Vadim Borisovsky

Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky (Russian: Вадим Васильевич Борисовский; January 20, 1900 – July 2, 1972) was a Russian (Soviet) violist.

Biography

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

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, 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

Original composerRussian title (original title)English titlePublication
date
Remarks
anonymous (16th century)Парижские колоколаParis Bells1962
anonymousСкерцо: "Перезвон"Scherzo: "Carillon" (1650?)1962
Robert de ViséeТраурная аллемандаAllemande funèbre1962original for lute
Sylvius Leopold WeissПрелюдияPrelude1962

Viola d'amore

For viola d'amore and piano unless otherwise noted

Original composerRussian title (original title)English titlePublication
date
Remarks
Louis de Caix d'HerveloisНепостоянный
Грациозная
Менуэт
Гавот
L'inconstant
La gracieuse
Menuet
Gavotte
1928transcription date 1926;
originals for viola da gamba and continuo;
alternate parts for violin and cello
Tommaso GiordaniМадригалMadrigal "Caro mio ben"1936original for voice; also for viola and piano; false attribution to Giuseppe Giordani
François Joseph GossecTambourin1934 
Franz Anton HoffmeisterDivertimento for viola d'amore solo, 2 horns, 2 violins and basso1934viola d'amore and piano reduction by Cornelis Kint
Alexander KreinПрологPrologue1962 
Friedrich Wilhelm RustAria con Variazioni1934original for viola d'amore and basso; reduction by Cornilius Kint

