Vadim Borisovsky

{{Short description|Soviet and Russian violist}}

Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky ({{langx|ru|Вадим Васильевич Борисовский}}; 20 January 1900 – 2 July 1972) was a Soviet-Russian violist.

Biography

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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. Varvara Gaigerova dedicated her Suite for Viola, op. 8 to him.{{Cite web |title=Suite, Op.8 (Gaygerova, Varvara) - IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite,_Op.8_(Gaygerova,_Varvara) |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=imslp.org}}

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 in 1972, aged 72.

Original compositions

  • Concert Etude (Концертный этюд) in A major for viola solo (published 1981)
  • Vulcan: Sicilian Tarantella (Сицилийская тарантелла “Вулкан”) for viola and piano (1962)

Arrangements and transcriptions

= Harp =

For harp solo

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! Original composer !! Russian title (original title) !! English title !! width="75"|Publication
date !! Remarks

anonymous (16th century)Парижские колоколаParis Bellsalign=center|1962
anonymousСкерцо: "Перезвон"Scherzo: "Carillon" (1650?)align=center|1962
Robert de ViséeТраурная аллемандаAllemande funèbrealign=center|1962original for lute
Sylvius Leopold WeissПрелюдияPreludealign=center|1962

= Viola d'amore =

For viola d'amore and piano unless otherwise noted

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! Original composer !! Russian title (original title) !! English title !! width="75"|Publication
date !! Remarks

valign="top" | Louis de Caix d'HerveloisНепостоянный
Грациозная
Менуэт
Гавот
L'inconstant
La gracieuse
Menuet
Gavotte
align=center valign="top" |1928valign="top" | transcription date 1926;
originals for viola da gamba and continuo;
alternate parts for violin and cello
Tommaso GiordaniМадригалMadrigal "Caro mio ben"align=center|1936original for voice; also for viola and piano; false attribution to Giuseppe Giordani
François Joseph GossecTambourinalign=center|1934 
Franz Anton HoffmeisterDivertimento for viola d'amore solo, 2 horns, 2 violins and bassoalign=center|1934viola d'amore and piano reduction by Cornelis Kint
Alexander KreinПрологProloguealign=center|1962 
Friedrich Wilhelm RustAria con Variazionialign=center|1934original for viola d'amore and basso; reduction by Cornilius Kint

= Viola =

For viola and piano unless otherwise noted

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! Original composer !! Russian title (original title) !! English title !! width="75"|Publication
date !! Notes

Alexander AlyabyevРондоRondoalign=center|1973 
Anatoly AlexandrovАрия из "Классической сюиты"Ariaalign=center|1937original from Classic Suite, Op. 32 (1928) for orchestra
Fikret AmirovЭлегияElegyalign=center|1962
valign="top"

| anonymous (18th century French)

КонтрдансContredansealign=center|1980
Anton ArenskyВальсValsealign=center|1974
rowspan="3" valign="top" | Johann Sebastian BachАдажио из Органного концерта № 3Adagioalign=center|1960original from Organ Concerto No. 3
valign="top"

| Ария из Кантаты № 5: "Пролейся скорее, источник священный..."

Ergieße dich reichlich, du göttliche Quelle from Cantata No. 5
for tenor, viola and piano (1724)
align=center|1977original for tenor, viola and continuo
Упражнение для органной педалиPedal Study for viola soloalign=center|1932original for organ
Wilhelm Friedemann BachВеснаDie Frühlingalign=center|1961original for clavier
rowspan="3" valign="top" | Natalya Baklanova (1902–1985)
(Наталья Владимировна Бакланова)
Русская Народная Песня: «Не белы то снеги»Russian Folk Song: "The Snow Is Not White"align=center|1953 
Русская Народная Песня: Прялка «Против красна солнышка»Russian Folk Songalign=center|1953 
Русская Народная Песня: ПлясоваяRussian Folk Song: Dancealign=center|1953 
Béla BartókБагатель, Соч. 6 № 2Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 2, Sz. 38 (1908)align=center|1975original for piano
Ludwig van BeethovenАдажио кантабиле, Соч. 13Adagio cantabile, Op. 13align=center|1961original: movement II from Sonata Pathétique for piano
František BendaСоната D-dur для двух альтов и фортепианоSonata in D major for 2 violas and pianoalign=center|original for 2 violins and continuo
rowspan="2" valign="top" | Georges BizetАдажиэтто из сюиты "Арлезианка"Adagietto from "L'Arlésienne"align=center|1980original for orchestra
ИнтермеццоIntermezzoalign=center|1980original for orchestra from the incidental music L'Arlésienne
Luigi BorghiСоната № 1, Соч. 5Sonata No. 1, Op. 5align=center|original for violin and basso continuo
Dmitry BortnianskyСонатное аллегроSonata Allegroalign=center|1967original for piano
Johannes BrahmsВальсWaltz in A major, Op. 39 No. 15 (1865)align=center|1936original for piano 4-hands
Antonio Bartolomeo BruniШкола для АльтаViola Methodalign=center|1937 
rowspan="2" valign="top" | Pyotr BulakhovБаркарола для двух альтов и фортепианоBarcarolle in D major for 2 violas and pianoalign=center|1950original for 2 voices and piano
КанцонеттаCanzonetta in C majoralign=center|1946transcription dated 1943
Ernest ChaussonИнтерлюдияInterludealign=center|1980original for orchestra from Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19
rowspan="3" valign="top" | Frédéric ChopinЭтюд, Соч. 25 № 2Étude, Op. 25 No. 2 (1837)align=center|1971original for piano
Прелюдия, Соч. 28 № 14Prélude for viola solo, Op. 28 No. 14align=center|1932original for piano
ВальсWaltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2align="center" |1950original for piano
valign="top"

