Nikolai Zhilyayev: Trois Mélodies Élégiaques, Op. 3 (1904) - Piano with Sheet Music

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Three small elegies by Nikolai Zhilyayev (1881-1938), a Russian musicologist, teacher, critic and composer.
Zhilyayev graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1905 and was a close friend of Alexander Scriabin who studied and taught there as well until 1904, making it perhaps not entirely coincidental that these pieces show distinct similarities to early Scriabin. These beautiful elegiac melodies opus 3 were published in 1904 and perfectly convey a bleak and sombre atmosphere with the final piece having a slightly more sweet and melancholic feeling.

Timestamps for each of the three pieces are:
0:00 I. Sostenuto (C minor)
3:03 II. Andantino (G minor)
4:58 III. Piacevole (F-sharp major)

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