Instrumentations of Works by Other Composers

N. Rimsky-Korsakov. “I was waiting for you in the Grotto” for Voice and Piano. Instrumentation for Voice and Symphony Orchestra

  • Opus SO
  • 1921-1922
  • Manuscripts:
    1. Fine and rough scores (without ending, with marks by M. O. Steinberg). Autograph, 2 + 4 sh. (Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, f. 2048, op. 1, unit 17).
    2. Draft score (end). Autograph, 1 sh. (The All-Russian Museum Association of Musical Culture, f. 32, unit 2248).
    The work was performed as part of a training instrumentation course. Compared to the original in H-dur, Shostakovich’s instrumentation is half tone higher, in C-dur.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. “I was waiting for You in the Grotto at a Certain Hour ...”

Romance for Voice and Piano. Words by A.N. Maykov. Adagio. Instrumentation for Voice and Orchestra



1921-1922; Petrograd

Orchestra: 2 Fl., 2 Ob., 2 Cl. (B), 2 Fag. - 4 Cor. (F) - Timpano (C) - Arpa - Archi.

Duration: 2 ′ 30 ″.

Performances:

1980. Moscow, All-Russian Recording Studio. Sound recording. Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad State Philharmonic, conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky; soloist A. Ablaberdyeva (Soprano). Record: 1984, “Melody”, in the series “D. Shostakovich. From manuscripts of the different years.”
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