| Alexander Dargomyzhsky

ЭлегияElegyalign=center|1949original: Не спрашивай, зачем: Элегия (Do Not Ask Why), Elegy
for voice and piano (1844); words by Alexander Pushkin
Karl Davydov Романс, Соч. 23Romance sans paroles in G major, Op. 23align=center|1953original for cello and piano
rowspan="3" valign="top" | Claude DebussyЛунный свет (из "Бергамасская сюита")Clair de lunealign=center|1956original from Suite bergamasque (1890, 1905) for piano
В лодке (из "Маленькая сюита")En Bateaualign=center|1956original from Petite Suite (1886–1889) for piano 4-hands
Прелюд "Девушка с волосами цвета льна"Prelude "La fille aux cheveux de lin"align=center|1936original for piano
{{ill|Louis Delune|de}} (1876–1940)ДождьLa Pluie jabote... (The Rain...)align=center|1980original for cello and piano
valign="top"

| Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

Концертная симфония ре-мажор "Двойной концерт"Sinfonia Concertante in D major for viola, double bass and orchestra, K. 127align=center|1962 
valign="top"

| Alexandre Dubuque

ТарантеллаTarantellaalign=center|1973 
valign="top"

| Balys Dvarionas

Тема с вариациямиTheme and Variations for viola and orchestra (1946)align=center|1957original for bassoon and orchestra
valign="top"

| Andrey Esaulov (1800–c.1850)
(Андрей Петрович Есаулов)

Вальс меланхолическойA Melancholic Waltz in E{{music|flat}} minoralign=center|1946transcription dated 1942
valign="top"

| Gabriel Fauré

НоктюрнNocturne in G majoralign=center|1980original for string orchestra from the incidental music Shylock, Op. 57 (1889)
valign="top"

| Varvara Gaigerova

СюитаSuite for viola and piano, Op. 8align=center|1969 
valign="top"

| Iosif Genishta (1795–1853)
(Иосиф Иосифович Геништа)

СонатаSonata for viola or clarinet and piano, Op. 9align=center|1961 
valign="top"

| Tommaso Giordani

МадригалMadrigalalign=center|1936transcription of Caro mio ben; original for voice;
also for viola d'amore and piano
rowspan="2" valign="top" | Alexander GlazunovПеснь трубадураChant du Ménestrel, Op. 71 (1900)align=center|1957original for cello and piano or orchestra
ГрезыRêverie in D{{music|flat}} major, Op. 24 (1890)align=center|1948original for horn and piano
rowspan="3" valign="top" | Reinhold GlièreНоктюрн, Соч. 35 № 10Nocturne, Op. 35 No. 10align=center|1946original for horn and piano
Русская песня, Соч. 34 № 15Russian Song in E minor, Op. 34 No. 15align=center|1958original for piano; also published in 1961 as Romance, Op. 34
valign="top"|Вальс, Соч. 45 № 2valign="top"|Waltz, Op. 45 No. 2align=center|1946original from 12 Easy Pieces (12 Легких пьес), Op. 45 for violin and piano
rowspan="6" valign="top" | Mikhail GlinkaБаркаролаBarcarollealign=center|1952original for piano
Детская полькаChildren's Polka (Polka Enfantine)align=center|1952original for piano
МазуркаMazurkaalign=center|1948original for piano
Ноктюрн "Разлука"Nocturne "La Séparation"align=center|1948original for piano
Вариации на тему романса А. Алябьева "Соловей"Variations on Alyabyev's Romance "The Nightingale"align=center|1973original for piano
Неоконченная сонатаViola Sonata in D minor (1825–1828)align=center|1932completed by Borisovsky
Christoph Willibald GluckГавотGavottealign=center|1937original from the ballet Don Juan (1761)
valign="top"

