Sviridov G. Album of pieces for Children. Piano

Georgiy (Yuri) Vasilyevich Sviridov (16.12.1915, Fatezh, now the Kursk region — 06.01.1998, Moscow) — the Russian composer. 

Most prominent musician of the 20th’s century second half, having addressed mainly to vocal genres, basing country folklore, old-fashioned romance, Russian church singing of the 17th century. 

Sviridov was the first to resort to S. Yesenin’s and B. Pasternak’s creation after they were prohibited in 1930–1950. Compositions: music comedy “The Sea Spread Wide” (1943), cantatas, oratorios, including “Poem to Yesenin’s Memory”, “Pathetic Oratorio”, “Kursk Songs”, “Snow Falls’, “Wooden Russia”, “Decembrists”, “Pushkin’s Garland”, “Songs of Hard Times”; romances, music to films, including “Don Cesar de Bazan” (1957), “Blizzard” (1964; orchestra cycle “Music Illustrations to A. S. Pushkin’s novel Blizzard”, 1974), “Forward, the Time” (1965).

Contents:

1. Little Lullaby (Music text example)
2. Fidget  
3. Gentle request  
4. Stubborn person  
5. Chimes were chiming. Russian folk song  
6. Music box  
7. Old-fashioned dance  
8. Before bed  
9. Lad with accordion  
10. Jolly march  
11. Wizard  
12. Sad song  
13. Little toccata  
14. Winter  
15. Rain  
16. March to M. I. Glinka’s theme  
17. Musical moment