I have a recording of this piece for violin (Aharonian) and piano (Kandinskaja)
Arte Nova label saying it is the "Version of V Begekirsky". I saw on the cover
of another recording of this piece(can't remember which) that it was the "full
version".
Can anyone shed some light on the difference for me? There is no reference
to different versions in the The Tchaikovsky Handbook vol I although Kotek had
orchestrated it. The "full version" note seems to suggest that some other
version, such as mine, is common.
Graham Wright
Vasilii Vasil'evich Bezekirskii (1835–1919) made his own transcription
for violin and piano of the
Valse-Scherzo, and it was this that was recorded by Aharonian and
Kandinskaja.
I've heard some recordings of the orchestral version that have been
shortened, so in this context "full version" could simply mean that it was
unabridged.
Brett Langston