Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky (Russian: Вадим Васильевич Борисовский; January 19, 1900 – August 2, 1972) was a Russian (Soviet) violist.
Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Kress. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and graduated in 1922. Borisovsky became Professor of Viola at the conservatory in 1927.
Between 1922 and 1923, Borisovsky and colleagues from the Moscow Conservatory formed the Beethoven Quartet. He was the quartet's violist until 1964. There are many recordings of Borisovsky with the Beethoven Quartet.
Borisovsky was also a viola d'amore player. He arranged, transcribed and edited more than 250 compositions for viola and viola d'amore.
He died in Moscow, aged 72.
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Arrangements and transcriptions
Viola d'amore
For viola d'amore and piano unless otherwise noted
| Original composer | Title | Publication date |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis de Caix d'Hervelois | L'inconstant (Непостоянный) La gracieuse (Грациозная) Menuet Gavotte |
1928 | transcription date 1926; originals for viola da gamba and continuo; alternate parts for violin and cello |
| Tommaso Giordani | Madrigal "Caro mio ben" | 1936 | false attribution to Giuseppe Giordani? |
| François Joseph Gossec | Tambourin | 1934 | |
| Franz Anton Hoffmeister | Divertimento for Viola d'amore Solo, 2 Horns, 2 Violins and Basso | 1934 | viola d'amore and piano reduction by Cornelis Kint |
| Alexander Krein (1883–1951) | Prologue | 1962 | |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739–1796) (Фридрих Вильгельм Руст) |
Aria con Variazioni | 1934 | original for viola d'amore and basso; reduction by Cornilius Kint |
Viola
For viola and piano unless otherwise noted
| Original composer | Title | Publication date |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Alyabyev | Rondo | 1973 | |
| Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov | Aria | 1937 | original from Classic Suite, Op.32 (1928) for orchestra |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Adagio | 1960 | original from Organ Concerto No.3 |
| Pedal Study for Viola Solo | 1939 | original for organ | |
| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | Die Frühling (Весна) | original for clavier | |
| Natalya Baklanova (1902–1985) (Наталья Владимировна Бакланова) |
Russian Folk Song (Русская Народная Песня: «Не белы то снеги») | 1953 | |
| Russian Folk Song (Русская Народная Песня: Прялка «Против красна солнышка») | 1953 | ||
| Russian Folk Song: The Spinning Wheel (Русская Народная Песня: Плясовая) | 1953 | ||
| Béla Bartók | Bagatelle, Op.6 No.2, Sz.38 (1908) | 1975 | original for piano |
| Johannes Brahms | Waltz in A Major, Op.39 No.15 (1865) | 1943 | original for piano 4-hands |
| Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni | Viola Method (Школа для Альта) | 1946 | |
| Petr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822–1885) (Петр Петрович Булахов) |
Barcarolle for 2 Violas and Piano | 1950 | |
| Canzonetta | 1946 | ||
| Frédéric Chopin | Prélude for Viola Solo, Op.28 No.14 | 1939 | original for piano |
| Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34 No.2 | 1950 | original for piano | |
| Alexander Dargomyzhsky | Elegy | 1949 | |
| Claude Debussy | En Bateau | original from Petite Suite (1886–1889) for piano 4-hands | |
| Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf | Sinfonia Concertante in D Major for Viola, Double Bass and Orchestra, K.127 | 1963 | |
| Aleksandr Ivanovich Diubiuk (1812–1897) (Александр Иванович Дюбюк) |
Tarantella | 1973 | |
| Andrey Petrovich Esaulov (1800–c.1850) (Андрей Петрович Есаулов) |
Melancholic Waltz (Вальс меланхолической) | 1946 | |
| Varvara Andrianovna Gaigerova (1903–1944) (Варвара Андриановна Гайгерова) |
Suite for Viola and Piano, Op.8 | 1969 | |
| Tommaso Giordani | Madrigal | 1936 | transcription of Caro mio ben; original for voice |
| Alexander Glazunov | Chant du Ménestrel, Op.71 (1900) | 1957 | original for cello and piano or orchestra |
| Rêverie in D♭ Major, Op.24 (1890) | 1957 | original for horn and piano | |
| Reinhold Glière | Nocturne | 1946 | |
| Romance, Op.34 | 1961 | original for piano | |
| Mikhail Glinka | Barcarolle | 1952 | original for piano |
| Children's Polka (Polka Enfantine) | 1952 | original for piano | |
| Mazurka | original for piano | ||
| Nocturne "La Séparation" | 1948 | original for piano | |
| Variations on Alyabyev's Romance "The Nightingale" | 1973 | original for piano | |
| Viola Sonata in D Minor (1825-1828) | 1949 | completed by Borisovsky | |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck | Gavotte | 1937 | original from the ballet Don Juan (1761) |
| Alexander Goedicke | Sonata No.1 in A Major, Op.10 | 1959 | original for violin and piano; viola part also arranged by Mikhail Vladimirovich Reytikh |
| Edvard Grieg | Poéme (Erotik), Op.43 No.5 | 1950 | original from Lyric Pieces, Op.43 for piano |
| Alexandr Griboyedov | Waltz | 1946 | |
| Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747–1822) (Иоганн Вильгельм Гесслер) |
Elegy | 1936 | |
| Joseph Haydn | Menuet | 1950 | |
| Kara Karayev | Adagio (Chinese Dance) | 1962 | from the ballet Seven Beauties (1952) |
| Gypsy Dance | |||
| Aram Khachaturian | Waltz | 1959 | from the incidental music for Masquerade (1941) |
