Nikolai Kapustin

The 6 Little Pieces op. 133 composed in 2007 are, after his Sonatina op. 100 (Schott, ED 22853), Kapustins easiest works for piano. The pieces can be played individually, the intervals are all within...

Virtuoser Jazz in klassischer Form: Nikolai Kapustin (geb. 1937) ist ein exzellenter Jazz-Pianist, Arrangeur und Komponist. Seine Klaviersonaten werden nun erstmals von Schott Music herausgegeben. Die...

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: A free-tempo introduction is followed by a brisk rondo sonata, which finally ends with a brilliant climax in octaves.

Kapustin beschrieb diese Fantasie als dramatisches und ernstes Stück, das aus wechselnden Episoden konstruiert ist. Der erste Abschnitt steht im freien Tempo, darauf folgen ein Bebop und zuletzt ein J...

'Spice Island' (Gewürzinsel) erhielt seinen Titel erst nach der Komposition. Die virtuose Musik bietet kontrastierende Stimmungen, aber immer reichlich gewürzt mit Jazz-Harmonien.

Kapustin's technically demanding 9th Sonata from 1995 is full of jocular twists. It has previously been recorded for CD by Vadim Rudenko.

In the virtuosic Capriccio op. 71, composed in 1992, Kapustin returns to twelve-tone compositional techniques. Suitable for pianists looking for repertoire between modernity and jazz that sound like h...

This collection from 1998 contains 7 small fugues and canons for the left hand.

This small virtuoso rondo with jazz elements from 2003 is now published for the first time in a sheet music edition.

The Allegro movement "Nothing to Lose" was composed by Kapustin in 2004 and is now published for the first time as a sheet music edition.

Kapustin dedicated the piece "Countermove" to the Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin, who had released a complete CD of Kapustin's works in 2004. Kapustin himself later recorded "Countermove" for the...

Kapustin developed this scherzo from a short fun idea. The notes of the piano piece, which was already composed in 1999, now appear in print for the first time.

Kapustin compuso el rondó "Vanidad de vanidades" op. 121 en 2004 y luego lo grabó para su CD "Kapustin Returns!", publicado en Japón en 2008.

Kapustin compuso los "Two Etude-Like Trinkets" op. 122 en 2004 y más tarde las grabó para su CD "Kapustin Returns!", que salió a la venta en Japón en 2008.

El Tema y Variaciones op. 80 de Kapustin fue compuesto en 1996.

Nikolai Kapustin compuso el Impromptu op. 83 en 1997 y más tarde lo grabó para el CD "Last Recording", que salió a la venta en Japón en 2004.

Tres para dos. Tríptico para 2 pianos op. 145 fue escrito por Kapustin en 2012 para el dúo de pianos japonés PiaNA, formado por Natsuki Nishimoto y Asuka Matsumoto.

Nikolai Kapustin, born in 1937, is regarded as pioneer of the Soviet jazz scene. In his music he combines typical jazz idioms with classical forms. The Sonata Op. 125 for flute and piano was written i...