Nikolai Kapustin

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: Nikolai Kapustin is an excellent jazz pianist, arranger and composer. Suitable for pianists looking for technically demanding pieces between modern and jazz music whic...

Sunrise was published as an orchestral piece in 1976 already, but it was not until 1982 that Kapustin arranged this version for solo piano. The piece is written in a swinging jazz style.

Virtuoser Jazz in klassischer Form: Nikolai Kapustin (geb. 1937) ist ein exzellenter Jazz-Pianist, Arrangeur und Komponist. Seine technisch anspruchsvollen Werke zwischen Moderne und Jazz richten sich...

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) is an excellent jazz pianist, arranger and composer. Suitable for pianists looking for technically demanding pieces between modern and jazz...

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: Nikolai Kapustin is an excellent jazz pianist, arranger and composer. Suitable for pianists looking for technically demanding pieces between modern and jazz music whic...

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) is an excellent jazz pianist, arranger and composer. Suitable for pianists looking for technically demanding pieces between modern and jazz...

The piano as big band: Originally composed for big band, the work was later arranged by Kapustin in a complex version for the piano. The swing rhythm in this condensed form requires technical skills a...

Written in 1987, this ballad by Kapustin radiates a solemn, dignified atmosphere. The main theme runs through three sections of variations and gradually makes its full musical effect before dying away...

Kapustins 10 Bagatellen aus dem Jahre 1991 sind kleine unbeschwerte Klavierstücke im Jazz-Kolorit mit hohem technischem Anspruch. Der Zyklus wurde komplett vom Komponisten selbst und von Masahiro Kawa...

Virtuoser Jazz in klassischer Form: Auf eine Einleitung im freien Tempo folgt eine flotte Rondo-Sonate, die schließlich mit einem brillanten Höhepunkt in Oktaven endet.

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.

In these 10 inventions Kapustin experiments with polyphonic typesetting techniques, and extended tonality up to twelve-tone music. For pianists who are looking for works somewhere between modern and j...

In der Suite op. 92 aus dem Jahr 1999 kombinierte Kapustin vier Einzelsätze. Alle Stücke enthalten Jazz-Elemente.

Kapustin's Piano Sonata No. 4 op. 60 in three movements was composed in 1991. With its chromatically expanded tonality, it sounds like improvised progressive jazz.

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: Kapustin's three-movement Piano Sonata No. 5 op. 61 dates from 1991.

Kapustin titled this dreamy jazz piano piece, which is now appearing in sheet music for the first time, with the exclamation "Holy Cow".

Freeway is a light-hearted and virtuoso piano piece with jazz harmonies by Kapustin, now being published for the first time.

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

In his work, the composer combines jazz expressions with classical, formal structures, using the special features of both instruments in a varied and charming way. A piece to discover!

This short duet by contemporary Russian composer Nikolai Kapustin has a driving syncopated rhythm and edgy harmonic palette. Kapustin makes good use of both the cello's rich sonority and its more hard...