Rodion Shchedrin - Piano Works

Piano Works

  • Variation on a Theme by Glinka for piano (1957)
  • Toccatina for piano (1958)
  • Piano Pieces (1952–1961). Poem; Four Pieces from the ballet "The Humpbacked Horse"; Humoresque; Imitating Albeniz; Troika; Two Polyphonic Pieces
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major (1962). First performance on 24 April 1968 in Moscow by D. Bashkirov (piano)
  • Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues Volume 1 for piano (1964). Nos. 1 - 12 in sharp keys. First performance on 20 April 1965 in Moscow by R. Shchedrin (piano)
  • Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues Volume 2 for piano (1970). Nos. 13 - 24 in flat keys. First performance of the complete cycle on 27 January 1971 in Moscow by the composer
  • Polyphonic Notebook, twenty-five preludes for piano (1972). First performance on 31 March 1973 in Moscow by R. Shchedrin (piano)
  • Notebook for the Youth, fifteen pieces for piano (1981). First performance in March 1982 in Moscow by R. Shchedrin (piano)
  • Naughty Limericks (Tschastuschki) for piano (1999). Revised version of Concerto for orchestra No. 1 "Naughty Limericks" (1963)
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 (1997). For Yefim Bronfman. First performance on 26 April 1997 in Oslo by Yefim Bronfman (piano)
  • Diary, seven pieces for piano (2002). First performance on 5 December 2002 in Moscow by Ekaterina Mechetina (piano)
  • Questions, eleven pieces for piano (2003). First performance on 9 October 2004 in the Queen Elizabeth Hall of Londen by Olli Mustonen (piano)
  • Sonatina Concertante for piano (2005). First performance on 23 November 2005 in Moscow by Alexander Ghindin (piano)
  • A la Pizzicato for piano (2005). Commissioned by the International Adilia Alieva Competition for piano in Gaillard, France.

Hommage a Chopin" for four pianos (2005). Revision of opus 64 (1983). First performance: 20 September 2006 in Oslo by the Aurora Piano Quartet of Berlin

  • Artless Pages (2009). First Performance: 1 August 2009 in Verbier by Yuja Wang (piano)
  • Concert Etude "Tchaikovsky Etude" (2011). Commissioned for the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition. First Performance: 20 June 2011 in Moscow

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