| Alexander Goedicke

Соната № 1 (ля-мажор), Соч. 10 (1899)Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 10 (1899)align=center|1959original for violin and piano;
viola part also arranged by Mikhail Vladimirovich Reytikh
Enrique GranadosИнтермеццоIntermezzoalign=center|1936original for piano
rowspan="3" valign="top" | Edvard GriegЭлегия, Соч. 38 № 6Elegy (Elegi), Op. 38 No. 6align=center|1935original from Lyric Pieces, Op. 38 for piano
Поэма, Соч. 43 № 5Poème (Erotik), Op. 43 No. 5align=center|1950original from Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 for piano
Песня Сольвейг, Соч. 55 № 4Solveig's Song (Solveigs Sang), Op. 55 No. 4 (1875)align=center|1971original for orchestra from Peer Gynt Suite No. 2
Alexandr GriboyedovВальсWaltz in D minoralign=center|1946transcription dated 1942
valign="top"

| Johann Wilhelm Hässler (Гесслер)

ЭлегияElegyalign=center|1936 
Joseph HaydnМенуэтMenuetalign=center|1950 
rowspan="2" valign="top" | Kara KarayevАдажио (Китайский танец)Adagio (Chinese Dance)align=center|1962

| rowspan="2" valign="top" | from the ballet Seven Beauties (1952)

Gypsy Dancealign=center|  
valign="top"

| rowspan="2" valign="top" | Aram Khachaturian

Ноктюрн из музыки к драме М. Ю. Лермонтова "Маскарад"Nocturnealign=center|1980from the incidental music for Masquerade (1941)
valign="top"

| Вальс из музыки к драме М. Лермонтова "Маскарад"
для двух альтов и фортепиано

Waltz in A minor for 2 violas and pianoalign=center|1959from the incidental music for Masquerade (1941)
transcribed 1958
valign="top"

| rowspan="2" valign="top" | Ivan Khandoshkin

Концерт до-мажорConcerto in C major for viola and orchestra (1801)align=center valign="top" | 1947

| piano reduction and cadenzas also by Borisovsky;
Attributed to Khandoshkin but is now thought to be
written by Mikhail Goldstein. See Musical hoax.

Вариации на русскую песню "То теряю, что люблю"Variations on a Russian Song of Lovealign=center|1955original for violin and cello, Op. 4 No. 2
valign="top"

| Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855)
(Иван Федорович Ласковский)

Ноктюрн, Соч. 27Nocturne in B{{music|flat}} major, Op. 27align=center|1973original for piano
rowspan="6" valign="top" | Franz LisztНоктюрнNotturno: Liebestraum No. 3, S. 541 (1850)align=center|1963original for piano
Поэмаalign=center|1963
Прощаниеalign=center|1963
РомансRomancealign=center|1966
Сонет Петрарки №104Sonetto 104 di Petrarca, S. 158 No. 2 (1844–1845)align=center|1966original for piano
Сонет Петрарки №123Sonetto 123 di Petrarca, S. 158 No. 3 (1844–1845)align=center|1966original for piano
valign="top"

| Jean-Baptiste Lully

Две пьесы (из оперы "Атис") {{ordered list| Ариозо | Гавот }}2 Pieces {{ordered list| Arioso | Gavotte }}align=center|1936from the opera Atys (1676)
Anatoly LyadovПрелюдияPrelude, Op. 11 No. 1align=center|1950original from 3 Morceaux, Op. 11 (1886) for piano
rowspan="2" valign="top" | Felix MendelssohnПесня без слов "Весенняя песня"Song without Words "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song), Op. 62 No. 6align=center|1958original for piano
Песня без словSong without Words, Op. 85 No. 1align=center|1958original for piano
Louis-Toussaint MilandreАнданте и МенуэтAndante et Menuet (1770)align=center|1980
Modest MussorgskyГопак (из оперы "Сорочинская ярмарка")Hopakalign=center|1936from the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1874–1880)
rowspan="2" valign="top" | Nikolai Myaskovskyvalign="top"|Конец сказкиvalign="top"|Dernière du Conte, Op. 74 No. 6 (1947)align=center|1953original for piano from 6 Morceaux-impromptus (Шесть Импровизации), Op. 74
Соната № 2Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81 (1948)align=center|1960original for cello and piano
Vladimir OdoevskyВальсWaltz in G majoralign=center|1946transcription dated 1942
rowspan="4" valign="top" | Sergei ProkofievКошкаThe Catalign=center|1962from Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936)
Свадьба КижеKijé's Weddingalign=center|1980from the film Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 (1934)
valign="top"|Колыбельнаяvalign="top"|Lullabyalign=center|1962from the oratorio On Guard for Peace (На страже мира), Op. 124 (1950)
valign="top"

