Leonid Desyatnikov - From Kashchey’s Life (Reminiscences of the Theatre No.2)

Young composers often make their living with incidental music. Such was the case of Leonid Desyatnikov who wrote in his early years a lot of music for puppet shows and dramatic performances. Later the author collected some pieces together forming the suite “Reminiscences of the Theatre“, the title being of course a reminiscence of Schumann’s famous opus. Stravinsky once said that the only purpose of the film music is to feed the composer. Nevertheless, when such music is good it is often played at concerts even if the film itself is long forgotten. The set is called a suite for piano and consists of seven pieces.