Viola

For viola and piano unless otherwise noted

Original composerRussian title (original title)English titlePublication
date
Notes
Alexander AlyabyevРондоRondo1973 
Anatoly Nikolayevich AlexandrovАрия из "Классической сюиты"Aria1937original from Classic Suite, Op. 32 (1928) for orchestra
Fikret AmirovЭлегияElegy1962
anonymous (18th century French)КонтрдансContredanse1980
Anton ArenskyВальсValse1974
Johann Sebastian BachАдажио из Органного концерта № 3Adagio1960original from Organ Concerto No. 3
Ария из Кантаты № 5: "Пролейся скорее, источник священный..."Ergieße dich reichlich, du göttliche Quelle from Cantata No. 5
for tenor, viola and piano (1724)
1977original for tenor, viola and continuo
Упражнение для органной педалиPedal Study for viola solo1932original for organ
Wilhelm Friedemann BachВеснаDie Frühling1961original for clavier
Natalya Baklanova (1902–1985)
(Наталья Владимировна Бакланова)
Русская Народная Песня: «Не белы то снеги»Russian Folk Song: "The Snow Is Not White"1953 
Русская Народная Песня: Прялка «Против красна солнышка»Russian Folk Song1953 
Русская Народная Песня: ПлясоваяRussian Folk Song: Dance1953 
Béla BartókБагатель, Соч. 6 № 2Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 2, Sz. 38 (1908)1975original for piano
Ludwig van BeethovenАдажио кантабиле, Соч. 13Adagio cantabile, Op. 131961original: movement II from Sonata Pathétique for piano
František BendaСоната D-dur для двух альтов и фортепианоSonata in D major for 2 violas and pianooriginal for 2 violins and continuo
Georges BizetАдажиэтто из сюиты "Арлезианка"Adagietto from "L'Arlésienne"1980original for orchestra
ИнтермеццоIntermezzo1980original for orchestra from the incidental music L'Arlésienne
Luigi BorghiСоната № 1, Соч. 5Sonata No. 1, Op. 5original for violin and basso continuo
Dmitry BortnianskyСонатное аллегроSonata Allegro1967original for piano
Johannes BrahmsВальсWaltz in A major, Op. 39 No. 15 (1865)1936original for piano 4-hands
Antonio Bartolomeo BruniШкола для АльтаViola Method1937 
Pyotr BulakhovБаркарола для двух альтов и фортепианоBarcarolle in D major for 2 violas and piano1950original for 2 voices and piano
КанцонеттаCanzonetta in C major1946transcription dated 1943
Ernest ChaussonИнтерлюдияInterlude1980original for orchestra from Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19
Frédéric ChopinЭтюд, Соч. 25 № 2Étude, Op. 25 No. 2 (1837)1971original for piano
Прелюдия, Соч. 28 № 14Prélude for viola solo, Op. 28 No. 141932original for piano
ВальсWaltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 21950original for piano
Alexander DargomyzhskyЭлегияElegy1949original: 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. 231953original for cello and piano
Claude DebussyЛунный свет (из "Бергамасская сюита")Clair de lune1956original from Suite bergamasque (1890, 1905) for piano
В лодке (из "Маленькая сюита")En Bateau1956original from Petite Suite (1886–1889) for piano 4-hands
Прелюд "Девушка с волосами цвета льна"Prelude "La fille aux cheveux de lin"1936original for piano
Louis Delune (1876–1940)ДождьLa Pluie jabote... (The Rain...)1980original for cello and piano
Carl Ditters von DittersdorfКонцертная симфония ре-мажор "Двойной концерт"Sinfonia Concertante in D major for viola, double bass and orchestra, K. 1271962 
Alexandre DubuqueТарантеллаTarantella1973 
Balys DvarionasТема с вариациямиTheme and Variations for viola and orchestra (1946)1957original for bassoon and orchestra
Andrey Esaulov (1800–c.1850)
(Андрей Петрович Есаулов)
Вальс меланхолическойA Melancholic Waltz in E minor1946transcription dated 1942
Gabriel FauréНоктюрнNocturne in G major1980original for string orchestra from the incidental music Shylock, Op. 57 (1889)
Varvara GaigerovaСюитаSuite for viola and piano, Op. 81969 
Iosif Genishta (1795–1853)
(Иосиф Иосифович Геништа)
СонатаSonata for viola or clarinet and piano, Op. 91961 
Tommaso GiordaniМадригалMadrigal1936transcription of Caro mio ben; original for voice;
also for viola d'amore and piano
Alexander GlazunovПеснь трубадураChant du Ménestrel, Op. 71 (1900)1957original for cello and piano or orchestra
ГрезыRêverie in D major, Op. 24 (1890)1948original for horn and piano
Reinhold GlièreНоктюрн, Соч. 35 № 10Nocturne, Op. 35 No. 101946original for horn and piano
Русская песня, Соч. 34 № 15Russian Song in E minor, Op. 34 No. 151958original for piano; also published in 1961 as Romance, Op. 34
Вальс, Соч. 45 № 2Waltz, Op. 45 No. 21946original from 12 Easy Pieces (12 Легких пьес), Op. 45 for violin and piano
Mikhail GlinkaБаркаролаBarcarolle1952original for piano
Детская полькаChildren's Polka (Polka Enfantine)1952original for piano
МазуркаMazurka1948original for piano
Ноктюрн "Разлука"Nocturne "La Séparation"1948original for piano
Вариации на тему романса А. Алябьева "Соловей"Variations on Alyabyev's Romance "The Nightingale"1973original for piano
Неоконченная сонатаViola Sonata in D minor (1825–1828)1932completed by Borisovsky
Christoph Willibald GluckГавотGavotte1937original from the ballet Don Juan (1761)
Alexander GoedickeСоната № 1 (ля-мажор), Соч. 10 (1899)Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 10 (1899)1959original for violin and piano;
viola part also arranged by Mikhail Vladimirovich Reytikh
Enrique GranadosИнтермеццоIntermezzo1936original for piano
Edvard GriegЭлегия, Соч. 38 № 6Elegy (Elegi), Op. 38 No. 61935original from Lyric Pieces, Op. 38 for piano
Поэма, Соч. 43 № 5Poème (Erotik), Op. 43 No. 51950original from Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 for piano
Песня Сольвейг, Соч. 55 № 4Solveig's Song (Solveigs Sang), Op. 55 No. 4 (1875)1971original for orchestra from Peer Gynt Suite No. 2
Alexandr GriboyedovВальсWaltz in D minor1946transcription dated 1942
Johann Wilhelm Hässler (Гесслер)ЭлегияElegy1936 
Joseph HaydnМенуэтMenuet1950 
Kara KarayevАдажио (Китайский танец)Adagio (Chinese Dance)1962 from the ballet Seven Beauties (1952)
Gypsy Dance 
Aram KhachaturianНоктюрн из музыки к драме М. Ю. Лермонтова "Маскарад"Nocturne1980from the incidental music for Masquerade (1941)
Вальс из музыки к драме М. Лермонтова "Маскарад"
для двух альтов и фортепиано
Waltz in A minor for 2 violas and piano1959from the incidental music for Masquerade (1941)
transcribed 1958
Ivan KhandoshkinКонцерт до-мажорConcerto in C major for viola and orchestra (1801)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 Love1955original for violin and cello, Op. 4 No. 2
Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855)
(Иван Федорович Ласковский)
Ноктюрн, Соч. 27Nocturne in B major, Op. 271973original for piano
Franz LisztНоктюрнNotturno: Liebestraum No. 3, S. 541 (1850)1963original for piano
Поэма1963
Прощание1963
РомансRomance1966
Сонет Петрарки №104Sonetto 104 di Petrarca, S. 158 No. 2 (1844–1845)1966original for piano
Сонет Петрарки №123Sonetto 123 di Petrarca, S. 158 No. 3 (1844–1845)1966original for piano
Jean-Baptiste LullyДве пьесы (из оперы "Атис")
  1. Ариозо
  2. Гавот
2 Pieces
  1. Arioso
  2. Gavotte
1936from the opera Atys (1676)
Anatoly LyadovПрелюдияPrelude, Op. 11 No. 11950original from 3 Morceaux, Op. 11 (1886) for piano
Felix MendelssohnПесня без слов "Весенняя песня"Song without Words "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song), Op. 62 No. 61958original for piano
Песня без словSong without Words, Op. 85 No. 11958original for piano
Louis-Toussaint MilandreАнданте и МенуэтAndante et Menuet (1770)1980
Modest MussorgskyГопак (из оперы "Сорочинская ярмарка")Hopak1936from the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1874–1880)
Nikolai MyaskovskyКонец сказкиDernière du Conte, Op. 74 No. 6 (1947)1953original for piano from 6 Morceaux-impromptus (Шесть Импровизации), Op. 74
Соната № 2Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81 (1948)1960original for cello and piano
Vladimir OdoevskyВальсWaltz in G major1946transcription dated 1942
Sergei ProkofievКошкаThe Cat1962from Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936)
Свадьба КижеKijé's Wedding1980from the film Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 (1934)
КолыбельнаяLullaby1962from the oratorio On Guard for Peace (На страже мира), Op. 124 (1950)
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

