Henryk Albertovitch Pachulski Born 4 October 1859 Lazy, Poland Died 2 March 1921 Moscow
He studied piano with Strobel and composition under Stanislav Moniuszko and Wladyslav Zelenski in Warsaw. From 1880 he settled in Russia and studied in Moscow under Aleksander Michaelowski, Pabst, Nikolai Rubinstein and Anton Arensky. He remained in Russia for the rest of his life.
Orchestra
Suite for orchestra in memory of Tchaikovsky - four movements Prelude, scherzo, momento lirico, scena ballata Op.13 1897 pub. by P Jurgensen Moscow
Polish fantasy for piano and orchestra in A major - orchestrated by Florian Dabrovsky Op.17 1900 pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow
(revised version of above by O Thurmer 1915) pub. by Augener
Meditation for string orchestra
Marche Solonelle pour grand orchestra Op.15 1898 pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow
Chamber
Three pieces for cello and piano Op.4 1890 pub. by W Paxton & Co.
Piano
Piano Sonata No.1 in C minor Op.10 1894 pub. by P Jurgenson
Piano Sonata No.2 in F major Op.27 pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow
Variations on an original theme Op.1 (1 theme +12 variations) pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow
Two pieces for piano Op.2 1888 pub. by P Jurgenson
Three pieces for piano - Chant sans paroles Op.3
Polonaise in E flat major Op.5 1899 pub. by P Jurgenson
Valse Caprice in D flat major Op.6 1891 pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow
Two concert etudes - 1. Harmonies du soir 2. Fantome Op.7 pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow
Six preludes Op.8 1891 pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow also by Edwin Ashdown London
Two pieces for piano 1. Moment Musical in C minor 2. Etude- 'Aus lichen Tagen' in F sharp major Op.11 pub. by P Jurgenson
Phantastiche Marchen Op.12 pub. by P Jurgensen Moscow
Feuilles d'album - four movements Op.16 pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow
Octaven - etude in G flat major 1901 pub. by P Jurgenson
Two mazurkas Op.18
Toccata in C major Op.19 pub. by P Jurgenson
Two pieces for piano Op.20 pub. by P Jurgenson
Four preludes Op.21 pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow
Three pieces for piano Op.22 1906 pub. by P Jurgenson
Album pour la jeunerse pour piano Op.23: pub. by P Jurgenson, Moscow
1. Dans la chapelle in G major
2. Fugue a 2 voix in D major
3. Morceau canonique in D minor
4. Un peu de Reves in F major
5. Aven intime in D major
6. Chant des Mossonneuses iin F major
7. Petite etude in B major
8. Scherzino in F major
9. Choral dorique in D
10. Le meme choral figure in D
11. Pres de la source, enforme d'etude in A major
12. Chant des mediants, chant populaire polonaisin in A minor
13. Fragment in C sharp minor
14. Petite valse in G major
15. Point d'orgue in D minor
16. Recreation in B flat major
Two pieces for piano - 1. Equise 2. Valse Melancolique Op.24 1907 pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow
Eight Kanonische Studien Op.26 pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow
Three preludes - In G flat major 2. in B flat minor 3. Elegie Op.29 pub. by P Jurgenson Moscow
There are also many transcriptions from the works of Polish and Russian composers.
Song
The Reaper's Song
The Polish Fantasy, Op. 17 is for piano & orchestra and is on Mike Spring's list as a possible candidate for Hyperion to record. Score & parts of Opp. 13 & 15 are in Fleisher, but not, alas Op. 17.
We have or used to have Op.13 in an uploaded recording here (and I think IMSLP has the score). Nice piece.
Quote from: Gareth Vaughan on Sunday 22 September 2013, 21:53
... is on Mike Spring's list as a possible candidate for Hyperion to record. ...
Why are there such rare works on the list of Mike Spring for the piano repertoire and so common and ordinary violin concertos? Who is his little birdie? I have to have a serious word with him/her.
Tobias
I seem vaguely to recall that the violin concerto series is much more performer and performer-repertoire driven, which may or may not be part of the answer (but then there are performers with much more interesting repertoires, too...)
There are indeed performers who would play much more interesting works! And there are indeed concertos that much more need to be recorded.
