ZARA LEVINA'S WORKS
Principal Works
Two piano concertos, chamber music and vocal music.
Works
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1924-1925)
"October's Way" after M. Gorky for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1926)
Poem for viola and piano (1928)
CD Russian Disc RDCD 11382: G. Kalacheva (viola), A. Bakchiev (piano)Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 (1928)
LP Melodiya 33M10 38009-12: D. Oistrakh (violin), Z. Levina (piano)"Poem of Lenin" after A. Surkov for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1930)
Poem for cello and piano (1931)
Three Romances after Pushkin (1936)
Poem and Canzonetta for cello and piano (1938)
Three Pieces for piano (1940)
1. Berceuse; 2. Dance; 3. Toccata
LP Melodiya 33M10 38009-12: Dance in A flat major & Toccata in E minor, L. Brumberg (piano)Four Romances after Lermontov (1940-1942)
Fantasy on Bashkir Themes for violin and piano (1942)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in three movements (1942)
First performance: 14 March 1945 in Moscow.
LP Melodiya 33M10 38009-12: Large Moscow Radio & TV SO, V. Kin (cond), L. Brumberg (piano)Two Romances after Dolmatovsky (1942-1943)
Canzonetta for cello and piano (1943)
Three Symphonic Waltzes for large symphony orchestra (1945)
Two Romances after A. Surkov (1946)
"Round My Year", song cycle after O. Shiraz (1947)
"We Are Marching To the Kremlin", song after L. Nekrasova (1948)
"Children of the World for Peace", song after T. Rublev (1950)
Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 (1952)
"My Fatherland", song cycle after O. Shiraz (1952)
Piano Sonata No. 2 (1953)
Three Pieces for light orchestra (1955)
Romances after A. Isaakian, S. Kaputukian, O. Shiraz and other Armenian poets (1955)
"Ode Soldatu (Ode to the Soldiers)", vocal-symphonic triptych for soloists, mixed chorus, piano, organ and orchestra (1964)
"The Watercolours", vocal cycle to verses by Emma Moshkovskaya (1966-1967)
"The Musical Pictures", vocal cycle to verses by Emma Moshkovskaya (1966-1967)
Pieces for Youth for piano (1975)
Jewish Rhapsody (1975)
Eight Romances to verses of S. Yesenin for voice and piano (1975)
LP Melodiya 33M10 38009-12: N. Isakova (soprano, nos. 1-3), L. Belobragina (soprano, nos. 4-8), Z. Levina (piano)Piano Concerto No. 2 in E minor (1975)
CD Russian Disc RDCD 11382: Moscow SO, V. Dudarova (cond), B. Petrushansky (piano)Ten Pieces for violin and piano (1976)
Mountain Peaks, song after M. Lermontov
LP Melodiya 33M10 38009-12: Z. Dolukhanova(mezzo-soprano), Z. Levina (piano)Without You I Would Like To Say, song after M. Lermontov
LP Melodiya 33M10 38009-12: Z. Dolukhanova(mezzo-soprano), Z. Levina (piano)Patter, song after O. Driz
LP Melodiya 33M10 38009-12: Z. Dolukhanova(mezzo-soprano), Z. Levina (piano)My Old Friend, song after O. Driz
LP Melodiya 33M10 38009-12: Z. Dolukhanova(mezzo-soprano), Z. Levina (piano)"Album of Verses" after Lermontov, vocal cycle
Fourteen Romances after S. Marshak
Lyrical Romances
Romances after G. Rubiev, P. Gradov, L. Nekrasova, O. Driz and S. Yesinin