# Vadim Borisovsky

Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky (Russian: Вадим Васильевич Борисовский; 20 January 1900 – 2 July 1972) was a Soviet-Russian violist.

## Biography

Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and graduated in 1922. Borisovsky became Professor of Viola at the conservatory in 1925. Varvara Gaigerova dedicated her Suite for Viola, op. 8 to him.
Between 1922 and 1923, Borisovsky and colleagues from the Moscow Conservatory formed the Beethoven Quartet. He was the quartet's violist until 1964. There are many recordings of Borisovsky with the Beethoven Quartet.
Borisovsky was also a viola d'amore player. He arranged, transcribed and edited more than 250 compositions for viola and viola d'amore.
He died in Moscow in 1972, aged 72.

## Original compositions

* Concert Etude (Концертный этюд) in A major for viola solo (published 1981)
* Vulcan: Sicilian Tarantella (Сицилийская тарантелла “Вулкан”) for viola and piano (1962)

## Arrangements and transcriptions
### Harp

For harp solo
| Original composer | Russian title (original title) | English title | Publication date | Remarks |
| anonymous (16th century) | Парижские колокола | Paris Bells | 1962 | |
| anonymous | Скерцо: "Перезвон" | Scherzo: "Carillon" (1650?) | 1962 | |
| Robert de Visée | Траурная аллеманда | Allemande funèbre | 1962 | original for lute |
| Sylvius Leopold Weiss | Прелюдия | Prelude | 1962 | |

### Viola d'amore

For viola d'amore and piano unless otherwise noted
| Original composer | Russian title (original title) | English title | Publication date | Remarks |
| Louis de Caix d'Hervelois | Непостоянный Грациозная Менуэт Гавот | L'inconstant La gracieuse Menuet Gavotte | 1928 | transcription date 1926; originals for viola da gamba and continuo; alternate parts for violin and cello |
| Tommaso Giordani | Мадригал | Madrigal "Caro mio ben" | 1936 | original for voice; also for viola and piano; false attribution to Giuseppe Giordani |
| François Joseph Gossec | | Tambourin | 1934 | |
| Franz Anton Hoffmeister | | Divertimento for viola d'amore solo, 2 horns, 2 violins and basso | 1934 | viola d'amore and piano reduction by Cornelis Kint |
| Alexander Krein | Пролог | Prologue | 1962 | |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Rust | | Aria con Variazioni | 1934 | original for viola d'amore and basso; reduction by Cornilius Kint |

