Nikolai Kapustin: Advanced Sheet Music

This small virtuoso rondo with jazz elements from 2003 is now published for the first time in a sheet music edition.

There Is Something Behind That is a lively piano piece with jazz harmonies by Nikolai Kapustin from 2003.

The Capriccio op. 146 is Nikolai Kapustin's last piano work for four hands. He wrote it for the duo "piaNA" in 2012. For the first time, it is now being published in a sheet music edition.

The Allegro movement "Nothing to Lose" was composed by Kapustin in 2004 and is now published for the first time as a sheet music edition.

Kapustin dedicated the piece "Countermove" to the Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin, who had released a complete CD of Kapustin's works in 2004. Kapustin himself later recorded "Countermove" for the...

Kapustin developed this scherzo from a short fun idea. The notes of the piano piece, which was already composed in 1999, now appear in print for the first time.

Kapustin composed the rondo „Vanity of Vanities“ op. 121 in 2004 and then recorded it for his CD „Kapustin Returns!“, released in Japan in 2008.

Kapustin composed the „Two Etude-like Trinkets“ op. 122 in 2004 and later recorded them for his CD „Kapustin Returns!“, which was released in Japan in 2008.

Kapustin's Theme and Variations op. 80 were composed in 1996.

Nikolai Kapustin composed the Impromptu op. 83 in 1997 and later recorded it for the CD „Last Recording“, which was released in Japan in 2004.

Three for Two. Triptych for 2 pianos op. 145 was written by Kapustin in 2012 for the Japanese piano duo PiaNA, consisting of Natsuki Nishimoto and Asuka Matsumoto.

Nikolai Kapustins Divertissement op. 126 für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier stammt aus dem Jahr 2005. Das viersätzige Werk liegt nun erstmals in einer Notenausgabe vor.

Das Divertissement op. 91 für 2 Flöten, Violoncello und Klavier komponierte Nikolai Kapustin im Jahr 1998. Er nahm es selbst mit Alexander Korneev (Flöte), Marina Rubinstein (Flöte) und Alexander Zago...

Kapustin combines his flair for swinging melodies and improvised harmonies in this work. Intrada and Finale is a welcome challenge for sextet formations, but enchants musicians and audience with its l...

The virtuoso Toccatina from the 8 Concert Studies Op. 40 is most popular piano piece by Kapustin. On YouTube one can find recordings of numerous pianists. Its use in the opening credits of the compute...

Piano Sonata No. 6 Op. 62 (composed in 1991) is the shortest of the thirteen piano sonatas written by Nikolai Kapustin to date. The three movements are full of twists and surprises, with excursions in...

In the virtuosic Capriccio op. 71, composed in 1992, Kapustin returns to twelve-tone compositional techniques. Suitable for pianists looking for repertoire between modernity and jazz that sound like h...

Burlesque is a jolly piece, starting with two lines of solo cello music (arco), which switches to pizzicato as the piano picks up the theme. The work parodies contrasting styles, abruptly juxtaposing...

Nikolai Kapustin, born in 1937, is regarded as pioneer of the Soviet jazz scene. In his music he combines typical jazz idioms with classical forms. The Sonata Op. 125 for flute and piano was written i...

With his 5 Etudes in Different Intervals op. 68, composed in 1992, Kapustin presents technically very demanding exercises based around different intervals. They have been recorded for CD by Marc-André...