Composers Performers

Alexander Knaifel

Alexander Knaifel (1943–2024)

Russia

A Silly Horse, fifteen stories for the singer and pianist (1981)
Amicta sole (1995)
Among the heavenly bodies, after poem by Mikhail Lermontov for mixed chorus a cappella (1964)
Angel, after poem by Mikhail Lermontov for mixed chorus a cappella (1964)
Answer, after poem by Mikhail Lermontov for mixed chorus a cappella (1964)
Bliss (Pushkin) for female voice, piano and three groups of crotales (1997-08)
Bliss for Mstislav Rostropovich - cellist, pianist, conductor (1996)
Canticum Canticorum (Song of Songs) (1992-93)
Circus actor`s song (1967)
Comforter. Prayer to the Holy Spirit for mixed choir a cappella (1995)
Lamento, for Cello solo (1967-87)
Lux aeterna, for two cellos (1998)
Make me Drunk with your Kisses [Canticum canticorum, Song of Songs, Chapter 8] : V `Set me as a seal upon your heart... `
Monodia, for female voice (1968)
Morning in the Caucasus, after poem by Mikhail Lermontov for mixed chorus a cappella (1964)
O Heavenly King, the prayer to the Holy Spirit for voice and accompaniment (1992)
On the Pure and Invisible Air , The Stanzas with Tyutchev for Piano and String Quartet (1994)
Phos Hilaron, The Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary for Tatiana Melentieva (1991)
Postlyudiya for piano (1992)
Psalm 51 for cello solo (1995)
Recognition. Alexander Pushkin`s poem for piano (2003)
Shramy Marsha, for Piano and Magnitola (1988)
Snowstorm, after poem by Mikhail Lermontov for mixed chorus a cappella (1964)
The Canterville Ghost
«The Petrograd Sparrows» (1967)
The Spire of Buyan, for thirty-nine cellists and ten percussionists (2011)
Waves and people, after poem by Mikhail Lermontov for mixed chorus a cappella (1964)