### Viola

For viola and piano unless otherwise noted
| Original composer | Russian title (original title) | English title | Publication date | Notes |
| Alexander Alyabyev | Рондо | Rondo | 1973 | |
| Anatoly Alexandrov | Ария из "Классической сюиты" | Aria | 1937 | original from Classic Suite, Op. 32 (1928) for orchestra |
| Fikret Amirov | Элегия | Elegy | 1962 | |
| anonymous (18th century French) | Контрданс | Contredanse | 1980 | |
| Anton Arensky | Вальс | Valse | 1974 | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Адажио из Органного концерта № 3 | Adagio | 1960 | original from Organ Concerto No. 3 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Ария из Кантаты № 5: "Пролейся скорее, источник священный..." | Ergieße dich reichlich, du göttliche Quelle from Cantata No. 5 for tenor, viola and piano (1724) | 1977 | original for tenor, viola and continuo |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Упражнение для органной педали | Pedal Study for viola solo | 1932 | original for organ |
| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | Весна | Die Frühling | 1961 | original for clavier |
| Natalya Baklanova (1902–1985) (Наталья Владимировна Бакланова) | Русская Народная Песня: «Не белы то снеги» | Russian Folk Song: "The Snow Is Not White" | 1953 | |
| Natalya Baklanova (1902–1985) (Наталья Владимировна Бакланова) | Русская Народная Песня: Прялка «Против красна солнышка» | Russian Folk Song | 1953 | |
| Natalya Baklanova (1902–1985) (Наталья Владимировна Бакланова) | Русская Народная Песня: Плясовая | Russian Folk Song: Dance | 1953 | |
| Béla Bartók | Багатель, Соч. 6 № 2 | Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 2, Sz. 38 (1908) | 1975 | original for piano |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Адажио кантабиле, Соч. 13 | Adagio cantabile, Op. 13 | 1961 | original: movement II from Sonata Pathétique for piano |
| František Benda | Соната D-dur для двух альтов и фортепиано | Sonata in D major for 2 violas and piano | | original for 2 violins and continuo |
| Georges Bizet | Адажиэтто из сюиты "Арлезианка" | Adagietto from "L'Arlésienne" | 1980 | original for orchestra |
| Georges Bizet | Интермеццо | Intermezzo | 1980 | original for orchestra from the incidental music L'Arlésienne |
| Luigi Borghi | Соната № 1, Соч. 5 | Sonata No. 1, Op. 5 | | original for violin and basso continuo |
| Dmitry Bortniansky | Сонатное аллегро | Sonata Allegro | 1967 | original for piano |
| Johannes Brahms | Вальс | Waltz in A major, Op. 39 No. 15 (1865) | 1936 | original for piano 4-hands |
| Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni | Школа для Альта | Viola Method | 1937 | |
| Pyotr Bulakhov | Баркарола для двух альтов и фортепиано | Barcarolle in D major for 2 violas and piano | 1950 | original for 2 voices and piano |
| Pyotr Bulakhov | Канцонетта | Canzonetta in C major | 1946 | transcription dated 1943 |
| Ernest Chausson | Интерлюдия | Interlude | 1980 | original for orchestra from Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19 |
| Frédéric Chopin | Этюд, Соч. 25 № 2 | Étude, Op. 25 No. 2 (1837) | 1971 | original for piano |
| Frédéric Chopin | Прелюдия, Соч. 28 № 14 | Prélude for viola solo, Op. 28 No. 14 | 1932 | original for piano |
| Frédéric Chopin | Вальс | Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2 | 1950 | original for piano |
| Alexander Dargomyzhsky | Элегия | Elegy | 1949 | original: Не спрашивай, зачем: Элегия (Do Not Ask Why), Elegy for voice and piano (1844); words by Alexander Pushkin |
| Karl Davydov | Романс, Соч. 23 | Romance sans paroles in G major, Op. 23 | 1953 | original for cello and piano |
| Claude Debussy | Лунный свет (из "Бергамасская сюита") | Clair de lune | 1956 | original from Suite bergamasque (1890, 1905) for piano |
| Claude Debussy | В лодке (из "Маленькая сюита") | En Bateau | 1956 | original from Petite Suite (1886–1889) for piano 4-hands |
| Claude Debussy | Прелюд "Девушка с волосами цвета льна" | Prelude "La fille aux cheveux de lin" | 1936 | original for piano |
| Louis Delune [de] (1876–1940) | Дождь | La Pluie jabote... (The Rain...) | 1980 | original for cello and piano |
| Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf | Концертная симфония ре-мажор "Двойной концерт" | Sinfonia Concertante in D major for viola, double bass and orchestra, K. 127 | 1962 | |
| Alexandre Dubuque | Тарантелла | Tarantella | 1973 | |
| Balys Dvarionas | Тема с вариациями | Theme and Variations for viola and orchestra (1946) | 1957 | original for bassoon and orchestra |
