Evgeny Kissin - Memoirs and Reflections

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Evgeny Kissin and Marina Arshinova 2017

English translation Arnold McMillin 2017

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First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kisin, Evgeni, 1971 author. | Arshinova, Marina, editor. | McMillin, Arnold B. (Arnold Barrett), 1941 translator.

Title: Memoirs and reflections / Evgeny Kissin; compiled and edited by Marina Arshinova; translated by Arnold McMillin.

Description: Lebanon, NH: ForeEdge, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017040714 (print) | LCCN 2017041725 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512602616 (epub, mobi, & pdf) | ISBN 9781512602609 (cloth)

Subjects: LCSH: Kisin, Evgeni, 1971 author. | PianistsBiography.

Classification: LCC ML417.K664 (ebook) | LCC ML417.K664 A3 2017 (print) | DDC 786.2092 [B]dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017040714

I dedicate this book to the blessed memory of my father.

Select Discography

Audio Albums

JAMES LEVINE LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL

Works by Wagner Beethoven Schubert

BEETHOVEN, Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58

BEETHOVEN, Rage Over a Lost Penny: Rondo a Capriccio in G major, Op. 129

Yevgeny Kissin

The MET Orchestra

Int. Release 24 Mar. 2014

EVGENY KISSIN FANTASY

Works by J.S. Bach Beethoven Brahms Gluck Liszt Schubert Tchaikovsky

Berliner Philharmoniker

Herbert von Karajan, Conductor

Claudio Abbado, Conductor

Int. Release 02 Mar. 2007

FRDRIC CHOPIN

[1] Polonaise in C-Sharp Minor Op.26 No.1

[2] Polonaise in E-Flat Minor Op.26 No.2

[3] Impromptu in A-Flat Major Op.29 No.1

[4] Impromptu in F-Sharp Major Op.36

[5] Impromptu in G-Flat Major Op.51

[6] Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor Op.66

[7] Polonaise in C Minor Op.40 No.2

[8] Polonaise in A-Flat Major Op.53

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

(P) 2006 Sony BMG Music Entertainment

FRANZ SCHUBERT

[1] Fantasie in F Minor for Piano Four Hands D.940

[2] Allegro Lebensstrme in A Minor for Piano Four Hands D.947

Evgeny Kissin and James Levine, Piano

Recorded live May 1, 2005, Carnegie Hall, New York City

(P) 2006 Sony Music Entertainment

FRANZ SCHUBERT

Sonata Grand Duo in C for Piano Four Hands D.812

[1] Allegro moderato

[2] Andante

[3] Scherzo Allegro vivace

[4] Allegro vivace

[5] Characteristic March No.1 in C D.968b

[6] Military March No.1 in D D.733

Evgeny Kissin and James Levine, Piano

Recorded live May 1, 2005, Carnegie Hall, New York City

(P) 2006 Sony Music Entertainment

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN

Five Preludes Op.15

[1] No.1: Andante

[2] No.2: Vivo

[3] No.3: Allegro Assai

[4] No.4: Andantino

[5] No.5: Andante

Sonata No.3 in F-Sharp Minor Op.23

[6] Drammatico

[7] Allegretto

[8] Andante

[9] Presto con fuoco

NICOLAI MEDTNER

[10] Sonata Reminiscenza in A Minor Op.38 No.1

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Petrouchka: Three Movements

[11] No.1: Danse russe

[12] No.2: Chez Petrouchka

[13] No.3: La semaine grasse

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

(P) 2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment

FRANZ SCHUBERT

Sonata in B-Flat D.960

[1] Molto moderato

[2] Andante sostenuto

[3] Scherzo Allegro vivace con delicatezza

[4] Allegro, ma non troppo

FRANZ SCHUBERT / FRANZ LISZT

[5] Stndchen (From Schwanengesang D.957)

[6] Das Wandern (From Die schne Mllerin D.795)

[7] Wohin? (From Die schne Mllerin D.795)

[8] Aufenthalt (From Schwanengesang D.957)

