V. Novikov "Black eyed Cossack Girl"

[Deleted member 48]

Love to watch this Novikov piece played by a grand prix prize winner of the Shostakovitch competition.
Very nice interpretation


В. Новиков «Черноглазая казачка» - исп. Рафаэль Сапуков (баян)

 

[JerryPH]

There is such a crispness to his playing, I really like it.

 

[Glenn]

A super talented young man although I did think that he played everything a bit too fast.

I was happy to see that I understood half the Russian until I realised it was French.

 

[debra]

Love to watch this Novikov piece played by a grand prix prize winner of the Shostakovitch competition.
Very nice interpretation


В. Новиков «Черноглазая казачка» - исп. Рафаэль Сапуков (баян)

It is very well played, such a young guy, such a difficult piece.
The only point of criticism I have is that he tries to produce more sound volume than his Pigini can deliver so sometimes reeds choke.
One he switches to a real bayan he should be able to produce enough volume with less effort.

 

[Deleted member 48]

I agree, artistically some accents and phrasings can be played more poetically and a bit slower.
But this piece is a showpiece, and speed is what makes this piece a challenge.

In this forum the sheet music of this piece is put online in pdf, I have downloaded it and had a look at level.

http://www.goldaccordion.com/forum/noti/topic-6560.html
Черноглазая казачка - Новиков.pdf [10.33 Mb]


We must realize this is a YT fragment from an accordion competition, and competitions are very different from recitals or poetry.
A certain show element is part of the competition, virtuoso technique is part of the evaluation process in competitions. Maybe the technical aspect is a little bit overrated in accordion competitions, in comparison to violin or piano competitions.

Because these virtuoso pieces are so spectular, they end up more frequent on You Tube.
In accordion competitions, slower pieces or more poetic pieces are also on the menu, but because they are less spectacular to watch, there are fewer of these pieces on YT or other video channels.

 

[JerryPH]

It's not a piece that I would want to play but I downloaded the PDF as well to look out of curiosity. Turned out I went through the music visually and found so many things interesting. Most of all was the penned and penciled in notes of whoever scanned it. It was fascinating to look inside the musical mind of that person to see all the things they added and circled!

 

[Deleted member 48]

I also noticed the penned notes on the sheet music in this piece. This is standard practice at (public) music schools, you can be sure most of those notes are penned down by a teacher.

Many of the sheet music pieces are for conservatory level students, but if you really want to download sheet music pieces with poetical music, try Vladislav Zolotariev (Золотарев Владислав) pieces, or just have a look at the sheet music, and watch some YT videos of his pieces being played (I have some on cd):
http://www.goldaccordion.com/noti/z

The Chamber Suite is very poetic, Камерная сюита (Kamernaya Suita), or Испаниада (Рапсодия) (Ispaniada (Rapsodiya); Spanish Rhapsody).
The Cloister of Ferapontov (Ферапонтов монастырь ; Ferapontov Monastir)
And one of his Sonatas is in neo-classical style, with some really nice movements. I dont immediately remember which number of the sonata, but I think the sheet music is here.

 

[RodionGork]

This is standard practice at (public) music schools, you can be sure most of those notes are penned down by a teacher.

Verily, there are also short directions like learn this, count, left, bellows!. The topmost Task # 1 is the most curious.

We listened to this with my wife. Regretfully, for me it is so much overloaded with variations that I easily lost my comprehension of the original tune (probably because I was not well acquainted with it). Though of course the skills of this young performer seems fantastic to me. Obviously Im not get enough used to listen professional music. But I hope to improve...

My wife said to her it looks quite nice, though she asked whether this piece demands the player to pull the bellows that wide, and spread the knees accordingly. (I suggested that, probably, it is more due to personal expressive manner of the performer.)

 

[Deleted member 48]

I have just watched YT. Dawid Rydz from Poland in Zolotarev Sonata Nr 2. Enjoyed every second, what a splendid version.