| Andrey Esaulov (1800–c.1850) (Андрей Петрович Есаулов) | Вальс меланхолической | A Melancholic Waltz in E♭ minor | 1946 | transcription dated 1942 |
| Gabriel Fauré | Ноктюрн | Nocturne in G major | 1980 | original for string orchestra from the incidental music Shylock, Op. 57 (1889) |
| Varvara Gaigerova | Сюита | Suite for viola and piano, Op. 8 | 1969 | |
| Iosif Genishta (1795–1853) (Иосиф Иосифович Геништа) | Соната | Sonata for viola or clarinet and piano, Op. 9 | 1961 | |
| Tommaso Giordani | Мадригал | Madrigal | 1936 | transcription of Caro mio ben; original for voice; also for viola d'amore and piano |
| Alexander Glazunov | Песнь трубадура | Chant du Ménestrel, Op. 71 (1900) | 1957 | original for cello and piano or orchestra |
| Alexander Glazunov | Грезы | Rêverie in D♭ major, Op. 24 (1890) | 1948 | original for horn and piano |
| Reinhold Glière | Ноктюрн, Соч. 35 № 10 | Nocturne, Op. 35 No. 10 | 1946 | original for horn and piano |
| Reinhold Glière | Русская песня, Соч. 34 № 15 | Russian Song in E minor, Op. 34 No. 15 | 1958 | original for piano; also published in 1961 as Romance, Op. 34 |
| Reinhold Glière | Вальс, Соч. 45 № 2 | Waltz, Op. 45 No. 2 | 1946 | original from 12 Easy Pieces (12 Легких пьес), Op. 45 for violin and piano |
| Mikhail Glinka | Баркарола | Barcarolle | 1952 | original for piano |
| Mikhail Glinka | Детская полька | Children's Polka (Polka Enfantine) | 1952 | original for piano |
| Mikhail Glinka | Мазурка | Mazurka | 1948 | original for piano |
| Mikhail Glinka | Ноктюрн "Разлука" | Nocturne "La Séparation" | 1948 | original for piano |
| Mikhail Glinka | Вариации на тему романса А. Алябьева "Соловей" | Variations on Alyabyev's Romance "The Nightingale" | 1973 | original for piano |
| Mikhail Glinka | Неоконченная соната | Viola Sonata in D minor (1825–1828) | 1932 | completed by Borisovsky |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck | Гавот | Gavotte | 1937 | original from the ballet Don Juan (1761) |
| Alexander Goedicke | Соната № 1 (ля-мажор), Соч. 10 (1899) | Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 10 (1899) | 1959 | original for violin and piano; viola part also arranged by Mikhail Vladimirovich Reytikh |
| Enrique Granados | Интермеццо | Intermezzo | 1936 | original for piano |
| Edvard Grieg | Элегия, Соч. 38 № 6 | Elegy (Elegi), Op. 38 No. 6 | 1935 | original from Lyric Pieces, Op. 38 for piano |
| Edvard Grieg | Поэма, Соч. 43 № 5 | Poème (Erotik), Op. 43 No. 5 | 1950 | original from Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 for piano |
| Edvard Grieg | Песня Сольвейг, Соч. 55 № 4 | Solveig's Song (Solveigs Sang), Op. 55 No. 4 (1875) | 1971 | original for orchestra from Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 |
| Alexandr Griboyedov | Вальс | Waltz in D minor | 1946 | transcription dated 1942 |
| Johann Wilhelm Hässler (Гесслер) | Элегия | Elegy | 1936 | |
| Joseph Haydn | Менуэт | Menuet | 1950 | |
| Kara Karayev | Адажио (Китайский танец) | Adagio (Chinese Dance) | 1962 | from the ballet Seven Beauties (1952) |
| Kara Karayev | | Gypsy Dance | | from the ballet Seven Beauties (1952) |
| Aram Khachaturian | Ноктюрн из музыки к драме М. Ю. Лермонтова "Маскарад" | Nocturne | 1980 | from the incidental music for Masquerade (1941) |
| Aram Khachaturian | Вальс из музыки к драме М. Лермонтова "Маскарад" для двух альтов и фортепиано | Waltz in A minor for 2 violas and piano | 1959 | from the incidental music for Masquerade (1941) transcribed 1958 |
| Ivan Khandoshkin | Концерт до-мажор | Concerto in C major for viola and orchestra (1801) | 1947 | piano reduction and cadenzas also by Borisovsky; Attributed to Khandoshkin but is now thought to be written by Mikhail Goldstein. See Musical hoax. |
| Ivan Khandoshkin | Вариации на русскую песню "То теряю, что люблю" | Variations on a Russian Song of Love | 1955 | original for violin and cello, Op. 4 No. 2 |
| Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855) (Иван Федорович Ласковский) | Ноктюрн, Соч. 27 | Nocturne in B♭ major, Op. 27 | 1973 | original for piano |
| Franz Liszt | Ноктюрн | Notturno: Liebestraum No. 3, S. 541 (1850) | 1963 | original for piano |
| Franz Liszt | Поэма | | 1963 | |
| Franz Liszt | Прощание | | 1963 | |
| Franz Liszt | Романс | Romance | 1966 | |
| Franz Liszt | Сонет Петрарки №104 | Sonetto 104 di Petrarca, S. 158 No. 2 (1844–1845) | 1966 | original for piano |
| Franz Liszt | Сонет Петрарки №123 | Sonetto 123 di Petrarca, S. 158 No. 3 (1844–1845) | 1966 | original for piano |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | Две пьесы (из оперы "Атис") АриозоГавот | 2 Pieces AriosoGavotte | 1936 | from the opera Atys (1676) |
