Vissarion Shebalin
Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen
Updated 22 November 2011
Born
11 June 1902 in Omsk in Siberia. Died 28 May 1963 in Moscow.
Education
Shebalin entered the Omsk College of Music in 1921. From 1923 until 1928 Shebalin studied at the Moscow Conservatory (under Miaskovsky).
Works
- Sonata-Ballade for piano (1921)
- Zwei Songs after Dehmel opus 1 (1922)
- String Quartet No. 1 opus 2 (1923)
CD Olympia OCD 663: Krasni Quartet
- Songs, five fragments after Sappho opus 3 (1924)
- String Trio opus 4 (1924, revised 1934)
- Three Songs after Achmatova opus 5 (1924)
- Symphony No. 1 in F minor opus 6 (1925)
CD Olympia OCD 577: USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mark Ermler (cond)
- Two Songs after Blok opus 7 (1925)
- Rondo for piano opus 8 (1926)
- Songs after Jesenin opus 9 (1926)
- Piano Sonata in E flat minor No. 1 opus 10 (1926-1927, revised 1963)
- Songs opus 10A (1928)
- Symphony No. 2 in C sharp minor opus 11 (1929)
CD Olympia OCD 597: Russian Cinema Symphony Orchestra, Sergei Skripka (cond)
- Three Piano Sonatinas opus 12 (1929)
- Blue May, Free Country, cantata for chorus and orchestra opus 13 (1930)
- Concertino for violin and stringorchestra opus 14 No. 1 (1931-1932)
CD Olympia OCD 599: USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Provatorov (cond), Boris Shulgin (violin)
- Concertino for horn and small orchestra opus 14 No. 2 (1929-1930, revised 1958)
LP Melodiya D 015389-90: Radio Orchestra, Nikolai Anosov (cond), Boris Afanasiev (horn)
LP Melodiya C 0975-6: Radio Orchestra, Nikolai Anosov (cond), Boris Afanasiev (horn)
CD Koch Schwann 3-1357-2 H1: Bamberg SO, Werner Andreas Albert (cond), Marie Luise Neunecker (French Horn)
CD Olympia OCD 599: USSR Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra, Nikolai Anosov (cond), Boris Afanasiev (horn)
- Songs opus 15 (1931)
- Lenin, dramatic symhony after Mayakovsky for narrator, four soloists, chorus and orchestra opus 16 (1931, revised 1959)
LP Melodiya D 15269-70: Russian Republican Chamber Chorus, Radio SO, A. Gauk (cond), N. Lepikova (soprano), T. Antipova (mezzo-soprano), A. Orfenov (tenor), L. Petrov (bass)
CD Olympia OCD 204: Russian Republican Chamber Chorus, Radio SO, A. Gauk (cond), N. Lepikova (soprano), T. Antipova (mezzo-soprano), A. Orfenov (tenor), L. Petrov (bass)
- Completion and orchestration of Mussorgsky's Opera "Fair of Sorotshinzi" after Gogol (1931-1932)
- Suite for violin (1933)
- Symphony No. 3 in C major opus 17 (1934-1935)
Movements:
1. Allegro Assai
2. Andante
3. Vivo Assai
4. Andante. Allegro Assai
CD Olympia OCD 577: USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (cond)
- Suite for orchestra No. 1 opus 18 (1934-1935)
- String Quartet No. 2 opus 19 (1934)
CD Olympia OCD 663: Krasni Quartet
- Overture opus 20 with chor ad libitum (1933-1934)
- Violin Concerto in G major opus 21 (1936-1940, revised 1959)
LP Melodiya D 015389-90: Radio Orchestra, V. Aranovich (cond), V. Zhuk (violin)
LP Melodiya C 0975-6: Radio Orchestra, V. Aranovich (cond), V. Zhuk (violin)
CD Olympia OCD 573: Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Veronika Dudarova (cond), Andrew Hardy (violin)
- Suite for orchestra No. 2 opus 22 (1935, revised 1961)
LP Melodiya D 020805-6: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Emin Khachaturian (cond)
- Songs opus 23 (1935)
- Symphony No. 4 in B major opus 24 (1935, revised 1961)
CD Olympia OCD 597: Russian Cinema Symphony Orchestra, Sergei Skripka (cond)
- Overture "On Marie Themes" in D major opus 25 (1936)
- Songs opus 26 (1937)
- Completion of Glinka's Symphony on two Russian Themes of 1834 (1937)
- Sun over the Steppe, opera in three acts opus 27 (1939-1959)
- String Quartet No. 3 opus 28 (1938)
LP Melodiya D 06183-4: Borodin Quartet
CD Olympia OCD 663: Krasni Quartet
- Variations on a Russian Folksong (1939-1940)
- String Quartet No. 4 opus 29 (1940)
CD Olympia OCD 664: Krasni Quartet
- Russian Overture in E minor opus 31 (1941)
CD Olympia OCD 597: Russian Cinema Symphony Orchestra, Sergei Skripka (cond)
- Songs opus 32 (1941)
- Zhenikh iz Posostva, musical comedy in three acts (1942)
- String Quartet No. 5 "The Slavonian" opus 33 (1942)
LP Melodiya D 5044-5: Borodin Quartet
CD Olympia OCD 664: Krasni Quartet
- String Quartet No. 6 opus 34 (1943)
CD Olympia OCD 665: Krasni Quartet
- Sonate in E minor for violin and viola opus 35 (1940-1944)
- Songs opus 36 (1943)
- The Skylark, ballet opus 37 (1943)
