dilluns, 25 de febrer del 2019

ARENSKY, Anton (1861-1906) - Suites for two Pianos

Alexey Bogolyubov - Easter procession in Yaroslavl


- Recordatori d'Anton Arensky -
En el dia de la commemoració del seu 113è aniversari de decés



Parlem de Pintura...

Alexey Petrovich Bogolyubov [Алексей Петрович Боголюбов] (Померанье, 16 de març de 1824 - Paris, 3 de febrer de 1896) va ser un pintor rus. Net d'Alexander Radishchev i fill de Pyotr Gavriilovich Bogolyubov, es va formar inicialment en una escola militar abans de servir a l'armada naval russa. El 1849 va entrar a l'Acadèmia Imperial de les Arts de Sant Petersburg on va estudiar amb Maxim Vorobiev i on va conèixer i rebre la influència de l'obra del pintor Ivan Ayvazovsky. El 1853, i després de la seva graduació amb medalla d'or inclosa, va assolir un càrrec de pintor al servei de l'armada naval. Gràcies aquest càrrec, entre els anys 1854 i 1860 va viatjar per Europa realitzant nombrosos paisatges dels llocs que va visitar. A Roma va fer amistat amb Alexander Ivanov i posteriorment a Düsseldorf va estudiar amb Andreas Achenbach. Més tard, es va instal·lar breument a París on va col·laborar amb Camille Corot i Charles-François Daubigny. El 1860 va tornar a Rússia on va exhibir les seves obres i on va ser nomenat professor. El 1871 va ser nomenat membre de l'Acadèmia Imperial de les Arts de Sant Petersburg. En una data posterior al 1873 es va instal·lar definitivament a París, ciutat on va rebre visites d'artistes russos com Ivan Turgenev o Ilya Yefimovich Repin. El 1885 va inaugurar el Museu d'Art Radischev en honor al seu avi. Alexey Petrovich Bogolyubov va viure els darrers anys a Paris, morint en aquesta ciutat el febrer de 1896.



Parlem de Música...

Anton (Antony) Stepanovich Arensky [Анто́н (Анто́ний) Степа́нович Аре́нский] (Novgorod, 12 de juliol de 1861 - Terioki, 25 de febrer de 1906) va ser un pianista, professor, director i compositor rus. Es va formar amb Yuli Johanssen i Rimsky-Korsakov en el Conservatori de Sant Petersburg. A partir del 1882, i fins el 1895, va treballar com a professor de composició i teoria musical al Conservatori de Moscou, ciutat on també va assumir la direcció de la Societat Coral Russa. El 1895 va assolir el càrrec de director del Cor de la Capella Imperial de la Cort Russa a Sant Petersburg en un càrrec que va preservar fins el 1901, any que va ser nomenat professor en el Conservatori de Sant Petersburg. També durant aquell període va realitzar nombroses gires concertants, especialment com a pianista i director orquestral. Com a compositor, va ser autor d'obra diversa però va ser conegut especialment per les variacions sobre un tema de Tchaikovsky i per la seva obra de piano. Els darrers anys va patir tuberculosis i alcoholisme motiu pel qual va ser internat en un sanatori proper a la localitat de Terioki, on hi va morir el febrer de 1906.

Anton Arensky (2)

OBRA:

Vocal:

Stage:
op.
16 Son na Volge [A Dream on the Volga] (op, 4, A.N. Ostrovsky), completed 1888, Moscow, Bol'shoy, 21 Dec 1890/2 Jan 1891
37 Rafaėl' [Raphael] (op, 1, A.A. Kryukov), 1894, Moscow, Conservatory, 26 April/6 May 1894
50 Ėgipetskiye nochi [Egyptian Nights] (ballet, 1, M. Fokin), 1900, St Petersburg, Mariinsky, 8/21 March 1908
47 Nal'i Damayanti [Nal and Damayanti] (op, 3, M. Tchaikovsky, after V. Zhukovsky), completed 1903, Moscow, Bol'shoy, 9/22 Jan 1904
75 The Tempest (incid music, W. Shakespeare), solo vv, chorus, orch, 1905

