Vadim Borisovsky


Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky was a Russian violist.

Biography

Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and graduated in 1922. Borisovsky became Professor of Viola at the conservatory in 1925
Between 1922 and 1923, Borisovsky and colleagues from the Moscow Conservatory formed the Beethoven Quartet. He was the quartet's violist until 1964. There are many recordings of Borisovsky with the Beethoven Quartet.
Borisovsky was also a viola d'amore player. He arranged, transcribed and edited more than 250 compositions for viola and viola d'amore.
He died in Moscow, aged 72.

Original compositions

Harp

For harp solo
Original composerRussian title English titlePublication
date		Remarks
anonymous Парижские колоколаParis Bells1962
anonymousСкерцо: "Перезвон"Scherzo: "Carillon" 1962
Robert de ViséeТраурная аллемандаAllemande funèbre1962original for lute
Sylvius Leopold WeissПрелюдияPrelude1962

Viola d'amore

For viola d'amore and piano unless otherwise noted
Original composerRussian title English titlePublication
date		Remarks
Louis de Caix d'HerveloisНепостоянный
Грациозная
Менуэт
Гавот		L'inconstant
La gracieuse
Menuet
Gavotte		1928transcription date 1926;
originals for viola da gamba and continuo;
alternate parts for violin and cello
Tommaso GiordaniМадригалMadrigal "Caro mio ben"1936original for voice; also for viola and piano; false attribution to Giuseppe Giordani
François Joseph GossecTambourin1934
Franz Anton HoffmeisterDivertimento for viola d'amore solo, 2 horns, 2 violins and basso1934viola d'amore and piano reduction by Cornelis Kint
Alexander KreinПрологPrologue1962
Friedrich Wilhelm RustAria con Variazioni1934original for viola d'amore and basso; reduction by Cornilius Kint