Tobias
The Op.17 Fantasy has been recorded by Lydia Kozubek, on a CD coupling with Hummel (op. 85 piano concerto).
one correction - orchestrator of the Polish Fantasy was Florian Dąbrowski (1913-2002), Polish composer, author amiong others of 2 piano concertos
QuoteThe Op.17 Fantasy has been recorded by Lydia Kozubek, on a CD coupling with Hummel (op. 85 piano concerto).
I didn't know. In that case Mike Spring may not bother. Have you got details of the CD, please? Is it still available?
Polskie Nagrania, 2004. See Worldcat (http://www.worldcat.org/title/utwory-na-fortepian-z-orkiestra-works-for-piano-with-orchestra/oclc/802779006).
I didn't know that the availability of a work on recording had stayed his hand before.
Quote from: Gareth Vaughan on Monday 23 September 2013, 20:04
QuoteThe Op.17 Fantasy has been recorded by Lydia Kozubek, on a CD coupling with Hummel (op. 85 piano concerto).
I didn't know. In that case Mike Spring may not bother. Have you got details of the CD, please? Is it still available?
You can see details of the CD here:
http://www.amazon.com/Utwory-Na-Fortepian-Z-Orkiestra/dp/B005QA8ZWY/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1439886206&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=pachulski+kozubek
Now, what would we persuade Mike Spring to record in its place? hmm cat out of bag....
Corrections duly noted. Was the Polish Fantasy originally written for piano or did Pachulsky leave it incomplete.
Re op.17: a complete (I think...) 2-piano reduction was published ca.1901 and can be found at IMSLP. (See http://imslp.org/wiki/Fantaisie_for_Piano_and_Orchestra,_Op.17_%28Pachulski,_Henryk%29 (http://imslp.org/wiki/Fantaisie_for_Piano_and_Orchestra,_Op.17_%28Pachulski,_Henryk%29).)
Did Pachulski ever orchestrate his concerto or did he only compose a two piano reduction?
That's what I'm wondering too. I do not know!
Perhaps the later orchestration by Dąbrowski was done because the Full Score and parts are missing. If there was a printed 2-piano reduction published by Jurgenson, my guess is that there was also a MS Full Score with orchestration by the composer and a set of parts which, maybe, got lost. This has been the fate of more than one PC, as we all know.
according to Wikipedia, all of his brother Wladyslaw's music was lost in manuscript and otherwise. (Wladyslaw is of interest for other reasons as a friend of Tchaikovsky etc. I gather at least on a quick skim, will come back to that later!) Always quite possible, I agree.
Wladyslaw Pachulski was no friend of Tchaikovsky, quite the reverse, it is suggested by several sources that it was he who was instrumental in Mdme Von Meck cutting Tchaikovsky's allowance.
right, I jumped the gun on that one. Someone somehow involved with Tchaikovsky's life was all I knew to say.
Does anyone know where one can listen to the Pachulski piano concerto (Kuzobek's)?
You mean the Fantasie, right? Amazon.com or emusic.
Yes. Unfortunately, Amazon does not have sound clips, and South Africans are not allowed to listen to emusic. JPC, which is usually very good, does not have the CD. But thanks for trying to help.
Amazon.com still has 2 copies of the actual CD of this release!
Countries are beginning to outlaw sound formats?
... bwah?
The first half of item No. 4 ("Scena dello Tsarevitch") of Respighi's ballet "La Pentola magica" (The magic pot) is the orchestration of a piece by Pachulski. No idea what was its orginal title.
Adriano Zurich
It's his (Pachulski's) piano prelude Op. 8 No.1 in C minor. See here (http://imslp.org/wiki/6_Preludes,_Op.8_%28Pachulski,_Henryk%29) for both the complete set and a different edition of no.1. :)
Oh, thanks, eschiss :)
Welcome, hope that helps some - Eric S
I found it interesting that the second piece from Opus 16, Album Leaves, was dedicated to "Jaroslaw de Zielinsky", Jarosław Zieliński (1847–1922), who had moved permanently to the U.S. c. 1864, and even fought for the Union side in the U.S. Civil War.
There is a detailed biography about Zielinsky which can be found on: ampoleagle.com