© 2013 Pavel Konyukhov

Music - Publications

In the beginning of 2012 my first book of scores “Selected Piano Works.  Opuses 22, 21, 19, 15, 11 (second part), 4 and 1” was published.

In this book of piano works, some of my compositions which were written between 1998 and 2008 are presented.  The selection was made using two criteria: to demonstrate how my musical creativity has evolved; and to include those works which can be more easily understood.

Here is the list of pieces with timings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total time: 57:24

 

Both the pianist and the listener should give considerable thought to these compositions in order to understand the emotional development of the ideas contained in them, and to see how these ideas interact with one another in an ongoing dramatic way.

To get a frame of reference which will help in the understanding of a particular composition, you are invited to listen to the composer’s performance of it – although the recordings are not technically perfect.  These performances are contained in the compact disk which comes with this book.

In playing these compositions, the pianist’s task is to feel the logic of the internal tensions of each piece as it develops, expressing this logic through the richness of the sounds produced.  The performer should listen to the emotional progressions carefully, giving the listener the opportunity to respond directly to the feelings and meditative ideas which are induced by the sounds.

Technically, most of the pieces in this collection should not be difficult to play by a pianist of average technical skills.  There are very few hard chord sequences or virtuoso passages; however, there are some complicated rhythmical figures which demand some skill from the pianist.  If you have difficulties in playing some of these rhythmical passages, you can simplify them to some extent.  The important thing is to be able to trace the logic of the development of the ideas in the music; that is, the music should not lose its meaning as a result of the simplifications.

You can listen to the compositions presented in the book on this web-site by selecting the piece you want in the audio player listed on this page, below.

You can order the scores in paper or as electronic files.  Please write to the e-mail address which you can find in the section “Contacts” and do not forget to leave your responses in the “Guest book”.

Pavel Konyukhov

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1.

Opus 22

4:13

2.

Opus 21 no.1

4:25

3.

Opus 21 no.2

9:11

4.

Opus 21 no.3

6:19

5.

Opus 19 no.1

2:00

6.

Opus 19 no.2

2:27

7.

Opus 19 no.3

6:48

8.

Opus 15

3:22

9.

Opus 11 (вторая часть)

8:22

10.

Opus 4. “Scherzo-Fantasie”

5:16

11.

Opus 1. “Mazurka”

1:47