| Пьесы из балета "Ромео и Джульетта"

: Вступление

: Улица просыпается

: Джульетта-Девочка

: Менуэт: Съезд гостей

: Танец рыцарей

: Меркуцио

: Сцена у балкона

: Карнавал

: Танец с мандолинами для двух альтов и фортепиано

: Ромео и Джульетта у патера Лоренцо

: Меркуцио умирает

: Утренняя серенада для двух альтов и фортепиано

: Сцена прощания (Прощание перед разлукой) и Смерть Джульетты

| Pieces from the Ballet "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 64

: Introduction

: The Street Awakens

: The Young Juliet

: Menuet: Arrival of the Guests

: Dance of the Knights

: Mercutio

: Balcony Scene

: Carnaval

: Dance with Mandolins for 2 violas and piano

: Romeo and Juliet Meet Friar Laurence

: Death of Mercutio

: Morning Serenade for 2 violas and piano

: Farewell Scene (Farewell before Parting) and Death of Juliet

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Carnaval is taken from No. 24 Dance of the Five Couples.
rowspan="4" valign="top" | Sergei RachmaninoffМелодия, Соч. 3 № 3Mélodie, Op. 3 No. 3 (1892)align=center|1984original for piano from Morceaux de fantaisie
Прелюдия, Соч. 23 № 4Prelude, Op. 23 No. 4 (1903)align=center|1950original for piano
valign="top"

| Не пой, красавица..., Соч. 4 № 4

Sing Not to Me, O Lovely One for voice, viola and piano, Op. 4 No. 4 (1890–1893)align=center|1977original for voice and piano; words by Alexander Pushkin
Соната соль-минор, Соч. 19Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (1901)align=center|1950original for cello and piano
Maurice RavelПавана на смерть инфантыPavane pour une infante défunte (1899)align=center|1929original for piano
rowspan="2" valign="top" | Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovПолет шмеля (из оперы "Сказка о царе Салтане")Flight of the Bumblebee (1899–1900)align=center|1984original for orchestra from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Песня Индийского гостя (из оперы "Садко")Song of the Indian Guestalign=center|1962original for tenor and orchestra from the opera Sadko (1896)
valign="top"

| rowspan="2" valign="top" | Gioachino Rossini

Альпийская пастушка (из "Музыкальные вечера")La Pastorella dell' Alpialign=center| No. 6 from Les soirées musicales; original for soprano and piano
СкерцоScherzo in D majoralign=center|1962 
Alessandro RollaКонцертный этюдÉtude de Concert in G majoralign=center|1962original for viola solo
valign="top"

| Friedrich Wilhelm Rust

Соната (соль-мажор)Sonata in G major for viola and continuoalign=center|1935 
rowspan="3" valign="top" | Franz SchubertЭкспромт, Соч. 90 № 3Impromptu, Op. 90 No. 3 (1827)align=center|1971original for piano
СкерцоScherzoalign=center|1936 
Два вальса2 Waltzes, Op. 9 Nos. 1 and 2align=center|1952original from 36 Originaltänze, Op. 9, D. 365 for piano
François SchubertПчелкаBagatelle "The Bee" (L'abeille; Die Biene), Op. 13 No. 9 (1860)align=center|1937original for violin and piano
rowspan="4" valign="top" | Robert SchumannВечерняя песньAbendlied, Op. 85 No. 12 (1849)align=center|1937original for piano 4-hands
Адажио и аллегроAdagio und Allegro, Op. 70 (1849)align=center|1953original for horn and piano
Маленький этюдA Little Study for viola soloalign=center|1932original for piano: No. 14 from Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 (1848)
Пастушеская мелодияPastoral (Alpenkuhreigen) for viola solo, Op. 115 No. 4align=center|1932from the incidental music for Manfred, Op. 115
Alexander ScriabinПрелюдияPrélude in C{{music|sharp}} minor, Op. 9 No. 1 (1894)align=center|1935transcription dated 1931
rowspan="2" valign="top" | Dmitri ShostakovichАдажио
Весенний Вальс
Adagio
Spring Waltz
align=center|1962original from the ballet The Limpid Stream, Op. 39 (1934–1935), also in Ballet Suite No. 2
Пьесы из музыки к кинофильму "Овод"