Choral:
for unaccompanied chorus unless otherwise stated
op.
3 Lesnoy tsar' [The Wood King] (cant., J.W. von Goethe, trans. Zhukovsky), 1v, chorus, orch, 1882
Gimn iskusstvu [Hymn to Art] (Ostrovsky, after F. von Schiller), solo vv, chorus, orch, 1884
14 Anchar (A.S. Pushkin), mixed vv
26 Kantata na 10-letiye koronovaniya [Cant. on the 10th Anniversary of the Coronation] (Kryukov), solo vv, chorus, orch, 1891
31 Two Choruses, male vv: Molitva [Prayer]; Noch' [Night]
39 Three choruses: Kolïbel'naya pesnya [Lullaby]; Zhemchug i lyubov' [The Pearl and Love]; Serenada [Serenade]
40 Four Sacred Choruses, from the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom: Kheruvimskaya pesnya [Cherubim’s Song]; Tebe poyom [We Sing to Thee]; Otche nash [Our Father]; Khvalite Gospoda [Praise the Lord]
46 Bakhchisarayskiy fontan [The Fountain of Bakhchisaray] (cant., after Pushkin), solo vv, chorus, orch, 1899
55 Two Quartets, SATB: Ustalo vsyo krugom [All Around has Grown Weary]; Oni lyubili drug druga [They Loved Each Other]
57 Three Quartets, vc acc.: Serenada [Serenade]; Ugasshim zvezdam [To the Dying Stars]; Goryachiy klyuch [The Hot Spring]
61 Kubok [The Goblet] (cant., Zhukovsky), 1v, chorus, orch
69 Tsvetnik [The Bed of Flowers], 8 pieces, 1v, female vv, pf

