Romanticism · Russia
1873 – 1943
Semionovo - Beverly Hills
Review
Pianist of hands and legendary technique, overcome the deep crisis that caused him the failure of his First Symphony and came back with strength with the concert for piano # 2 (1901).
After the 1917 Revolution he left Russia and settled in the United States, where he dedicated himself mainly to the pianist race. His music kept romantic lyrism in the middle of the 20th century.
Main works
- Prelude in a sustained minor op. 3 ° 2 (1892)
- Concert for piano No. 2 op. 18 (1901)
- The island of the dead op. 29 (1909)
- Concert for piano No. 3 op. 30 (1909)
- Vocalise op. 34 ° 14 (1912)
- Vespers op. 37 (1915)
- Rapsodia on a subject by Paganini op. 43 (1934)
- Symphony dances op. 45 (1940)
