À Argenteau, Op.40 (Cui, César Antonovich)
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Complete piano score
Bessel editions
Complete score (piano), with title page, original edition
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St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1888), Plates 2204-2212.
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Title page from printing of engraving of original piano ed.
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No.1. Le cèdre (piano solo)
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No.2. Far-niente
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No.3. Capriccioso
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No.4. La petite guerre
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No.5. Sérénade
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No.6. Causerie (Étude) (piano solo)
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No.7. Mazurka (piano solo)
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No.8. À la chapelle (piano solo)
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No.9. Le rocher (piano solo)
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Petrograd: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1888), Plates 2204-2208, 4434, 2210-2212.
Imprimerie de Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig.
Given the imprint "Petrograd," this must be a printing from around World War I. All movements have been re-engraved and No. 6 has been given a new plate no.
Soviet editions
Complete piano score, late Soviet edition
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Russkaia fortepiannaia muzyka Vol. 4
Moscow: Muzyka, 1988; plate 13901
Arrangements and Transcriptions
Selection (6 movements) titled Suite No.4
For Orchestra (Glazunov)
Title page of orchestral score of the suite
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No.1. Le cèdre (full score)
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No.2. (=5). Sérénade (full score)
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No.3. (=4). La petite guerre
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No.4. (=8). À la chapelle
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No.5. (=9). Le rocher
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Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936), orchestrator (uncredited on score)
St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1899), plate 4273 (for entire suite)
No.2 Far-niente
For Piano Trio (Cui)
Piano score
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Violin part
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Cello part
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[composer's arrangement]
St. Petersburg: W. Bessel et Cie., n.d. (ca.1896). Plate 3360.
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Non-Commercial Recordings
- Original piano-solo version
- 2. Far-niente -- Video performance (Phillip Sear, pianist)
- 4. La petite guerre -- Video performance (Lyle Neff, pianist)
- 5. Sérénade -- Video performance (Phillip Sear, pianist)
- 8. À la chapelle -- Video performance (Phillip Sear, pianist)
Commercial Recordings
| Title | Artists |
|---|---|
| Cui: Orchestral Suites Nos.2 & 4 | Robert Stankovsky, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra |
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General Information
| Work Title | À Argenteau |
|---|---|
| Alternative Title | Recueil de neuf pièces caractéristique, pour le piano; [also] Quatrième suite pour orchestre |
| Composer | Cui, César Antonovich |
|---|---|
| Opus/Catalogue Number | Op.40 |
| Number of Movements/Sections | 9 |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1887 |
| Year of First Publication | [1888] |
| Dedication | Au Comte et à la Comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau |
| Genre | Piano piece |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | Piano Solo; later orchestrated (5 numbers) by A. Glazunov |
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Contents
Original piano collection
- 1. Le cèdre
- 2. Far-niente
- 3. Capriccioso
- 4. La petite guerre
- 5. Sérénade
- 6. Causerie (Étude)
- 7. Mazurka
- 8. À la chapelle
- 9. Le rocher (Ballade)
Orchestral suite:
- 1. Le cèdre
- 2. (=5). Sérénade
- 3. (=4). La petite guerre
- 4. (=8). À la chapelle
- 5. (=9). Le rocher
Note about other orchestral suites
Besides this Op. 40, Cui's other numbered orchestral suites are as follows:
