Arseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko Born Moscow 18 December 1870 – Died Khakiv 6 January 1921
From the age of three he began playing the piano and was soon after making up his own compositions. At eight he played before Anton Rubenstein who, very impressed, suggested he study more formally. He studied piano with Nikolas Zverev and composition and theory with Anton Arensky. He started at the Moscow Conservatory in 1884 and graduated in 1891. His principal teachers being Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky. He followed this by teaching at the Conservatory while also appearing as a pianist and composing. In 1919 he moved to Kharkiv where he remained for the rest of his life.
Orchestral
Lyrical Symphony in A flat Op.23 lost?
Armenian suite for orchestra, 1. Au ruissail, Scherzo, 3. Tempo di valse, 4. Danse Armeniene, 5. Finale (Lesghina) Op.20 also for piano 4 hands pub. by W Bessel & Cie
Barcarolle Op.6 1891
Rasskaz - A Story Op.11
A Poetic scene Op.12
Two symphonic sketches Op.14
Scenes Nocturnes Op.21
Concerto Fanatasy in D minor Op.3 1893 pub. by W Bessel & Cie
Chamber
String Quartet in A Op.25 lost ?
Melodie for violin and piano Op.4 pub. by W Bessel & Cie
Two pieces for cello and piano Op.34 1.Sonnet d'amour 2. Barcarolle pub. by Jurgenson
Piano
Trois Morceaux Op.1 pub. by Gutheil 1893
Six Morceaux; Op.19 Tendre reproche, Humouresque, Mazurka-Reverie, Etude de Concert, Valse, Etude-scherzo. pub. by W Bessel & cie
Suite Armenian Op. 20 for piano 4 hands adapted from orchestral version.
Scenes Enfantines - six pieces Op.22; 1. Ogre, 2. Au mois de mai, 3. Petite Marche, 4. Complainte, 5. Menuet a la Mozart, 6.Valse a la Neapolitaine. pub. by W Bessel & Cie
Quatre Morceaux Op.30 Nocturne, Gavotte, Rhapsodie Georgienne No.1, Rhapsodie Georgienne No.2 1897 pub. by Jurgenson
Trois Morceaux Op.33 1. On fait la Charmante, 2, Feuill d'album, 3.Air de Ballet. pub. by Jurgenson 18198
Sept Characteristiques; Prelude, Intermezzo, Arev-Barcarolle, Une page de mes memoires, Question doulourcuse, Impromptu. Op.40 pub. by Oliver Ditson 1915
Morceaux Op.47
Song
Crane song for voice and piano 1894 pub. by Grosse
Six Romances for voice and piano Op.2 pub. by Gutheil 1893
Six Romances and two Melodeclamations words by Konstantin Romanov pub. by W Bessel & Cie 1893
Five Romances for voice and piano Op.26 pub. by Jurgenson 1897
Eight Romances for voice and piano OP.28 pub. by Jurgenson 1897
Five Romances for voice and piano Op.36 pub. by Jurgenson 1900
Ten Romances for voice and piano Op.41 pub. by Jurgensonb 1907
Choral
Don Juan cantata Op.5 1891
Prologue for the 25th anniversary of the Moscow Conservatory for chorus and orchestra Op.9 lost ?
Fantastic Suite for chorus and orchestra Op.21 1894
Musical Pictures for chorus and orchestra - including Georgian songs Op.27 1897
Three secular choruses and Melodeclamation Op.29 pub. by Jurgenson
Armenian Songs for chorus Op8/13
Choruses for Children Op.37
Stage
The Magic Morror - ballet in 4 acts Op.39 1902 pub. by Gutheil
The Trojan Women, incidental music to Euripides play, overture, entr'acts, choruses Op.15 1892
Iphigeniia in Aulis, incidental music to Euripides play Op.18 1894
Twelfth Night, Incidental music to Shakespeare play
Opera
Belshazzar's Feast 1892 Op.7 pub. by Gutheil
Angel of Death from story by M. Lermontov Op.10 1893
The Ice Palace(The Ice House) libretto by Modeste Tchaikovsky Op.38 pub. by Gutheil
As far as I know, the only (orchestral) piece of his that has been recorded is a suite from his ballet The Magic Mirror, on an old Melodiya record. Someone has put it on youtube here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MuuUnYs56g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MuuUnYs56g)
(Please note the typo in his first name in the title of this thread - Arseny, not Aresny....Also in the list above you write "Magic Morror"...)
The Krakoviak from the same ballet is not included in the suite, but can be downloaded here https://www.russian-records.com/details.php?image_id=23540&sessionid=u50c3mo1qcdq3rjiaiejl5ei16 (https://www.russian-records.com/details.php?image_id=23540&sessionid=u50c3mo1qcdq3rjiaiejl5ei16)
Listing at IMSLP: https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Koreshchenko,_Arseny (https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Koreshchenko,_Arseny)
Piano music at YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_W75KWuP-M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_W75KWuP-M)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wg-TW6cigk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wg-TW6cigk)
Thanks for the YT link, Christopher. I am really enjoying the Suite. To my ears, it's a fine, crisp performance and the young violinist nicely captures the changing moods. It certainly makes me want to hear more of Koreshchenko's music. Do you know what the ballet is about?
The ballet was realised by the choreographer M.I.Petipa and is based on a Hans Anderson tale. It was in the repertory of the Bolshoi for many years.
Quote from: semloh on Friday 04 October 2019, 08:24
Thanks for the YT link, Christopher. I am really enjoying the Suite. To my ears, it's a fine, crisp performance and the young violinist nicely captures the changing moods. It certainly makes me want to hear more of Koreshchenko's music. Do you know what the ballet is about?
There's a Russian wikipedia entry for "Magic mirror" ("Volshebnoe zerkalo") - it doesn't say it's a fairy tale, rather a mythical object: "
A magical mirror is a mirror in which, according to an ancient Eastern and very widespread legend, one can see what is being done all over the world, both the past and the future. Such a property was attributed to the mirror of the Japanese sun goddess Amateras, the magic cup of the Persian solar hero Jamshid and the mirror of Dionysus. Of the medieval warlocks, Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486-1535) claimed that he could make a similar mirror of seven metals" https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Волшебное_зеркало (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE)
Thanks, Christopher. It's interesting but a strange basis for a ballet - no worries, the music is enjoyable in any case!
Quote from: semloh on Friday 04 October 2019, 08:24
...and the young violinist nicely captures the changing moods...
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:)
(OKOK, Stadler was young when it was recorded!)
Ah, well, it's all relative of course. To me he's still young, Christopher! ;D