Nikolai Peiko

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Updated 10 May 2006

Born

12/25 March 1916 in Moscow. Died in 1 July 1995 in Moscow.

Principal Works

Eight symphonies, concertos and other symphonic pieces.

Works

Ballad in B minor for piano (1939)
LP Melodiya D 12851-2: D. Blagoy (piano)
Dramatic Ouverture for Orchestra (1941)

Sonatina-Fairy Tale for piano (1942)

LP Melodiya D 013489-90: V. Merzhanov (piano)
"Aikhylu", opera (1941-1943)
Revised in 1953.
"Jeanne d'Arc", ballet after V. Burmeister (1952-1955)

"One Night of Tsar Ivan", musical and dramatic szenes in one act after Tolstoy

Concerto for piano and orchestra (1943-1947)

Symphony No. 1 (1944-1945)

Symphony No. 2 (1946)

"From the Early Russia", symphonic suite (1948)

Moldavian Suite for orchestra (1949-1950)

LP Melodiya D 004982-3: Large Radio Orchestra, N. Rakhlin (cond)
Seven Pieces on Themes of the USSR-People, symphonic suite (1950)

Fantasy No. 1 in E minor for violin and orchestra on Finnish Folk Themes (1953)

LP Melodiya D 3062-3: Radio Orchestra, K. Kondrashin (cond), E. Grach (violin)
Suite No. 1 for violin and orchestra (1953)

Piano Sonata No. 1 in E minor (1946-1954)

Symphonic Ballad (1956)

"From the Legend of Jacutia", symphonic suite (1940-1957)

Symphony No. 3 (1957)

Symphonietta for small orchestra (1959)

Capriccio for small orchestra (1960)

Piano Quintet in D major (1961)

LP Melodiya D 07651-14766: Borodin Quartet, N. Peiko (piano)
LP Melodiya C10 06185-6: A. Shilov and A. Balashov (violin), A. Galkovsky (viola), A. Korchagin (cello), N. Peiko (piano)
String Quartet No. 1 in F sharp minor (1962)
LP Melodiya C10 13037-8: Shostakovich Quartet
Concerto-Fantasy No. 2 in G minor for violin and orchestra (1964)
LP Melodiya CM 02221-2: USSR State Orchestra, Y. Svetlanov (cond)
Concerto-Fantasy for violin and piano
Transcription of Fantasy for violin and orchestra No. 2.
LP Melodiya CM 02221-2: V. Tretiakov (violin), N. Peiko (piano)
CD Brilliant Classics 93005 (10 CD-set): V. Tretiakov (violin), N. Peiko (piano)
Symphony No. 4 in B minor (1963-1965)
LP Melodiya D 018975-6: USSR State Orchestra, Y. Svetlanov (cond)
LP Melodiya C 01313-4: USSR State Orchestra, Y. Svetlanov (cond)
LP Melodiya C10 15743-4: Central TV & Radio Large SO, K. Ivanov (cond)
String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor (1965)
LP Melodiya C10 06185-6: A. Shilov and A. Balashov (violin), A. Galkovsky (viola), A. Korchagin (cello)
LP Melodiya C10 13037-8: Shostakovich Quartet
"Ivan the Terrible" for chorus and orchestra (1967)

"One Night of Tsar Ivan", oratorio (1968)

Symphony No. 5 in F major (1968)

LP Melodiya C10 09579-80: Moscow Radio & TV SO, Peiko (cond)
Suite No. 2 for violin and orchestra (1968)

Decimet for ten solo instruments (1971)

For flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, double bassand piano.
LP Melodiya C10 07433-4: Soloists Ensemble of USSR State SO
Symphony No. 6 (1972)
LP Melodiya C10 07433-4: State Radio & TV Large SO, A. Dmitriev (cond)
Concerto-Symphony (1974)
LP Melodiya 10 08201-2: USSR Radio & TV Large SO, N. Peiko (cond)
Piano Sonata No. 2 (1975)
LP Melodiya 10 08201-2: N. Peiko (piano)
String Quartet No. 3 in E minor (1976)
LP Melodiya C10 13037-8: Shostakovich Quartet
Symphony No. 7 in A minor for folkorchestra (1977)
LP Melodiya C10 07433-4: State Radio & TV Large SO, A. Dmitriev (cond)
Elegic Poem for stringorchestra (1980)

Symphony No. 8 in E minor

Concerto-Poem in A major for balalaika, clarinet and orchestra

LP Melodiya C10 15743-4: Central TV & Radio Academic Orchestra, S. Kolobkov (cond), V. Boldyrev (balalaika)
Concerto for oboe and chamberorchestra

"One Night of Tsar Ivan", opera (1982)

Based on the oratorio "One Night of Tsar Ivan" (1968)
Concert Variations in A minor for two pianos (1983)

Furthermore:

Thanks to Holger Sambale from Germany and Frank van der Lecq from the Netherlands for additional information

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