LP Melodiya C10 05167-8: State Radio SO, Y. Akilov (cond)
- Home Guards' Chorus "Oh, my Dawn!", from the film Glinka (1946)
CD Olympia OCD 599: USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (cond)
- Moscow, cantata for 4 soloists, chorus, organ and orchestra opus 38 (1946)
- Piano Trio in A major opus 39 (1946-1947)
LP Melodiya D 5594-5: R. Dubinsky (violin), V. Berlinsky (cello), L. Yedlina (piano)
- Songs opus 40 (1947)
- String Quartet No. 7 opus 41 (1947-1948)
CD Olympia OCD 665: Krasni Quartet
- Five Choruses on words by A. Pushkin opus 42 (1949)
CD Toccata Classics TOCC 0112: Russkaya Conservatoria Chamber Capella, Nikolay Khondzinsky (cond)
- Symphonietta on Themes of Russian Folksongs opus 43 (1949-1951)
CD Olympia OCD 599: USSR Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Gauk (cond)
- Prelude in E minor for guitar (1951)
- Three Choruses to verses of A. Sofronov opus 44 (1949)
CD Toccata Classics TOCC 0112: Russkaya Conservatoria Chamber Capella, Nikolay Khondzinsky (cond)
- Six Choruses to words by A. Tank opus 45 (1950)
CD Toccata Classics TOCC 0112: Russkaya Conservatoria Chamber Capella, Nikolay Khondzinsky (cond)
- Two Preludes in E minor and C major for guitar (1954)
- The Taming of the Shrew, opera in four acts after Shakespeare opus 46 (1946-1956)
LP Melodiya D 15269-70: (Excerpts) Solists, Chorus & Orchestra of Bolshoi Theatre, Chalabala (cond), G. Vishnevskaya & G. Deomidova (soprano), A. Eisen, G. Pankov & E. Kibkalo (bass), N. Timchenko (tenor)
LP Melodiya D 7605-6: (Excerpts) Solists, Chorus & Orchestra of Bolshoi Theatre, Chalabala (cond), G. Vishnevskaya & G. Deomidova (soprano), A. Eisen, G. Pankov & E. Kibkalo (bass), N. Timchenko (tenor)
- Three Choruses on words by M. Lermontov opus 47 (1951)
CD Toccata Classics TOCC 0112: Russkaya Conservatoria Chamber Capella, Nikolay Khondzinsky (cond)
- Songs opus 48
- Choruses opus 49
- Four Choruses to words by M. Isakovsky opus 50 (1952)
CD Toccata Classics TOCC 0112: Russkaya Conservatoria Chamber Capella, Nikolay Khondzinsky (cond)
- Sonata for violin and piano opus 51 No. 1 (1957-1958)
- Sonata for viola and piano opus 51 No. 2 (1954)
- Sonata for cello and piano opus 51 No. 3 (1960)
- Festival, ballet in three acts with a prologue (1958)
- Instrumentation of Dargomysky's Duet of Orlik and Kohubei from the oper "Mazeppa" (1959)
- Three Choruses to verses by Moldavian poets opus 52 (1959-1960)
CD Toccata Classics TOCC 0112: Russkaya Conservatoria Chamber Capella, Nikolay Khondzinsky (cond)
- String Quartet No. 8 opus 53 (1960)
CD Olympia OCD 665: Krasni Quartet
- Songs opus 54 (1961)
- Symphony No. 5 in C major opus 56 (1962)
CD Olympia OCD 599: USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (cond)
- "To My Grandchildren", four songs for unaccompanied chorus opus 57 (1963)
CD Toccata Classics TOCC 0112: Russkaya Conservatoria Chamber Capella, Nikolay Khondzinsky (cond)
- String Quartet No. 9 opus 58 (1963)
LP Melodiya D 012745-6: Borodin Quartet
CD Olympia OCD 664: Krasni Quartet
- In the Forest Clearing: Seven Choruses for Children opus 59
CD Olympia OCD 599: USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (cond)
- Sonatina for guitar opus 60 (1963)
- Suite No. 3 for orchestra opus 61 (1963)
LP Melodiya D 020805-6: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Emin Khachaturian (cond)
And furthermore:
- Arrangements of Folksongs
- Choruses
LP Melodiya D 4686-7: Byeol. State Chorus, Shirma (cond)
LP Melodiya D 11267-8: USSR State Chorus, Sveshnikov (cond)
- Instrumentation of Dargomysky's "Comic Love" from the opera "Rogdana"
- Musik to 12 Radio Broadcasts
- Music to the Film "Glinka"
LP Melodiya C10 05167-8: State Radio SO, Y. Akilov (cond)
- Music to 21 more Films
- Music to the Play "Maria Stuart" by Schiller
- Music to the Play "The Robbers" by Schiller
- Music to the Play "A Glass of Water" by Scribe
- Music to the Play "Mozart and Salieri" by Pushkin
- Music to the Play "The Avaricious Knight" by Pushkin
- Music to the Play "The Stone Guest" by Pushkin
- Music to the Play "Masquerada" by Lermontov
- Music to the Play "At the Banks of the Neva" von Trenew
- Music to 35 other Plays
- Piano Sonata No. 2
- Reconstruction of Tchaikovsky's Opera "The Vojevode" (with P.A.Lamm)
- Songs
- Transcription of Mussorgsky's "Night on the Bare Mountain" for bass, chorus and orchestra
Thanks to Nancy Warren from the US for additional information
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