: Увертюра

: Романс

: Контраданс

: Вальс-Шарманка

: Ноктюрн

: Галоп

: Сцена

: Интермеццо

: Народный праздник

| Pieces from "The Gadfly"

: Overture

: Romance

: Contra-dance

: Barrel-Organ Waltz

: Nocturne

: Galop

: Scene

: Intermezzo

: Folk Festival (People's Holiday)

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valign="top" | from music to the film The Gadfly (Овод), Op. 97 (1955)
valign="top" | Lev Shvarts (1898–1962)
(Лев Александрович Шварц)
Две Пьесы {{ordered list| Мелодия | Плясовая }}2 Pieces {{ordered list| Melodie | Dance }}align=center valign="top" |1934 
valign="top" | Jean SibeliusГрустный вальс, Соч. 44 № 1Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 (1903)align=center|1963original for orchestra
Johann StamitzСоната (соль-мажор)Sonata in G major, Op. 6aalign=center|1956original for violin and basso continuo: Sonate da camera
rowspan="2" valign="top" | Carl StamitzКонцертConcerto in D major for viola and orchestra, Op. 1 (published 1774)align=center|1955 
Концерт № 2Concerto No. 2 for viola and orchestraalign=center|1937 
Igor StravinskyПасторальPastorale (1907)align=center|1967original for voice and piano
rowspan="6" valign="top" | Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyСтрастное ПризнаниеArdent Declaration (Aveu Passionné)align=center|1950original for piano
Ночь, Соч. 73 № 2Night for voice, viola and piano, Op. 73 No. 2 (1893)align=center|1977original for voice and piano; words by Daniil Ratgauz
Ноктюрн, Соч. 19 № 4Nocturne in D minor, Op. 19 No. 4 (1873)align=center|1937original for piano
Нет, только тот, кто знал..., Соч. 6 № 6None But the Lonely Heart for voice, viola and piano, Op. 6 No. 6 (1869)align=center|1977original for voice and piano; words by Lev Mei
Времена Года

: No. 1 У Камелька

: No. 4 Подснежник

: No. 5 Белые Ночи

: No. 10 Осенняя Песня

| The Seasons (Les Saisons), Op. 37b

: No. 1 January: By the Fireside (Au Coin du Feu)

: No. 4 April: The Snowdrop (Perce-neige)

: No. 5 May: White Nights (Les Nuits de Mai)

: No. 10 October: Autumn Song (Chant d'Automne)

| align=center|
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1949
1949
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valign="top" | original for piano
Сентиментальный ВальсValse Sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6 (1882)align=center|1979valign="top" | original for piano
Grigory TeplovМенуэтMinuet in C majoralign=center|1946transcription dated 1942
Thibaut IVПесня о розеThe Rose's Song for voice, viola and pianoalign=center|1977original for voice and piano; words by Guillaume de Lorris
valign="top"

| Nikolai Titov (1798–1843)
(Николай Сергеевич Титов)

РомансRomance in E{{music|flat}} majoralign=center|1946transcription dated 1942
Joaquín TurinaАнданте из сюиты "Севилья"Andantealign=center|1958original from Sevilla, Op. 2 (1908) for piano
valign="top"

| Alexander Veprik

Строгий напевChant rigoureux, Op. 9 (1927)align=center|1937original for clarinet and piano
Alexey VerstovskyВариации на две темыVariations on Two Themesalign=center|1950 
Antonio VivaldiКонцерт соль-мажорConcerto in G major for viola and orchestraalign=center|1955original: Concerto in D Major for viola d'amore and orchestra, RV 392
Carl Maria von WeberВариацииVariations on "A Schüsserl und a Rein'dl'" for viola and orchestraalign=center|1962cadenzas by Borisovsky
Carl Friedrich ZelterКонцерт ми-бемоль мажорConcerto in E{{music|flat}} major for viola and orchestraalign=center|1959 
Aleksey ZhilinВальсWaltzalign=center|1957 
valign="top"

| Georgi Zlatev-Cherkin (1905–1977)
(Георгий Златев-Черкин)

СевданаSevdana (1944)align=center| original for violin and piano

References