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Andrei Chulovsky was born in Omsk, where he attended music school (class
of O. Semyonova - pupil of the famous Esipova). Upon finishing the
music school and college he entered the Leningrad Conservatory (piano class
of Professor N. Perelman). After graduation from the Conservatory
in 1978, he started working as a soloist at the philharmonic society of
Omsk and also as a teacher at the college.
When in 1983 the first organ in Omsk was built, Chulovsky again entered a conservatory - this time in Riga. Since 1987, Chulovsky polishes his skills at the Moscow Conservatory combining lessons with successful concert activities.
Piano works occupy an important place in the Rodion Shchedrin heritage - five concertos, a sonata, twenty four preludes and fugues, cycles "Album for the Youth" and "Polyphonic Notebook" (Twenty-Five Polyphonic Preludes) created in 1972. Premiere of "Polyphonic Notebook" took place on March 31, 1973, at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.
This cd features the cycle arranged for organ
by A. Chulovsky.
"Polyphonic Notebook", similar to Inventions by J.S. Bach, demonstrates numerous counterpoint techniques. All movements of "Polyphonic Notebook" are emerging from one melodic 'grain'. The cycle develops according to natural logic, from simple to more complex.
R. Shchedrin
(b. 1932)
Polyphonic Notebook
Twenty-Five Polyphonic Preludes (1972)
Transcription for organ by A. Chulovsky
1. Two-Part Invention. Andantino
2. Canon at the Octave. Allegro
3. Ostinato. Sostenuto
4. Fughetta. Moderato
5. Canonic Imitation. Allegretto
6. Supporting Voices. Rubato, Ma Andante
7. Mirror Canon. Commodo
8. Recitative and Contrary Motion. Animato Recitando
9. Etude (Inversion). Scherzando Capriccioso
10. Chaconne. Sostenuto
11. Counterpoint. Moderato
12. Toccatina-Collage. Allegro Grazioso
13. Three-Part Invention. Andante
14. Canon in Augmentation. Moderato Risoluto
15. Motet (Double Canon). Sostenuto
16. Basso Ostinato. Allegro
17. Perpetual Canon. Recitando Improvisato
18. Fugue. Allegro Moderato
19. Triple Counterpoint. Larghetto
20. Canon On Cantus Firmus. Andantino
21. Passacaglia. Andante Espressivo
22. Three-Part Canon. Moderato
23. Double Fugue. Allegro
24. Horizontal and Vertical. Adagio Improvisato
25. Polyphonic Mosaic. Andantino, Poco Rubato
Total Time - 52:52
Andrei Chulovsky, organ of the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
Design by Evgeni Kostitsyn