Highlights from the Irving Schlein Edition, Disc 2 (PPC-2005-10)
"Miniatures” for Violin, Harp, Piano and Percussion Violin - Sandra Schinder Harp - Olga Shevelevich Piano - Pavel Eliashevich Percussion - Alexander Chernobayev
Percussion - Nikolai Ryzhov
1 - I Andante con moto 0.46
2 - II Slowly, yet in 2, plaintively 0.39
3 - III Incisive, sharp, metallic 0.18
4 - IV Agitated 0.15
5 - V Very slowly and sustained 0.51
6 - VI Slowly and stately 0.47
7 - VII March-like 0.16
8 - VIII Languidly, sweetly 0.47
9 - IX Finale – Allegro con spirito 0.29
“ Encore Piece” for Flute and Piano ~1975
Flute - Maria Lapina
Piano - Pavel Eliashevich
10 - Allegro 1.42
Six Preludes for Piano ~1940
Piano Galina Sandovskaya
11 - 1.3 March 0.32
12 - 1.4 Cantabile 1.04
13 - 1.5 Presto 0.22
14 - 1.6 Andante 0.27
15 - 1.7 Allegro con spirito 0.55
16 - 2.1 Allegrissimo 1.37
Piano Sonata No. 3 1940
Piano - Galina Sandovskaya
17 - III Risoluto 2.52
Excerpts from “Strictly from the Birds” 1979
(piano pieces based on bird calls)
Piano - Galina Sandovskaya
18 - Bluebird 0.22
19 - Wood Thrush 0.32
20 - Olive-backed Thrush 0.44
21 - Warblers 1.55
22 - Vireos 0.53
23 - Scarlet Tanager 0.44
24 - Indigo Bunting 0.35
25 - American Robin 0.53
26 - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 1.16
27 - Sparrows 1.23
28 - American Goldfinch 0.46
29 - Oriole 1.23
30 - Purple Finch Linnet 1.53
“ Three Movements for Two Oboes and Piano”
oboe 1 - Alexei Tsess
oboe 2 - Artiom Isaev
31 - I Lightly and whimsically, all in fun 2.40
32 - II Pastoral, evenly, quiet 4.43
33 - III Moderately 2.29
Sonata for Five Clarinets 1950
Clarinet Eb - Igor Gerasimov
Clarinet Bb - Adil Fiodorov
Clarinet A - Michael Alexeev
Alto Cl. Eb - Andrey Bolshianov
Bass Cl. Bb - Alexander Oskolkov
34 - I Introduction and Fughetta – Tranquillo 4.13
35 - II Scherzo - Allegro molto 1.36
36 - III Finale 2.53
Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano 1969
soprano - Victoria Yevtodieva
viola - Dmitri Yakubovsky
piano - Pavel Eliashevich
37 - “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (text; John Keats) 1.19
38 - “Music” (text; Lord Byron & Lord Tennyson) 1.16
39 - “Praise of Music” (text; William Strode) 1.00
40 - “The Man that Hath No Music” (text; W. Shakespeare) 0.54
41 - “Beautiful Lips” (text; Ellen Palmer Allerton) 0.29
42 - “Harmony” (text; Franz Grillparzer) 0.45
43 - “The History of Music” (text; Oliver Wendell Holmes) 0.49
44 - “The Complete Orchestra” (text; Robert Schumann) 0.39
45 - “Oh! For that Piccalo” (text; anonymous) 0.58
46 - “Stanzas for Music” (text; Lord Byron) 1.13
47 - “Our Lives are like Little Songs” (text; Ella Wheeler Wilcox) 1.13
48 - “Conversation” (text: Charles Caleb Colton) 0.34
49 - “Love is like a Rising Star” (Lyrics: Irving Schlein) 3.23
“Petite Suite” for Viola and Piano 1940
viola - Andrey Dogadin
piano - Pavel Eliashevich
50 - I Allegro giusto 4.06
51 - II Moderato 5.18
“ Caprice” for Piano
piano - Inga Dzekster
52 - Allegretto 1.26
