with an audience if played well.

All late romantic and, with the possible exception of Scriabin, all from well known composers (known by your average audience, I mean).

What are you asking?

[kitty on the keys]

I agree, you are covering basic Russian repertoire. Why not look into some of the less well know composers, their music is very good too. Best of luck on your recital.

Kitty on the Keys

[andreslr6]

Have you gotten any Prokofiev in your repertoire yet? maybe you can sneak in some of the VF if you still have time, even a Sarcasm, I remember you want to play them.

[mussorgsky]

Have you gotten any Prokofiev in your repertoire yet? maybe you can sneak in some of the VF if you still have time, even a Sarcasm, I remember you want to play them.

Prokofiev is a "Soviet" composer. I'm not very sure if this label is correct, but lets just say I want to play 19 century russian music.

[kujiraya]

Other similar options might include Balakirev and Medtner. Stravinsky would be a refreshing relief if there are any concerns about an over-pervasive Romanticism.

[mussorgsky]

Other similar options might include Balakirev and Medtner. Stravinsky would be a refreshing relief if there are any concerns about an over-pervasive Romanticism.

Wow, wait! These are too hard for me! 

[pytheamateur]

Wow, wait! These are too hard for me! 

too hard?  How can they be harder than Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition?

[j_menz]

too hard?  How can they be harder than Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition?

Probably because Mussorgsky is thinking Islamey and Petrouschka.

Balakirev and Stravinsky both wrote other stuff, much of it quite manageable. Balakirev wrote some stuff that would fit nicely in the program, actually.

With this one, you get two composers for the price of one:

[visitor]

I fail to see how you can have a recital that wants to showcase the decidedly "Russian" and fa to have any representation of nationalism or folk music.


The absence of Glinka in particular spotlights a big glaring hole in your plan

The other side of the coin is strange absence of any representative from post "five" influence (2nd circle, late nationalists, etc.)

[visitor]

I fail to see how you can have a recital that wants to showcase the decidedly "Russian" and fa to have any representation of nationalism or folk music.


The absence of Glinka in particular spotlights a big glaring hole in your plan

The other side of the coin is strange absence of any representative from the "five"

The literature in this genre is vast, limiting to what I can post would be a soul stealing and spirit destroying endeavor however to try to help here is a little example, a shadow of the glorious mountain of music of this genre...

[pytheamateur]

The other side of the coin is strange absence of any representative from the "five"

Mussorgsky is one of the 5, no?  The five doesn't mean the five best composers, even less does it mean the 5 best composers of piano music.  The poster can certainly be forgiven for not including anything by Cui.

[visitor]

Mussorgsky is one of the 5, no?  The five doesn't mean the five best composers, even less does it mean the 5 best composers of piano music.  The poster can certainly be forgiven for not including anything by Cui.

I stand corrected, albeit I mis-wrote (serves me right for trying to 'multi-task'), meant post five influenced, i.e. Liapunov (also of Balakirev's 2nd circle), etc.

Forgive the blunder, thanks for the correction.

I like Cui, quite a bit actually.

[khantallis123]

How about Balakirev/Glinka's Lark;
I don't know the title of these variations but it is in e minor and by Glinka;
Tchaikovsky's Arr of His Own nutcracker?
rachmaninoff's Preludes Op.23 n. 4-6?

[pytheamateur]

Also' Pletnev's arrangements of the Nutcracker Suite.  Grainer's paraphrase of the Flower Waltze.

[khantallis123]

rachmaninoff arr: rimsky-Korsakov
Melodie in F-rubenstein?

[stravinskylover]

A Lyapunov Transcendental etude, a group of Medtner Fairy Tales (I know that's a bad translation, but whatever), or a Glazunov sonata would be great!

[khantallis123]

Rimsky Korsakov's arr for piano: song of india