1961
1961
1961
1967
1961
1961
1961
1977
1977
1967
1977
1977
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Carnaval is taken from No. 24 Dance of the Five Couples.
Sergei RachmaninoffМелодия, Соч. 3 № 3Mélodie, Op. 3 No. 3 (1892)1984original for piano from Morceaux de fantaisie
Прелюдия, Соч. 23 № 4Prelude, Op. 23 No. 4 (1903)1950original for piano
Не пой, красавица..., Соч. 4 № 4Sing Not to Me, O Lovely One for voice, viola and piano, Op. 4 No. 4 (1890–1893)1977original for voice and piano; words by Alexander Pushkin
Соната соль-минор, Соч. 19Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (1901)1950original for cello and piano
Maurice RavelПавана на смерть инфантыPavane pour une infante défunte (1899)1929original for piano
Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovПолет шмеля (из оперы "Сказка о царе Салтане")Flight of the Bumblebee (1899–1900)1984original for orchestra from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Песня Индийского гостя (из оперы "Садко")Song of the Indian Guest1962original for tenor and orchestra from the opera Sadko (1896)
Gioachino RossiniАльпийская пастушка (из "Музыкальные вечера")La Pastorella dell' Alpi No. 6 from Les soirées musicales; original for soprano and piano
СкерцоScherzo in D major1962 
Alessandro RollaКонцертный этюдÉtude de Concert in G major1962original for viola solo
Friedrich Wilhelm RustСоната (соль-мажор)Sonata in G major for viola and continuo1935 
Franz SchubertЭкспромт, Соч. 90 № 3Impromptu, Op. 90 No. 3 (1827)1971original for piano
СкерцоScherzo1936 
Два вальса2 Waltzes, Op. 9 Nos. 1 and 21952original from 36 Originaltänze, Op. 9, D. 365 for piano
François SchubertПчелкаBagatelle "The Bee" (L'abeille; Die Biene), Op. 13 No. 9 (1860)1937original for violin and piano
Robert SchumannВечерняя песньAbendlied, Op. 85 No. 12 (1849)1937original for piano 4-hands
Адажио и аллегроAdagio und Allegro, Op. 70 (1849)1953original for horn and piano
Маленький этюдA Little Study for viola solo1932original for piano: No. 14 from Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 (1848)
Пастушеская мелодияPastoral (Alpenkuhreigen) for viola solo, Op. 115 No. 41932from the incidental music for Manfred, Op. 115
Alexander ScriabinПрелюдияPrélude in C minor, Op. 9 No. 1 (1894)1935transcription dated 1931
Dmitri ShostakovichАдажиоAdagio1962original from the film score Michurin, Op. 78 (1948), 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)