| Anatoly Lyadov | Прелюдия | Prelude, Op. 11 No. 1 | 1950 | original from 3 Morceaux, Op. 11 (1886) for piano |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Песня без слов "Весенняя песня" | Song without Words "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song), Op. 62 No. 6 | 1958 | original for piano |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Песня без слов | Song without Words, Op. 85 No. 1 | 1958 | original for piano |
| Louis-Toussaint Milandre | Анданте и Менуэт | Andante et Menuet (1770) | 1980 | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Гопак (из оперы "Сорочинская ярмарка") | Hopak | 1936 | from the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1874–1880) |
| Nikolai Myaskovsky | Конец сказки | Dernière du Conte, Op. 74 No. 6 (1947) | 1953 | original for piano from 6 Morceaux-impromptus (Шесть Импровизации), Op. 74 |
| Nikolai Myaskovsky | Соната № 2 | Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81 (1948) | 1960 | original for cello and piano |
| Vladimir Odoevsky | Вальс | Waltz in G major | 1946 | transcription dated 1942 |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Кошка | The Cat | 1962 | from Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936) |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Свадьба Киже | Kijé's Wedding | 1980 | from the film Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 (1934) |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Колыбельная | Lullaby | 1962 | from the oratorio On Guard for Peace (На страже мира), Op. 124 (1950) |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Пьесы из балета "Ромео и Джульетта" Вступление Улица просыпается Джульетта-Девочка Менуэт: Съезд гостей Танец рыцарей Меркуцио Сцена у балкона Карнавал Танец с мандолинами для двух альтов и фортепиано Ромео и Джульетта у патера Лоренцо Меркуцио умирает Утренняя серенада для двух альтов и фортепиано Сцена прощания (Прощание перед разлукой) и Смерть Джульетты | Pieces from the Ballet "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 64 Introduction The Street Awakens The Young Juliet Menuet: Arrival of the Guests Dance of the Knights Mercutio Balcony Scene Carnaval Dance with Mandolins for 2 violas and piano Romeo and Juliet Meet Friar Laurence Death of Mercutio Morning Serenade for 2 violas and piano Farewell Scene (Farewell before Parting) and Death of Juliet | 1961 1961 1961 1967 1961 1961 1961 1977 1977 1967 1977 1977 1977 | Carnaval is taken from No. 24 Dance of the Five Couples. |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Мелодия, Соч. 3 № 3 | Mélodie, Op. 3 No. 3 (1892) | 1984 | original for piano from Morceaux de fantaisie |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Прелюдия, Соч. 23 № 4 | Prelude, Op. 23 No. 4 (1903) | 1950 | original for piano |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Не пой, красавица..., Соч. 4 № 4 | Sing Not to Me, O Lovely One for voice, viola and piano, Op. 4 No. 4 (1890–1893) | 1977 | original for voice and piano; words by Alexander Pushkin |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Соната соль-минор, Соч. 19 | Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (1901) | 1950 | original for cello and piano |
| Maurice Ravel | Павана на смерть инфанты | Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) | 1929 | original for piano |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Полет шмеля (из оперы "Сказка о царе Салтане") | Flight of the Bumblebee (1899–1900) | 1984 | original for orchestra from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Песня Индийского гостя (из оперы "Садко") | Song of the Indian Guest | 1962 | original for tenor and orchestra from the opera Sadko (1896) |
| Gioachino Rossini | Альпийская пастушка (из "Музыкальные вечера") | La Pastorella dell' Alpi | | No. 6 from Les soirées musicales; original for soprano and piano |
| Gioachino Rossini | Скерцо | Scherzo in D major | 1962 | |
| Alessandro Rolla | Концертный этюд | Étude de Concert in G major | 1962 | original for viola solo |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Rust | Соната (соль-мажор) | Sonata in G major for viola and continuo | 1935 | |
| Franz Schubert | Экспромт, Соч. 90 № 3 | Impromptu, Op. 90 No. 3 (1827) | 1971 | original for piano |
| Franz Schubert | Скерцо | Scherzo | 1936 | |
| Franz Schubert | Два вальса | 2 Waltzes, Op. 9 Nos. 1 and 2 | 1952 | original from 36 Originaltänze, Op. 9, D. 365 for piano |