| Ivan Khandoshkin | Concerto in C Major for Viola and Orchestra (1801) | 1947 | piano reduction and cadenzas also by Borisovsky; Attributed to Khandoshkin but is now thought to be written by Mikhail Goldstein. See Musical hoax. |
| Variations on a Russian Song of Love | 1955 | ||
| Ivan Fyodorovich Laskovsky (1799–1855) (Иван Федорович Ласковский) |
Nocturne | 1973 | |
| Franz Liszt | Notturno: Liebestraum No.3, S.541 (1850) | 1966 | original for piano |
| Sonetto 104 di Petrarca, S.158 No.2 (1844–1845) | 1966 | original for piano | |
| Sonetto 123 di Petrarca, S.158 No.3 (1844–1845) | 1966 | original for piano | |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | Arioso | 1936 | from the opera Atys (1676) |
| Gavotte | 1936 | ||
| Anatoly Lyadov | Prelude, Op.11 No.1 | 1950 | original from 3 Morceaux, Op.11 (1886) for piano |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Song without Words "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song), Op.62 No.6 | 1958 | original for piano |
| Song without Words, Op.85 No.1 | 1958 | original for piano | |
| Nikolai Myaskovsky | Sonata No.2 in A Minor, Op.81 (1948) | 1960 | original for cello and piano |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Hopak | 1944 | from the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1874–1880) |
| Vladimir Odoevsky | Waltz | 1946 | |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Balcony Scene | 1961 | from the ballet Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 |
| Carnaval | 1977 | ||
| Dance of the Knights | 1961 | ||
| Dance with Mandolins for 2 Violas and Piano | 1977 | ||
| Death of Mercutio | 1977 | ||
| Farewell before Parting and Death of Juliet | 1977 | ||
| Introduction | 1961 | ||
| Menuet: Arrival of the Guests | 1961 | ||
| Mercutio | 1961 | ||
| Morning Serenade for 2 Violas and Piano | 1977 | ||
| Romeo and Juliet Meet Friar Lawrence | 1961 | ||
| The Street Awakens | 1961 | ||
| The Young Juliet | 1961 | ||
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Prelude, Op.23 No.4 | 1950 | original for piano |
| Sonata in G Minor, Op.19 | 1961 | original for cello and piano | |
| Gioachino Rossini | La Pastorella dell' Alpi | No.6 from Les soirées musicales; original for soprano and piano | |
| Alessandro Rolla | Étude de Concert in G major | 1962 | original for viola solo |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739–1796) (Фридрих Вильгельм Руст) |
Sonata in G Major | 1935 | |
| Franz Schubert | Two Waltzes | 1952 | original from 36 Originaltänze, Op.9, D.365 for piano |
| Franz Anton Schubert (The Younger) (1808–1878) | Bagatelle "The Bee" (L'abeille / Die Biene), Op.13 No.9 | 1950s | |
| Robert Schumann | Abendlied, Op.85 No.12 (1849) | original for piano 4-hands | |
| A Little Study for Viola Solo | 1939 | original for piano: No.14 from Album für die Jugend, Op.68 (1848) | |
| Pastoral (Alpenkuhreigen) for Viola Solo, Op.115 No.4 | 1939 | from the incidental music for Manfred, Op.115 | |
| Lev Aleksandrovich Shvarts (1898–1962) (Лев Александрович Шварц) |
Two Pieces (Две Пьесы) 1. Melodie (Мелодия) 2. Dance (Плясовая) |
1934 | |
| Alexander Scriabin | Prélude in C♯ Minor, Op.9 No.1 (1894) | 1935 | transcription dated 1931 |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Adagio | 1962 | |
| Pieces from The Gadfly Overture (Увертюра) Romance (Романс) Contra-dance (Контраданс) Barrel-Organ Waltz (Вальс-Шарманка) Nocturne (Ноктюрн) Galop (Галоп) |
1964 | from music to the film The Gadfly (Овод), Op.97 (1955) | |
| Spring Waltz (Весенний Вальс) | 1962 | ||
| Johann Stamitz | Sonata in G Major, Op.6a | 1956 | original for violin and basso continuo: Sonate da camera |
| Carl Stamitz | Concerto in D Major for Viola and Orchestra, Op.1 (published 1774) | 1955 | |
| Concerto No.2 for Viola and Orchestra | 1937 | ||
| Igor Stravinsky | Pastorale (1907) | original for voice and piano | |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Ardent Declaration (Страстное Признание / Aveu Passionné) | 1950 | original for piano |
| Nocturne (Ноктюрн) in D Minor, Op.19 No.4 (1873) | 1950s | original for piano | |
| The Seasons (Времена Года / Les Saisons), Op.37b No.1 January: By the Fireside (У Камелька / Au Coin du Feu) No.4 April: The Snowdrop (Подснежник / Perce-neige) No.5 May: White Nights (Белые Ночи / Les Nuits de Mai) No.10 October: Autumn Song (Осенняя Песня / Chant d'Automne) |
1950 1949 1949 1949 |
original for piano | |
| Valse Sentimentale (Сентиментальный Вальс), Op.56 No.6 (1882) | 1979 | original for piano | |
| Grigory Nikolayevich Teplov (1720–1770) (Григорий Николаевич Теплов) |
Minuet | 1946 | |
| Nikolai Sergeevich Titov (18th century) (Николай Сергеевич Титов) |
Romance | 1946 | |
| Joaquín Turina | Andante | 1958 | original from Sevilla, Op.2 (1908) for piano |
| Alexey Verstovsky | Variations on Two Themes (Вариации на две темы) | 1950 | |
| Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto in G Major for Viola and Orchestra | 1955 | original: Concerto in D Major for viola d'amore and orchestra |
| Carl Maria von Weber | Variations on "A Schüsserl und a Rein'dl'" for Viola and Orchestra | 1962 | |
| Carl Friedrich Zelter | Concerto in E♭ Major for Viola and Orchestra | 1959 |
References
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