Other vocal:
for 1 voice and piano unless otherwise stated
op.
6 Four Songs: Vstrechu l' ya yarkuyu v nebe zaryu? [Shall I Meet a Clear Dawn in Heaven?]; Tï ne sprashivay [Do not Ask]; Kak dorozhu ya prekrasnïm mgnoven'yem [How I Value the Beautiful Moment]; Ya ne skazal tebe [I did not Tell you]
10 Six Songs: Ya prishol k tebe s privetom [I Came to you with a Greeting] (A. Fet); V dïmke [In the Mist]; Ya boyus' rasskazat' [I Fear to Tell] (N. Minsky); Kogda ya bïl lyubim [When I was Beloved]; Zhelaniye [Desire] (A. Khomyakov); Na nivï zhyoltïye [Into the Yellow Cornfields] (A.K. Tolstoy)
17 Four Romances: Menestrel' [The Minstrel] (A. Maykov); Vesnoy [In Spring]; Snovideniye [The Dream] (A.S. Pushkin, after Voltaire); Noch' [Night]
21 Two Romances: Razbitaya vaza [The Broken Vase] (A. Apukhtin); Ona bïla tvoya [She was Yours] (Apukhtin)
27 Six Romances: Pesn' rïbki [Song of the Fish] (M.Y. Lermontov); Osen' [Autumn] (Fet); Pevets [The Singer] (Khomyakov); Starïy rïtsar' [The Old Knight] (V. Zhukovsky); Dve pesni [Two Songs] (Khomyakov); Ya videl smert' [I Beheld Death] (Pushkin)
29 Three Duets: Minutï schast'ya [Minutes of Happiness]; Vcherashnyaya noch' [Last Night]; Fialka [The Violet]
38 Six Romances: V tishi i mrake tainstvennoy nochi [In the Quiet and Gloom of the Mysterious Night] (Fet), pf, vc obbl; Landïsh [The Lily of the Valley] (P. Tchaikovsky); Ne zazhigay ognya [Do not Kindle the Fires] (O. Rathaus); Ne plach', moy drug [Do not Cry, my Friend] (H.W. Longfellow, trans.); O chyom mechtayesh tï? [What are you Dreaming about?] (D. Rathaus); Ya videl inogda [Sometimes I Beheld] (Lermontov)
44 Six Romances (A. Golenishchev-Kutuzov) (1899): Oryol [The Eagle]; Letnyaya noch' [Summer Night]; Odin zvuk imeni [One Sound of the Name]; Den' otoshol [The Day has Gone]; Nad ozerom [Over the Lake]; Yest' v serdtse u menya [There is in my Heart]
45 Two Duets: Tikho vsyo sred charuyushchey nochi [All is Quiet in the Bewitching Night]; Dve rozï [Two Roses]
49 Five Romances: Ugasnul den' [The Day has Died]; Poslushay, bït' mozhet [Listen, perhaps] (Lermontov); Kogda poėt skorbit [When the Poet Mourns] (S. Andreyevsky); V al'bome [In the Album] (Lermontov); Davno-li pod volshebnïye zvuki [Long since beneath Enchanted Sounds] (Fet)
58 Volki [The Wolves] (A.K. Tolstoy), ballad, B, orch
59 Six Children’s Songs: Ptichka letayet [The Bird Flies]; Krugovaya poruka [Mutual Responsibility]; Tam vdali, za rekoy [There in the Distance, Beyond the River]; Rasskazhi, motïlyok [Tell me, Moth]; Spi, ditya moyo, usni [Sleep, my Child]; Pod solntsem v'yutsya zhavoronki [Beneath the Sun the Larks Climb Upwards]
60 Eight Romances: Znakomïye zvuki [Familiar Sounds] (A. Pleshcheyev); Ya zhdal tebya [I Waited for You] (Apukhtin); V polusne [Half-Waking] (Munstein); Vchera uvenchala dushistïmi tsvetami [Yesterday I Crowned with Fragrant Flowers] (Fet); Net, dazhe i togda [No, even then] (Fet); Stranitsï milïye [Dear Pages] (Fet); Sad ves' v tsvetu [The Garden is all in Bloom] (Fet); Odna zvezda nad vsemi dïshit [One Star Breathes over All] (Fet)
64 Five Romances: Lebedinaya pesnya [Swan Song] (Golenishchev-Kutuzov); V sadakh Italii [In the Gardens of Italy] (Golenishchev-Kutuzov); Gornïmi tikho letala dusha nebesami [Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven] (A.K. Tolstoy); Ya ne lyublyu tebya [I do not Love you] (Lermontov); Zmey [The Serpent] (Fet)
68 Three Declamations (Turgenev), 1v, orch, 1903: Kak khoroshi, kak svezhi bïli rozï [How Fine and Fresh were the Roses]; Lazurnoye tsarstvo [The Azure Kingdom]; Nimfï [The Nymphs]
70 Five Songs (T. Shchepkina-Kupernik): Schast'ye [Happiness]; Osen' [Autumn]; Vsyo tikho vokrug [All Around is Quiet]; Nebosklon oslepitel'no siniy [The Dazzlingly Blue Horizon]; Ya na tebya glyazhu s ulïbkoy [I Look at You with a Smile]
71 Vospominaniya [Memories] (K.D. Bal'mont, after P.B. Shelley), suite, 1v, pf: Iz divnïkh dney [From Wonderful Days]; Nad morem [Over the Sea]; Drug s drugom sosnï obnyalis' [The Pines Embraced One Another]; Kak tikho vsyo [How Still all is]; I dolgo mï, sklonivshi vzor [And a Long While We, having Inclined our Gaze]
Five Romances: Poėziya [Poetry] (S. Nadson); Gyot zabveniya [The Weight of Oblivion] (Rathaus); Mne snilos' vecherneye nebo [I Dreamed of the Evening Sky] (Nadson); Ya lask tvoikh strashus' [I Fear your Caresses] (Bal'mont, after Shelley); Zvezda blestyashchaya sorvalasya s nebes [The Brilliant Star Shot from the Heavens] (Rathaus)

Instrumental:

Orch.:
op.
2 Piano Concerto, f, 1882
13 Intermezzo, g, str, 1882
4 Symphony no.1, b, 1883
7 Suite, g, 1885: Variations; Air de danse; Scherzo; Basso ostinato; March
9 Marguerite Gautier, fantasia, completed 1886
18 18 November 1889, ceremonial march for Anton Rubinstein’s jubilee, 1889
22 Symphony no.2, A, 1889
54 Violin Concerto, a, 1891
35a Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky, str, 1894 [based on Tchaikovsky’s Legend op.54, no.5; arr. of slow movt of Arensky’s Str Qt no.2, op.35]
48 Ryabinin Fantasia, on 2 Rus. folksongs, pf, orch, 1899
50a Ėgipetskiye nochi [Egyptian Nights], suite from the ballet
Pamyati Suvorova [To the Memory of Suvorov], march

