Alexei Stanchinsky
Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen
Updated 22 January 2005
Born
9/21 March 1888 in Obolsunovo in the neighbourhood of Vladimir.
Died: October 1914 near Logotshovo (District Smolensk).
Education
Stanchinsky was a pupil of Zhilayev and Taneyev at the Moscow Conservatory.
Style
He was influenced at first by Mussorgsky and then by Skryabin.
He left a series of interesting and experimental piano compositions.
Works
Piano Sonata E flat minor in one movement (1905)
Three Sketches for piano (1905-1907)
- Originally part of Twelve Sketches opus 1 (1911)
Marco Polo 8.223424: Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
Nocturne for piano (1907)
Three Preludes for piano (1907)
- 1. In C sharp minor; 2. In D major; 3. In E flat minor
Prelude for piano (1908)
Prelude in E flat major for piano (1908)
Canon in B minor for piano (1908)
- EMI CDC 5 57051-2: Thomas Adès (piano)
Prelude and Fugue in G minor for piano (1909)
Piano Trio (1907-1910)
Three Preludes for piano (1907-1910)
- 1. In G minor; 2. In F minor; 3. In B major
Twenty Songs to poems of Robert Burns (1907-1910)
Twelve Sketches for piano opus 1 (1911)
- Marco Polo 8.223424: Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
Variations in A minor for piano (1911)
Five Preludes for piano (1907-1912)
Piano Sonate No. 1 F major (1911-1912)
- Marco Polo 8.223424: Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
Allegro for piano opus 2 (1912)
- Originally composed as first movement of Piano Sonata No. 1
Piano Sonate No. 2 G major (1912)
- EMI CDC 5 57051-2: Thomas Adès (piano)
Marco Polo 8.223424: Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
Five Preludes in the form of a canon for piano (1913-1914)
- Arbiter 118: Samuel Feinberg (piano)
Prelude in G flat major for piano (1913-1914)
And furthermore:
String Trio
- First performance in 1966
Sextet
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