Viola

For viola and piano unless otherwise noted
Original composerRussian title English titlePublication
date		Notes
Alexander AlyabyevРондоRondo1973
Anatoly Nikolayevich AlexandrovАрия из "Классической сюиты"Aria1937original from Classic Suite, Op. 32 for orchestra
Fikret AmirovЭлегияElegy1962
anonymous КонтрдансContredanse1980
Anton ArenskyВальсValse1974
Johann Sebastian BachАдажио из Органного концерта № 3Adagio1960original from Organ Concerto No. 3
Johann Sebastian BachАрия из Кантаты № 5: "Пролейся скорее, источник священный..."Ergieße dich reichlich, du göttliche Quelle from Cantata No. 5
for tenor, viola and piano 		1977original for tenor, viola and continuo
Johann Sebastian BachУпражнение для органной педалиPedal Study for viola solo1932original for organ
Wilhelm Friedemann BachВеснаDie Frühling1961original for clavier
Natalya Baklanova
Русская Народная Песня: «Не белы то снеги»Russian Folk Song: "The Snow Is Not White"1953
Natalya Baklanova
Русская Народная Песня: Прялка «Против красна солнышка»Russian Folk Song1953
Natalya Baklanova
Русская Народная Песня: ПлясоваяRussian Folk Song: Dance1953
Béla BartókБагатель, Соч. 6 № 2Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 2, Sz. 38 1975original for piano
Ludwig van BeethovenАдажио кантабиле, Соч. 13Adagio cantabile, Op. 131961original: movement II from Sonata Pathétique for piano
František BendaСоната D-dur для двух альтов и фортепианоSonata in D major for 2 violas and pianooriginal for 2 violins and continuo
Georges BizetАдажиэтто из сюиты "Арлезианка"Adagietto from "L'Arlésienne"1980original for orchestra
Georges BizetИнтермеццоIntermezzo1980original for orchestra from the incidental music L'Arlésienne
Luigi BorghiСоната № 1, Соч. 5Sonata No. 1, Op. 5original for violin and basso continuo
Dmitry BortnianskyСонатное аллегроSonata Allegro1967original for piano
Johannes BrahmsВальсWaltz in A major, Op. 39 No. 15 1936original for piano 4-hands
Antonio Bartolomeo BruniШкола для АльтаViola Method1937
Pyotr BulakhovБаркарола для двух альтов и фортепианоBarcarolle in D major for 2 violas and piano1950original for 2 voices and piano
Pyotr BulakhovКанцонеттаCanzonetta in C major1946transcription dated 1943
Ernest ChaussonИнтерлюдияInterlude1980original for orchestra from Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19
Frédéric ChopinЭтюд, Соч. 25 № 2Étude, Op. 25 No. 2 1971original for piano
Frédéric ChopinПрелюдия, Соч. 28 № 14Prélude for viola solo, Op. 28 No. 141932original for piano
Frédéric ChopinВальсWaltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 21950original for piano
Alexander DargomyzhskyЭлегияElegy1949original: Не спрашивай, зачем: Элегия, Elegy
for voice and piano ; words by Alexander Pushkin
Karl Davydov Романс, Соч. 23Romance sans paroles in G major, Op. 231953original for cello and piano
Claude DebussyЛунный свет Clair de lune1956original from Suite bergamasque for piano
Claude DebussyВ лодке En Bateau1956original from Petite Suite for piano 4-hands
Claude DebussyПрелюд "Девушка с волосами цвета льна"Prelude "La fille aux cheveux de lin"1936original for piano
ДождьLa Pluie jabote... 1980original for cello and piano
Carl Ditters von DittersdorfКонцертная симфония ре-мажор "Двойной концерт"Sinfonia Concertante in D major for viola, double bass and orchestra, K. 1271962
Alexandre DubuqueТарантеллаTarantella1973
Balys DvarionasТема с вариациямиTheme and Variations for viola and orchestra 1957original for bassoon and orchestra
Andrey Esaulov
Вальс меланхолическойA Melancholic Waltz in E minor1946transcription dated 1942
Gabriel FauréНоктюрнNocturne in G major1980original for string orchestra from the incidental music Shylock, Op. 57
Varvara GaigerovaСюитаSuite for viola and piano, Op. 81969
Iosif Genishta
СонатаSonata for viola or clarinet and piano, Op. 91961
Tommaso GiordaniМадригалMadrigal1936transcription of Caro mio ben; original for voice;
also for viola d'amore and piano
Alexander GlazunovПеснь трубадураChant du Ménestrel, Op. 71 1957original for cello and piano or orchestra
Alexander GlazunovГрезыRêverie in D major, Op. 24 1948original for horn and piano
Reinhold GlièreНоктюрн, Соч. 35 № 10Nocturne, Op. 35 No. 101946original for horn and piano
Reinhold GlièreРусская песня, Соч. 34 № 15Russian Song in E minor, Op. 34 No. 151958original for piano; also published in 1961 as Romance, Op. 34
Reinhold GlièreВальс, Соч. 45 № 2Waltz, Op. 45 No. 21946original from 12 Easy Pieces, Op. 45 for violin and piano
Mikhail GlinkaБаркаролаBarcarolle1952original for piano
Mikhail GlinkaДетская полькаChildren's Polka 1952original for piano
Mikhail GlinkaМазуркаMazurka1948original for piano
Mikhail GlinkaНоктюрн "Разлука"Nocturne "La Séparation"1948original for piano
Mikhail GlinkaВариации на тему романса А. Алябьева "Соловей"Variations on Alyabyev's Romance "The Nightingale"1973original for piano
Mikhail GlinkaНеоконченная сонатаViola Sonata in D minor 1932completed by Borisovsky
Christoph Willibald GluckГавотGavotte1937original from the ballet Don Juan
Alexander GoedickeСоната № 1, Соч. 10 Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 10 1959original for violin and piano;
viola part also arranged by Mikhail Vladimirovich Reytikh
Enrique GranadosИнтермеццоIntermezzo1936original for piano
Edvard GriegЭлегия, Соч. 38 № 6Elegy, Op. 38 No. 61935original from Lyric Pieces, Op. 38 for piano
Edvard GriegПоэма, Соч. 43 № 5Poème, Op. 43 No. 51950original from Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 for piano
Edvard GriegПесня Сольвейг, Соч. 55 № 4Solveig's Song, Op. 55 No. 4 1971original for orchestra from Peer Gynt Suite No. 2
Alexandr GriboyedovВальсWaltz in D minor1946transcription dated 1942
Johann Wilhelm Hässler ЭлегияElegy1936
Joseph HaydnМенуэтMenuet1950
Kara KarayevАдажио Adagio 1962from the ballet Seven Beauties
Kara KarayevGypsy Dance from the ballet Seven Beauties
Aram KhachaturianНоктюрн из музыки к драме М. Ю. Лермонтова "Маскарад"Nocturne1980from the incidental music for Masquerade
Aram KhachaturianВальс из музыки к драме М. Лермонтова "Маскарад"
для двух альтов и фортепиано		Waltz in A minor for 2 violas and piano1959from the incidental music for Masquerade
transcribed 1958
Ivan KhandoshkinКонцерт до-мажорConcerto in C major for viola and orchestra 1947piano reduction and cadenzas also by Borisovsky;
Attributed to Khandoshkin but is now thought to be
written by Mikhail Goldstein. See Musical hoax.
Ivan KhandoshkinВариации на русскую песню "То теряю, что люблю"Variations on a Russian Song of Love1955original for violin and cello, Op. 4 No. 2
Ivan Laskovsky
Ноктюрн, Соч. 27Nocturne in B major, Op. 271973original for piano
Franz LisztНоктюрнNotturno: Liebestraum No. 3, S. 541 1963original for piano
Franz LisztПоэма1963
Franz LisztПрощание1963
Franz LisztРомансRomance1966
Franz LisztСонет Петрарки №104Sonetto 104 di Petrarca, S. 158 No. 2 1966original for piano
Franz LisztСонет Петрарки №123Sonetto 123 di Petrarca, S. 158 No. 3 1966original for piano
Jean-Baptiste LullyДве пьесы 2 Pieces 1936from the opera Atys
Anatoly LyadovПрелюдияPrelude, Op. 11 No. 11950original from 3 Morceaux, Op. 11 for piano
Felix MendelssohnПесня без слов "Весенняя песня"Song without Words "Frühlingslied", Op. 62 No. 61958original for piano
Felix MendelssohnПесня без словSong without Words, Op. 85 No. 11958original for piano
Louis-Toussaint MilandreАнданте и МенуэтAndante et Menuet 1980
Modest MussorgskyГопак Hopak1936from the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi
Nikolai MyaskovskyКонец сказкиDernière du Conte, Op. 74 No. 6 1953original for piano from 6 Morceaux-impromptus, Op. 74
Nikolai MyaskovskyСоната № 2Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81 1960original for cello and piano
Vladimir OdoevskyВальсWaltz in G major1946transcription dated 1942
Sergei ProkofievКошкаThe Cat1962from Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
Sergei ProkofievСвадьба КижеKijé's Wedding1980from the film Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60
Sergei ProkofievКолыбельнаяLullaby1962from the oratorio On Guard for Peace, Op. 124
Sergei ProkofievПьесы из балета "Ромео и Джульетта"

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