Last update: November 19, 2013.
Andreï Victorovitch Kostyrka is also a composer who has produced some piano works (many of them still on paper). His style can be characterized as Late Romantic, with a strong influence of Scriabin’s, Glazounov’s and Alkan’s æsthetics.
The officially supported catalogue of Kostyrka’s compositions is listed below.
- Opus 0 — Espiègleries enfantins.
- Waltz in F major (October 2001).
- Sonata “Nibbled apple” for harpsichords, piano, organ, strings, two violins and cello.
- Symphony for piano (1st movement).
- Classic melody.
- Variation on 8 measures of Schumann’s “The Poet speaks”.
- Oginsky’s Polonaise orchestration.
- Ragtime-impromptu (18 July 2004).
- “Blue railcar” (“Голубой вагон”) in Beethoven’s style.
- Anxious etude.
- Opus 1 — 3 petits etudes pour la main gauche.
- No.1 C# minor.
- No.2 C# minor.
- No.3 D minor.
- Opus 2 — 2 moments musicaux.
- No.1 E♭ minor.
No.2 B♭ minor.
- Opus 3 — Impromptus juveniles.
- Tribute to “Space” in 1980’s style (March 2007).
- Medley etude (April 2007).
- Etude after Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (May 2007).
- Several ideas on Albinoni’s Adagio transcription (22 October 2007).
- Impromptu (17 January 2008).
- Impromptu (7 February 2008).
- Impromptu after Schubert (7 February 2008).
- Impromptu in C minor (16 March 2008).
- Impromptu in C minor (24 March 2008).
- Impromptu in H major (21 April 2008).
- Impromptu (24 May 2008).
- Impromptu for convalescence (31 May 2008).
- Impromptu macabrique (31 May 2008).
- Impromptu in C major (16 July 2008).
- Paraphrase of Mozart’s “Turkish March” (August 2008). Watch on
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- Impromptu (8-11 September 2008).
Paraphrase of Rimsky-Korsakov—Cziffra’s “Flight of the Bumblebee” (6 January 2009).
- Impromptu (19 January 2009).
- Impromptu tragique (16 February 2009).
- Impromptu before an exam (7 June 2009).
- Cadenza to Chopin’s waltz Op.64 No.2 (July 2009).
- Impromptu (19 January 2010).
- Opus 4 — 12 préludes dans les tons mineurs.
No.1 f moll (2 August 2009). Watch on
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No.2 e moll “Tarantella” (15 November 2009). Watch on
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- No.3 dis moll.
- No.4 d moll.
No.5 cis moll (October 2013). Watch on
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- No.6 c moll.
No.7 h moll (April 2010-August 2012). Watch on
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- No.8 b moll.
No.9 a moll (19-20 May 2012). Watch on
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- No.10 as moll “Funèbre”.
- No.11 g moll “Omaggio a Bach”.
- No.12 fis moll “Claviarium”.
- Opus 5 —
Waltz “Nastenjka” (6 October 2009). Watch on
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- Opus 6 — Étude “Nevskiy express”.
- Opus 7 — Concerto pour piano avec l’orchestre dis moll.
- Opus 8 — Sonata pour piano No. 1 as moll “Le mort d’un misanthrope”.
- I. Allegro nervosamente.
- II. Allegro nervosamente.
- III. Scherzo.
- IV. Allegretto misantroppo “La ruine du monde pour fait des superstitions”.
- Opus 9 — Pièces conjoints.
- Opus 10 — Scherzo No.1.
- Opus 11 — Deux marches pour l’orchestre.
- No.1 Marche nuptiale.
- No.2 Marche funèbre.
- Opus 12 — Deux assemblages de variations.
- No.1 Sur la thème de Paganini.
- No.2 Sur la “Folia”.
- Opus 13 — Trois pièces pour l’orgue.
- No.1 Fantasie.
- No.2 Passacaglia.
- No.3 Fugue.
Without opus:
- Cadenza for Chopin’s Valse Op.64 No.2;
- Cadenza for Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.2;
- Transcription of Chopin’s Scherzo Op.20 pour la main gauche seule;
- Transcription of Bazzini’s “La Ronde des Lutins” Op.25 pour piano seul;
- Transcription of Reger’s “Introduktion und Passacaglia” sans opus pour piano seul;
- Transcription of Adagio from Bach’s Kantate BWV 105 “Herr, gehe nicht in’s Gericht” pour piano seul;
- Transcription of a gypsy song pour piano seul;
- Paraphrase of Rossini’s “William Telle” overture;
- Hybrid of Offenbach’s “Can-can” and Strauss’ “Tritsch-Tratsch Polka” — Watch on
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Double etude after Chopin—Rachmaninov (March 2008). Watch on
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Apart from being a composer, Andreï Kostyrka does music typesetting in his spare time. Here is a list of his music engravings:
Alkan, Charles-Valentin — Étude sans opus a moll (+SIB source) — Watch on
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- Hamelin, Marc-André — Circus Galop (not available);
Méreaux, Amédée — Étude Op.60 No.11 “Scherzetto” (+SIB source) — Watch on
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Nguyen, Eric — Prélude Op.1 No.14 es moll (+SIB source) — Watch on
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