The Russian Piano School

Moscow and its Conservatoire was long, perhaps still is, the heart of Russian pianism. Its graduates range through Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Medtner, Richter, Gilels, Ashkenazy, Pletnev and beyond. Prof. Christopher Barnes, a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Toronto, has translated hitherto unavailable essays, critiques and lectures from the leading teaching lights at the Moscow Conservatoire. This is a feast of valuable piano pedagogy.

Paperback

256 pages

• Introduction
• A Note on the Authors
• Part One - Techniques and Artistry
• 1. Samuel Feinberg - The Road toArtistry
• 2. Alexander Goldenweiser - Advice from a Pianist and Teacher
• 3. Lev Oborin - Some Priciples of PianoforteTechnique
• 4. Konstantin Igumnov - Some Remarks on Technique
• 5. Grigorii Ginzburg - Notes on Mastery of thePiano
• Part Two - Lessons and Masterclasses
• 1. Samuel Feinberg - Beethoven's Appassionata: A Performer'sCommentary
• 2. Sviatoslav Richter - Three Answers to Qustions about Beethoven's Sonata Appassionata
• 3. Heinrich Neuhaus -Work on Beethoven's Sonata in A major Opus 101
• 4. Maria Eshchenko - Chopin Études (based on classes with Samuel Feinberg)
• 5.Yakov Flier - Reflections on Chopin's Fourth Ballade
• 6. Alexander Goldenweiser - Notes on Chopin's Ballade in F minor
• 7.Konstatin Igumnov - Chopin's Fourth Ballade in F minor
• 8. Nina Lelc huk and Elena Dolinskaya - Lesson with Yakov Flier (based onLiszt's Mephisto Waltz No.1 and Prokofiev's Sonata No.3)
• 9. Olga Stupakova and Genrietta Mirvis - Yakov Zak as Teacher (on Liszt'sSonata, Schumann's Études Symphoniques and Rakhmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody)
• Bibliography
• Index of Pianists, Composers and