FRANZ LISZT

Mephisto Waltz No.1 S514

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

(P) 2004 BMG Music

JOHANNES BRAHMS

Sonata in F Minor Op.5

[1] Allegro maestoso

[2] Andante espressivo

[3] Scherzo: Allegro energico

[4] Intermezzo: Andante molto

[5] Finale: Allegro moderato ma rubato

[6] Intermezzo in A Minor Op.76 No.7

[7] Capriccio in B Minor Op.76 No.2

Five Hungarian Dances

[8] No.1 in G Minor

[9] No.3 in F

[10] No.2 in D Minor

[11] No.7 in F

[12] No.6 in D-Flat

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

(P) 2003 BMG Music

FRDRIC CHOPIN

24 Preludes Op.28

[1] Prelude No.1 in C

[2] Prelude No.2 in A Minor

[3] Prelude No.3 in G

[4] Prelude No.4 in E Minor

[5] Prelude No.5 in D

[6] Prelude No.6 in B Minor

[7] Prelude No.7 in A

[8] Prelude No.8 in F-Sharp Minor

[9] Prelude No.9 in E

[10] Prelude No.10 in C-Sharp Minor

[11] Prelude No.11 in B

[12] Prelude No.12 in G-Sharp Minor

[13] Prelude No.13 in F-Sharp

[14] Prelude No.14 in E-Flat Minor

[15] Prelude No.15 in D-Flat

[16] Prelude No.16 in B-Flat Minor

[17] Prelude No.17 in A-Flat

[18] Prelude No.18 in F Minor

[19] Prelude No.19 in E-Flat

[20] Prelude No.20 in C Minor

[21] Prelude No.21 in B-Flat

[22] Prelude No.22 in G Minor

[23] Prelude No.23 in F

[24] Prelude No.24 in D Minor

Sonata No.2 Funeral March in B-Flat Minor Op.35

[25] Grave: Doppio movimento

[26] Scherzo

[27] Marche funbre: Lento

[28] Finale: Presto

[29] Polonaise in A-Flat Op.53

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

(P) 2000 BMG Music

ROBERT SCHUMANN

Sonata No.1 in F-Sharp Minor Op.11

[1] Introduzione (un poco Adagio); Allegro Vivace

[2] Aria: Senza passione, ma espressivo

[3] Scherzo e Intermezzo: Allegrissimo

[4] Finale: Allegro un poco maestoso

Carnaval Op.9

[5] Prambule

[6] Pierrot

[7] Arlequin

[8] Valse noble

[9] Eusebius

[10] Florestan

[11] Coquette

[12] Rplique

[13] Papillons

[14] ASCH SCHA (Lettres dansantes)

[15] Chiarina

[16] Chopin

[17] Estrella

[18] Reconnaissance

[19] Pantalon et Colombine

[20] Valse allemande

[21] Paganini

[22] Aveu

[23] Promenade

[24] Pause

[25] Marche des Davidsbndler contre les Philistins

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

(P) 2000 BMG Music

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / FERRUCCIO BUSONI

Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C BWV 564

[1] Prelude

[2] Intermezzo (Adagio)

[3] Fugue

MICHAIL GLINKA ARR. MILY BALAKIREV

[4] The Lark

MODEST MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

[5] Promenade

[6] Gnomus

[7] Promenade

[8] Il vecchio castello

[9] Promenade

[10] Tuileries

[11] Bydlo

[12] Promenade

[13] Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

[14] Samuel Goldenberg & Schmule

[15] Promenade

[16] Limoges march

[17] Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)

[18] Con mortuis in lingua mortua

[19] The Hut on Fowls Legs (Baba-Yaga)

[20] The Great Gate of Kiev

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

(P) 2000 BMG Music

FRDRIC CHOPIN

[1] Ballade No.1 in G Minor Op.23

[2] Ballade No.2 in F Op.38

[3] Ballade No.3 in A-Flat Op.47

[4] Ballade No.4 in F Minor Op.52

[5] Berceuse in D-Flat Major Op.57

[6] Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major Op.60

[7] Scherzo No.4 in E Op.54

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

(P) 1999 BMG Music

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / FERRUCCIO BUSONI

[1] Chaconne in D Minor

(Arr. from J.S. Bachs Partita No.2 for Violin BWV 1004)