1964
1964
1964
1966
1966
1966
1976
1976
1976
from music to the film The Gadfly (Овод), Op. 97 (1955)
Весенний ВальсSpring Waltz1962original from the ballet The Limpid Stream, Op. 39 (1934–1935), also in Ballet Suite No. 2
Lev Shvarts (1898–1962)
(Лев Александрович Шварц)
Две Пьесы
  1. Мелодия
  2. Плясовая
2 Pieces
  1. Melodie
  2. Dance
1934 
Jean SibeliusГрустный вальс, Соч. 44 № 1Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 (1903)1963original for orchestra
Johann StamitzСоната (соль-мажор)Sonata in G major, Op. 6a1956original for violin and basso continuo: Sonate da camera
Carl StamitzКонцертConcerto in D major for viola and orchestra, Op. 1 (published 1774)1955 
Концерт № 2Concerto No. 2 for viola and orchestra1937 
Igor StravinskyПасторальPastorale (1907)1967original for voice and piano
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyСтрастное ПризнаниеArdent Declaration (Aveu Passionné)1950original for piano
Ночь, Соч. 73 № 2Night for voice, viola and piano, Op. 73 No. 2 (1893)1977original for voice and piano; words by Daniil Ratgauz
Ноктюрн, Соч. 19 № 4Nocturne in D minor, Op. 19 No. 4 (1873)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)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)

1950
1949
1949
1949
original for piano
Сентиментальный ВальсValse Sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6 (1882)1979original for piano
Grigory TeplovМенуэтMinuet in C major1946transcription dated 1942
Thibaut IVПесня о розеThe Rose's Song for voice, viola and piano1977original for voice and piano; words by Guillaume de Lorris
Nikolai Titov (1798–1843)
(Николай Сергеевич Титов)
РомансRomance in E major1946transcription dated 1942
Joaquín TurinaАнданте из сюиты "Севилья"Andante1958original from Sevilla, Op. 2 (1908) for piano
Alexander VeprikСтрогий напевChant rigoureux, Op. 9 (1927)1937original for clarinet and piano
Alexey VerstovskyВариации на две темыVariations on Two Themes1950 
Antonio VivaldiКонцерт соль-мажорConcerto in G major for viola and orchestra1955original: 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 orchestra1962cadenzas by Borisovsky
Carl Friedrich ZelterКонцерт ми-бемоль мажорConcerto in E major for viola and orchestra1959 
Georgi Zlatev-Cherkin (1905–1977)
(Георгий Златев-Черкин)
СевданаSevdana (1944) original for violin and piano
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