News

The choice of music and its variety is a problem encountered by each and every creative teacher. There are three notebooks in this collection by Muzyka Publishers, The Russian Piano Nocturne. These works by Russian composers of the 19th and 20th centuries open up unique material in a wide choice of pieces for students in children’s music schools, music colleges and universities. There are also works by composers who have earned classical status and opuses by less famous authors, popular in their own day but almost forgotten today. The editor of these collections and the author of articles and academic commentaries is Regina Glazunova, a professor in the general course and piano teaching methodology department at the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory. This publication...

Read more →

Dear musicians, friends,colleagues and all music lovers,   One of the oldest Russian publishing houses, Muzyka (Musica), is proud to announce that an improved, more perfect version of the App E-MUSICA has been issued after three years of work. No doubt, it will become an indispensable aid for music teachers and their pupils of any age – from beginners to music college and conservatoire students. You can download from the App to your tablet or smartphone:• sheet music of any kind (works by classical and contemporary composers);• anthologies of Russian piano, violin, cello and vocal music;• books on music (including those for children);• teaching manuals;• such best-sellers of piano literature as Nikolayev’s School of Piano Playing;• electronic educational resources (interactive manuals) created in the Muzyka Publishers and widely used in schools...

Read more →

This edition of Musorgsky's famous piano cycle is based on his autograph and reproduces the work's original version (Urtext) and the facsimile of the manuscript. The editor's comments are provided. In the Preface (Russian and English versions) you can read the history behind the cycle’s creation and learn more about the manuscript sources. The original of “Pictures at an Exhibition” is held in the Manuscript Division of the M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg, and thanks to this edition it is now available to musicians from all over the world. Edition prepared by Vladimir Samarin. The publication can be purchased in both traditional paper and electronic format on the E-MUSICA mobile app. For students of music colleges and conservatories, as well as for...

Read more →

The Muzyka publishing house has now issued P.I. Tchaikovsky’s ‘Album of Pieces’ in arrangements for clarinet and piano. Tchaikovsky’s iconic violin pieces (Melancholic Serenade, Valse-Scherzo, Meditation, Scherzo, Melodie) are presented in arrangements by the acclaimed clarinetist Alexander Bedenko. A fellow of the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation, he has become one of the brightest artists of his generation. He has received many awards, performs with the best orchestras and ensembles around the world, and is also engaged in teaching activities (the musician’s website can be found at https://www.alexanderbedenko.com/). Undoubtedly these transcriptions of Tchaikovsky’s music will find wide distribution among clarinet performers — students of music colleges, conservatories and, of course, concert performers. The publication can be purchased in both traditional paper and electronic format on the E-MUSICA...

Read more →

The Muzyka publishing house marked the 300th anniversary of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos by issuing them in an arrangement for piano duet by American pianist and teacher Eleanor Bindman. The works are classic examples of the concerto grosso genre and today rate among the most popular orchestral works by the great composer. In Bindman’s own words, “Despite the popularity and beauty of the music, 4-hand performances of the Brandenburg Concertos are extremely rare due to the inadequacy of older existing arrangements. The richness of Bach’s instrumentation and polyphony make piano reductions of this orchestral cycle an especially daunting task. My project had two main goals: to ensure correct reproduction of the score and equal partnership between the pianists. I am confident that pianists, piano teachers...

Read more →

The P. Jurgenson publishing house has issued a Children’s Album by the contemporary Russian composer Victor Sumarokov. This collection of pieces continues the tradition of cycles created for young pianists by Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and other composers. The new work pays tribute to a genre devised by classic composers, yet at the same time fills it with modern rhythms and textural ingenuity. Young musicians will find the melodic vibrancy of these pieces from Sumarokov’s Children’s Album irresistible. The cycle has its own dramatic content, reminiscent of Tchaikovsky’s Children’s Album. V. Sumarokov. Children’s Album: for piano. – Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 2021, 36 pp. - ISMN: 979-0-66008-043-6