Anatole Leikin: 2 books
by Anatole Leikin
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
When Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin's music was performed during his lifetime, it always elicited ecstatic responses from the listeners. Wilhelm Gericke, conductor of the Vienna opera, rushed backstage after one of Scriabin's concerts and fell on his knees crying, 'It's genius, it's genius...'. After...
by Anatole Leikin
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Chopin's twenty-four Préludes remain as mysterious today as when they were newly published. What prompted Franz Liszt and others to consider Chopin's Préludes to be compositions in their own right rather than introductions to other works? What did set Chopin's Préludes so drastically apart from...