Classical and jazz influences in the music of nikolai kapustin. As a composer he fused both styles, using jazz idioms in classical structures, like the sonata, quasi baroque. Nikolai kapustin s curiosity for piano was composed in and has a duration of approximately 9 minutes. Nikolai kapustin born in 1937 in ukraine was trained as a classical pianist at moscow conservatory by alexander goldenweiser one of the legendary pianists of the russian piano school. Kapustin plays kapustin piano sonata no 2, op 54 youtube. Some people seem to click instantly with the lighthearted jazzclassical fusion of ukrainian nikolai kapustin. Kapustin studied piano with avrelian rubakh a pupil of felix blumenfeld, who also taught simon barere and vladimir horowitz. Preludes op 1 preludes op 2 preludes op 3 preludes op 4 preludes op 5 preludes op 6 preludes op 7 preludes op 8 preludes op 9. In kapustin wrote three short compositions for cello and piano, elegy, burlesque and nearly waltz. Anyways, i really, really like kapustins music but it all seems so insanely difficult. Lest his classicalsounding titles mislead, nikolai kapustins piano music is little more than virtuosic cocktail jazz, and it should not be taken as anything more advanced or serious. Standard concert etudes various movementssections movtssecs.
Sheet music for 2 pianos 4 hands by nikolai kapustin. Piano nikolai kapustin download free sheet music and scores. Instead of a spontaneous creativity, one might say that kapustin instead releases the creativity in a burst during the initial composition. Nikolai kapustins solo piano works 200720 asu digital. Curiosity op piano solo sheet music schott nikolai kapustin s curiosity for piano was composed in and has a duration of approximately 9 minutes. Its completely free to download and try the listed sheet music, but you have to delete the files after 24 hours of trial. There are very few pianists performing kapustins piano music in the world today, mostly because of extremely hard to find scores, and thus a general ignorance of his existence. At the age of 14 he moved to moscow and began piano lessons with avrelian rubakh and later alexander goldenweiser. Nicholai kapustin 1937, a ukrainian composer whose music amalgamates the western classical tradition with jazz idioms, is becoming increasingly acclaimed in recent years. Nikolai kapustin, piano concerto no 4 op 56 sheet music delivered worldwide from. The compositions of nikolai kapustin born 1937 are almost all for piano, either solo or accompanied. This website is the official home of pianist and composer nikolai kapustin. I dont have time to learn things that i wont use for. Nikolai kapustin nikolai girschevich kapustin, born 1937 in the ukraine during the era of the soviet union, is in my opinion the very greatest composer of the 1970s and 80s to fuse classical music with jazz.
Kapustin, nikolai listen online, download, sheet music. Kapustin studied piano with avrelian rubakh pupil of felix blumenfeld who also taught simon barere and vladimir horowitz and, later, alexander goldenweiser at the moscow conservatory. Im now considering learning kapustins second piano sonata, and i was wondering if it is a good competition piece. This piece and the 2nd impromptu were my gateway into the great mans music. He is a graduate of ames high school and has been playing piano for 12 years. Nicholai kapustin, a ukrainian composer whose music amalgamates the western classical tradition with jazz. His initial efforts in this genre are fourmovement works that literally gush with unbridled creativity. His journey was a strange one and certainly did not spin out in a straight line. Dont forget, if you like the piece of music you have just learned playing, treat the artist with respect, and go buy the. Possibly the signature kapustin piece, and one working its way into more pianists repertoires. Sheet music cc is a site for those who wants to access popular sheet music easily, letting them download the sheet music for free for trial purposes. Piano sonata no 6, op 62 kapustin hyperion records. Michael banwarth is a sophomore at iowa state, studying piano performance and philosophy. Kapustin is already known to the hyperion catalogue through steven osbornes trailblazing recording of the.
Print and download in pdf or midi sinfonietta for four hands i overture. Kapustin aquarela do brasil by ary barroso, paraphrase for piano op. This 2004 disc of solo piano works may appeal to a small crossover audience, but the musics surface glitter and easytoabsorb tunes are not enough to mask its emotional shallowness, and the appeal of this. He loves chopins ballade for how it tells an incredibly detailed and emotional story without needing words at all. The purpose of this study is to facilitate further understanding of kapustin s works and his mature writing style, and to discuss how these etudes contribute to the existing piano etude repertoire, thus promoting their future accessibility and performance. While piano is my primary instrument, im nowhere near the typical performance majors level. Often in a typical jazz piece, the left hand would be playing the chords while the right hand. The composer and pianist nikolai kapustin has crisscrossed the territories of classical and jazz throughout his long career. Kapustin piano concerto pdf downloadgolkes download 3560720549 kostana,,bora,,stankovic,,cela,,knjiga,,pdf,,downloadgolkes.
Scholarly research on kapustins piano works remains limited. Nikolai kapustin is a russian composer who writes jazz piano music teeming with energetic spontaneity and bristling with the kind of creative immediacy one associates with improvisation although the music is fully and meticulously written out. Kapustin has a imprimptu sense of the jazz piano sensibility god knows where he got it, living in russia his whole life. This score is impossible to find so i transcribed it note by note from a. Documents similar to kapustineightconcertoetudespdf. Measure 43 righthand e on 2nd beat should be eflat and. Nikolai kapustin variations op 41 pdf 40 tioloogastio. Kapustins first attempts at composition began with a piano sonata at the age of. List of compositions by nikolai kapustin wikipedia. Nikolai kapustin eight concert etudes rar download from, megaupload hotfile and rapidshare files buy 8 concert etudes, op. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music at the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. Roughly went through it and wanted to point out some corrections.
I mean i didnt even find his piano notes in and i am desperate to play one of his notes reverieop 40 no 2. His works are known for the physical challenge they impose upon the player due to their complexity that is often accompanied by fast tempi. Op 118 paraphrase on aquarela do brasil by ary barroso pdf. Kapustin sonata 2 classical piano music piano street. The threemovement piano sonata no 6, op 62 1991, by contrast, subscribes to a more circumscribed game plan, and seems positively haydnesque in relation to the first two sonatas beethovenian ambitions. The focus of this study is kapustins piano sonata no. During his conservatory time he composed and played his op. Kapustin was born in the town of gorlovka in eastern ukraine on 22nd november, 1937. Op 118 paraphrase on aquarela do brasil by ary barroso pdf kapustin paraphrase on aquarela do brasil by ary barroso op. The korean pianist sun hee you presents a collection of kapustins piano works that feature the range of kapustins output, from the complex works of great depth that his sonatas represent, to his homage to stravinskys the rite of spring contained within his variations.
Nikolai kapustin download free sheet music and scores scorser. Being himself a virtuoso pianist, kapustin has written a large repertoire for. Jazz players are expected to be creative outside of the score. For me, i confess, it took a little while to appreciate.
I basically only used the piano as a compositional tool until high school when i started real piano lessons so i could undo bad technique i developed in my youth. He has written 20 piano sonatas, six piano concerti, and other compositions for ensembles such as five saxophones and an orchestra op. Nikolai kapustin born 1937 has a prolific musical output. During the 1950s he acquired a reputation as a jazz pianist, arranger and composer. We have sonata no 2 op 54 txt, epub, djvu, doc, pdf formats. I discovered kapustin yesterday, and i found his music to be incredibly fun to hear and see. You know that nikolai kapustin is a genius composer but not so recognized. This period of his work incorporates an intoxicating blend of jazz and pop harmony with classical form and precision, and is quite accessible compared to his recent, decidedly m. Although a virtuosic performer at a young age, composition held more appeal for him, and his first published work, the opus 1 concertino for piano was written in 1957.
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