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Chbr.:
op.
11 String Quartet no.1, G, 1888
12 Two Pieces, vc, pf: Petite ballade; Danse-capricieuse
30 Four Pieces, vn, pf: Prélude; Sérénade; Berceuse; Scherzo
32 Piano Trio no.1, d, 1894
35 String Quartet no.2, a, 1894 [slow movt arr. str orch, op.35a]
51 Piano Quintet, D, 1900
56 Four Pieces, vc, pf: Eastern melody; Romance; Sad song; Humoresque
72 Four Pieces, vn, pf
73 Piano Trio no.2, f, 1905

Keyboard:
for solo piano unless otherwise stated
op.
1 Six Canonic Pieces: Sympathy; Contradiction; March; Lightheartedness; Confession; Sadness
5 Six Pieces, 1884: Nocturne; Intermezzo; Romance; Valse; Basso ostinato; Etude
8 Scherzo, A
15 Suite no.1, F, 2 pf: Romance; Valse; Polonaise
19 Three Pieces: Etude; Prélude; Mazurka
20 Bigarrures, 3 pieces
23 Silhouettes [Suite no.2], 2 pf, 1892: The Scholar; The Coquette; The Buffoon; The Dreamer; The Dancer
24 Trois esquisses
25 Four Pieces: Impromptu; Rêverie; Etude (on a Chinese theme); Scherzino
28 Essais sur les rythmes oubliés: Logaèdes; Péons; Ioniques; Sari; Strophe alcéenne; Strophe sapphique
33 Variations [Suite no.3], 2 pf: Dialogue; Valse; Marche solenelle; Minuet XVIIIème siècle; Gavotte; Scherzo; Marche funèbre; Nocturne; Polonaise
34 Six Children’s Pieces: Conte; Le coucou; Les larmes; Valse; Berceuse; Fugue sur un thème russe
36 Twenty-four Characteristic Pieces, 1894: Prélude; La toupie; Nocturne; Petite ballade; Consolation; Duo; Valse; In modo antico; Papillon; Ne m’oubliez pas; Barcarolle; Intermezzo; Etude; Scherzino; Le ruisseau dans la forêt; Elégie; Le rêve; Inquiétude; Rêverie du printemps; Mazurka; Marche; Tarantella; Andante con variazioni; Aux champs
41 Four Studies, 1896
Improvisation, 1896
42 Three Pieces: Prélude; Romance; Etude
43 Six Caprices
52 Près de la mer, 6 esquisses
53 Six Pieces, 1901: Prélude; Scherzo; Elégie; Mazurka; Romance; Etude
62 Suite no.4, 2 pf: Prélude; Romance; Le rêve; Finale
63 Twelve Preludes
65 Children’s suite, pf 4 hands: Praeludium; Aria; Scherzino; Gavotte; Elegia; Romance; Intermezzo; Alla polacca
66 Twelve Pieces, pf 4 hands: Prélude; Gavotte; Ballade; Menuetto; Elégie; Consolation; Valse; Marche; Romance; Scherzo; Berceuse; Polka
67 Arabesques
74 Twelve Studies, 1905
Two Pieces: Fugue, Valse

Literatura:

Kratkoye rukovodstvo k prakticheskomu izucheniyu garmonii [A short guide to the practical study of harmony] (Moscow, 1891, 5/1929)
Rukovodstvo k izucheniyu form instrumental'noy i vokal'noy muzïki [A guide to the study of forms in instrumental and vocal music] (Moscow, 1893–4, 6/1930)
Sbornik zadach (1000) dlya prakticheskogo izucheniya garmonii [A collection of exercises for the practical study of harmony] (Moscow, 1897)



Informació addicional... 

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1 comentari:

  1. Hi Pau! This looks VERY interesting! Do u have any links for this?
    Best wishes
    Jan

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