Elias: I first came across Irina Ratushinskaya’s poetry when the collection ‘No I’m Not Afraid’ was published in England in early May 1986. The poems the various circumstances in which they were written and the poet’s integrity commitment and appalling situation (she was still imprisoned) all had a tremendous impact upon me. I was drawn inexorably into the world she describes so vividly. The powerful imagery of resistance the acceptance of shatteringrealities and the fantasies of different kinds of escape made poetry of truly universal significance and urgency and the idea of a setting for voice and large orchestra followed immediately.Each of the settings (in Russian) isself-contained and quite different in mood and orchestration. However I consider the songs as one piece and the whole cycle is performed without a break. All the basic musical material themes and motifs for the entire work arestated in the first few pages and the order of the poems was chosen to provide an overall musical and dramatic shape that attempts to link them together and to reflect more than the immediate meaning of the individual poems.

Finest single-volume edition includes authoritative scores of The Seasons, Op. 37. Album for the Young, Op. 39. 10 Characteristic Pieces, Op. 72. Dumka, Op. 59. Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6. 4 Pieces, Op. 40. Theme and Variations, Op. 19, No. 6. plus 5 early pieces. Content :
Five early pieces
Romance (Op. 5)
Valse-scherzo ' Waltz-scherzo (Op. 7)
Capriccio (Op. 8)
Polka de salon (Op. 9, No. 2)
Nocturne (Op. 10, No. 1)
Thème original et variations ' Original theme and variations (Op. 19, No. 6)
From Twelve Pieces (Op. 40)
No. 2 Chanson triste ' Sad song
6. Chant sans paroles ' Song without words
9. Valse ' Waltz
10. Danse russe ' Russian dance
Valse sentimentale ' Sentimental waltz (Op. 51, No. 6)
Doumka (Scène rustique russe) ' Dumka (Russian village scene) (Op. 59)
From Eighteen Characteristic Pieces (Op. 72)
No. 1 Impromptu
2. Berceuse ' Lullaby
3. Tendres reproches ' Gentle reproaches
4. Danse caractéristique ' Characteristic dance
8. Dialogue
9. Un poco di Schumann ' A bit of Schumann
12. L'espiègle ' The rascal
13. Echo rustique ' Countryside echo
15. Un poco di Chopin ' A bit of Chopin
16. Valse à cinq temps ' Waltz in five-beat time
Album for the Young (after Schumann) (Op. 39) [Restored to Tchaikovsky's original sequence]
Note
No. 1. Prière de matin ' Morning prayer
2. Le matin en hiver ' Winter morning
3. Maman ' Mama
4. Le petit cavalier ' The little horseman
5. Marches des soldats de bois ' Marches of the wooden soldiers
6. La nouvelle poupée ' The new doll
7. La poupée malade ' The sick doll
8. Enterrement de la poupée ' The doll's burial
9. Valse ' Waltz
10. Polka
11. Mazurka
12. Chanson russe ' Russian song
13. Le paysan prélude ' The peasant plays an introduction
14. Chanson populaire (Kamarinskaya) ' Folk Song
15. Chanson intalienne ' Italian song
16. Mélodie antique française ' Old French melody
17. Chanson allemande ' German song
18. Chanson napolitaine ' Neapolitan song
19. Conte de la vieille bonne ' The old maid-servant's tale
20. La sorciére (Baba-Yaga) ' The witch
21. Douce rêverie ' Sweet reverie
22. Chant de l'alouette 'Song of the lark
23. A l'église ' In church
24. L'orgue de barbarie ' The hurdy-gurdy
The Seasons (Op. 37bis)
Note and epigraphs
1. Janvier: Au coin du feu ' January By the fireside
2. Février: Carnaval ' February: Carnival
3. Mars: Chant de l'alouette ' March Song of the lark
4. Avril: Perce-neige ' April: Snowdrop
5. Mai: Les nuits de mai ' May: May nights [ White nights ]
6. Juin: Barcarolle ' June: Barcar
7. Juillet: Chant du faucheur ' July: The reaper's song
8. Août: La moisson ' August: The harvest
9. Septembre: La chasse ' September: The hunt
10. Octobre: Chant d'automne ' October: Autumn song
11. Novembre: En troïka ' November: In the troika
12. Decembre: Noël ' December: Christmas

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