| François Schubert | Пчелка | Bagatelle "The Bee" (L'abeille; Die Biene), Op. 13 No. 9 (1860) | 1937 | original for violin and piano |
| Robert Schumann | Вечерняя песнь | Abendlied, Op. 85 No. 12 (1849) | 1937 | original for piano 4-hands |
| Robert Schumann | Адажио и аллегро | Adagio und Allegro, Op. 70 (1849) | 1953 | original for horn and piano |
| Robert Schumann | Маленький этюд | A Little Study for viola solo | 1932 | original for piano: No. 14 from Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 (1848) |
| Robert Schumann | Пастушеская мелодия | Pastoral (Alpenkuhreigen) for viola solo, Op. 115 No. 4 | 1932 | from the incidental music for Manfred, Op. 115 |
| Alexander Scriabin | Прелюдия | Prélude in C♯ minor, Op. 9 No. 1 (1894) | 1935 | transcription dated 1931 |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Адажио Весенний Вальс | Adagio Spring Waltz | 1962 | original from the ballet The Limpid Stream, Op. 39 (1934–1935), also in Ballet Suite No. 2 |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Пьесы из музыки к кинофильму "Овод" Увертюра Романс Контраданс Вальс-Шарманка Ноктюрн Галоп Сцена Интермеццо Народный праздник | Pieces from "The Gadfly" Overture Romance Contra-dance Barrel-Organ Waltz Nocturne Galop Scene Intermezzo Folk Festival (People's Holiday) | 1964 1964 1964 1966 1966 1966 1976 1976 1976 | from music to the film The Gadfly (Овод), Op. 97 (1955) |
| Lev Shvarts (1898–1962) (Лев Александрович Шварц) | Две Пьесы МелодияПлясовая | 2 Pieces MelodieDance | 1934 | |
| Jean Sibelius | Грустный вальс, Соч. 44 № 1 | Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 (1903) | 1963 | original for orchestra |
| Johann Stamitz | Соната (соль-мажор) | Sonata in G major, Op. 6a | 1956 | original for violin and basso continuo: Sonate da camera |
| Carl Stamitz | Концерт | Concerto in D major for viola and orchestra, Op. 1 (published 1774) | 1955 | |
| Carl Stamitz | Концерт № 2 | Concerto No. 2 for viola and orchestra | 1937 | |
| Igor Stravinsky | Пастораль | Pastorale (1907) | 1967 | original for voice and piano |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Страстное Признание | Ardent Declaration (Aveu Passionné) | 1950 | original for piano |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Ночь, Соч. 73 № 2 | Night for voice, viola and piano, Op. 73 No. 2 (1893) | 1977 | original for voice and piano; words by Daniil Ratgauz |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Ноктюрн, Соч. 19 № 4 | Nocturne in D minor, Op. 19 No. 4 (1873) | 1937 | original for piano |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Нет, только тот, кто знал..., Соч. 6 № 6 | None But the Lonely Heart for voice, viola and piano, Op. 6 No. 6 (1869) | 1977 | original for voice and piano; words by Lev Mei |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Времена Года No. 1 У Камелька No. 4 Подснежник No. 5 Белые Ночи No. 10 Осенняя Песня | The Seasons (Les Saisons), Op. 37b No. 1 January: By the Fireside (Au Coin du Feu) No. 4 April: The Snowdrop (Perce-neige) No. 5 May: White Nights (Les Nuits de Mai) No. 10 October: Autumn Song (Chant d'Automne) | 1950 1949 1949 1949 | original for piano |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Сентиментальный Вальс | Valse Sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6 (1882) | 1979 | original for piano |
| Grigory Teplov | Менуэт | Minuet in C major | 1946 | transcription dated 1942 |
| Thibaut IV | Песня о розе | The Rose's Song for voice, viola and piano | 1977 | original for voice and piano; words by Guillaume de Lorris |
| Nikolai Titov (1798–1843) (Николай Сергеевич Титов) | Романс | Romance in E♭ major | 1946 | transcription dated 1942 |
| Joaquín Turina | Анданте из сюиты "Севилья" | Andante | 1958 | original from Sevilla, Op. 2 (1908) for piano |
| Alexander Veprik | Строгий напев | Chant rigoureux, Op. 9 (1927) | 1937 | original for clarinet and piano |
| Alexey Verstovsky | Вариации на две темы | Variations on Two Themes | 1950 | |
| Antonio Vivaldi | Концерт соль-мажор | Concerto in G major for viola and orchestra | 1955 | original: Concerto in D Major for viola d'amore and orchestra, RV 392 |
| Carl Maria von Weber | Вариации | Variations on "A Schüsserl und a Rein'dl'" for viola and orchestra | 1962 | cadenzas by Borisovsky |
| Carl Friedrich Zelter | Концерт ми-бемоль мажор | Concerto in E♭ major for viola and orchestra | 1959 | |
| Aleksey Zhilin | Вальс | Waltz | 1957 | |
| Georgi Zlatev-Cherkin (1905–1977) (Георгий Златев-Черкин) | Севдана | Sevdana (1944) | | original for violin and piano |