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Nikita Koshkin
12+ albums
Classicalguitarclassical guitarcontemporary classicalklassische Gitarre
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Nikita Koshkin (born February 28, 1956) is a classical guitarist and composer born in Moscow. His early influences included Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev, as well as rock music. As with those composers his music is characterised by rhythmic appeal, immediacy and wide range of colours, and well-thought-out dramatic content. Koshkin first came to prominence with his suite The Prince's Toys, completed in 1980 and first performed by the Czech-born guitarist Vladimir Mikulka. It depicts the fairytale world of a child in which his toys come to life and, eventually, abduct him to some other dimension. The suite incorporates numerous sound-effects on the guitar to paint images: the so-called 'snare drum' effect, for example, created by holding down crossed B and E (or low-E and A)strings with the left hand, to imitate the drums of toy soldiers. Other extended techniques include scraping the strings with the fingernails; a large variety of percussive effects; 'playing' the strings between the tuning heads and nut, similar to the 3rd bridge technique, or the knotted sections of the strings on the bridge; 'hammer-ons', where the left hand fingers suddenly depress the string against the fingerboard without the intervention of the right hand; and so on. Koshkin's most celebrated guitar work is Usher-Waltz, a piece inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe story The Fall of the House of Usher. Cast in a single movement, it is a motoric waltz whose careering harmonic progression around A m
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Usher Waltz
710224 Preludes & Fugues, Vol. 1: Fugue No. 1 in C Major
631324 Preludes & Fugues, Vol. 1: Prelude No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
2704Usher Waltz, Op. 29
1155Parade
906Guitar Sonata: I. Allegro energico
867Marionette
778Usher-Waltz: I. Usher-Waltz
749The Elves Suite for Guitar: I. Gavota
7210Usher's Waltz
68albums
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Nikita Koshkin: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Vol. 1
Koshkin: Polka Papandreou / Ballads / Prelude and Waltz
The Prince's Toys
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The Well-Tempered Koshkin
Elena Papandreou plays Nikita Koshkin
Guitar Recital: Bianco, Gabriel - Mertz, J.K. / Bach, J.S / Koshkin, N.
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The Seville Concert
The Well Tempered Koshkin
Guitar Recital: Dervoed, Artyom - Biktashev / Orekhov / Rudnev / Koshkin (Russian Guitar Music)
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Guitar Recital: Elena Papandreou
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GUITARNOISES V
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Havana · Rio · Moscow