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Sergei Nikiforovich Vasilenko was a Russian and Soviet composer, conductor and music teacher whose compositions showed a strong tendency towards mysticism.

Selected works
OperaSkazaniye o grade velikom Kitezhe i tikhom ozere Svetoyare (Tale of the Great City of Kitezh and the Quiet Lake Svetoyar) (1902; originally a cantata, Op. 5) • Sïn solntsa (The Son of the Sun), Op. 63 (1929) • Khristofor Kolumb (Christopher Columbus), Op. 80 (1933) • Buran (The Snow Storm), Op. 98 (1939) • Velikiy kanal (The Grand Canal), Op. 101 (1939) • Suvorov, Op. 102 (1942) BalletIn the Rays of the Sun, Op. 17 (1925–26) • Noya, Op. 42 (1923) • Joseph the Handsome, Op. 50 (1925) • Lola, Op. 52 (1926) • The Gypsies, Op. 90 (1936; after Alexander Pushkin) • The Frog Princess, Op. 103 (1941) • Mirandolina Choral • Cantata Legend of the Great City of Kitezh and the Quiet Lake Svetoyar, Op, 5 (later turned into an opera that anticipated Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's work on the same subject) • Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op. 92 (1937) ===Incidental music=== • Euripides' Alcestis (written as a schoolboy) • other works OrchestralThree Bloody Battles, Op. 1 (1900) • Epic Poem, Op. 4 (1900–03) • Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 10 (1904–06) • The Garden of Death, symphonic poem after Oscar Wilde, Op. 13 (1907–08) • Sappho, symphonic poem, Op. 14 (1909) • Flight of the Witches, symphonic poem, Op. 15 (1908–09) • Au soleil, symphonic poem, Op. 17 • Fantastic Waltz, Op. 18 (1912) • Symphony No. 2 in F major, Op. 22 • Suite on lute music of the 14th to 17th centuries, Op. 24 (1914) • Zodiac, suite on French themes of the 18th century, Op. 27 (1914) • Exotic Suite, Op. 29 (1915–16) • Indian Suite, Op. 42bis • Chinese Suite, No. 1, Op. 60 (1928) • Turkmenian Suite, Op. 68 (1931) • Chinese Suite, No. 2, Op. 70 (1931) • Merry-go-round, 8 Soviet dances, Op. 73 (1932) • The Soviet East, suite, Op. 75 (1932) • Red Army Rhapsody, Op. 77 (1932) • film music for Boris Barnet's Outskirts (1933) • Slavonic Rhapsody (1937) Concertante • Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 25 (1910–13) • Concerto for symphony orchestra and brass band (1928) • Suite on Russian Folk Themes, balalaika and accordion (1928) • Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 113 • Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 128 Chamber • String Quartet in A, Op. 3 (c. 1901) • Sonata in D minor for viola and piano, Op. 46 (1923); version for violin and piano (1955) • String Quartet in E minor, Op. 58 (c. 1928) • Quartet on Turkmenian Themes, for flute, oboe (English horn), clarinet, bassoon and percussion ad lib., Op. 65 (1932) • Piano Trio in A, Op. 74 (1932) • Japanese Suite for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, xylophone and piano, Op. 66a (1938) • Chinese Sketches, woodwind, Op. 78 (1938) • Quartet on American Themes, woodwind, Op. 79 (1938) Military bandMarch of the Red Army, Op. 64 (1929) • Fantasy on Revolutionary Songs of the West, Op. 71 (1931) Other • songs (including settings of Māori, Sinhalese, Indian and Japanese tunes) • folksong arrangements (including Negro and Turkmenian melodies) • piano pieces ==Recordings==
Recordings
Sergei Vasilenko: Viola and Piano Music (Complete) - Viola Sonata, Op. 46 / Lullaby / 4 Pieces on Themes of Lute Music of the 16-17th Centuries, Op. 35 / Sleeping River / Oriental Dance, Op. 47 / Suite Zodiakus I.A.S, Op. 27 / 4 Pieces (1953) - Elena Artamonova (viola) and Nicholas Walker (piano). Toccata Classics TOCC0127, released 2011 • "The Russian Connection" - Hexagon Ensemble. Etcetera Records KTC1246, released 2001 - includes Sergei Vasilenko: Quartet on Turkmenian Themes Op.65 == See also ==
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