Rachmaninoff/ Soldano - Russian Piano Music 13 Fulfilled By FYE For the occasion of the

For the occasion of the 10th anniversary of my prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition and of my first album with Russian music

the work toured the provinces and was subsequently staged outside France (as The Little Michus or Die kleinen Michu)

Antheil was trying to establish his reputation as the torchbearer of the avant-garde: he lived mostly in Europe

(Previously deleted:12/1/10 Original release date:10/9/95)

400-plus cantatas he composed

Rachmaninoff/ Soldano - Russian Piano Music 13 Fulfilled By FYE For the occasion of theThe major work in this second album of Rachmaninov's works in the Russian Piano series is the First Sonata, a pinnacle of high late Romanticism. Less well known are the Moments Musicaux but they too are masterful pieces. Alfonso Soldano is professor of piano performance at the Giordano Conservatory in Foggia, Italy, following similar posts at Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome and in Trani. He was a student of Ciccolini and is renowned for his virtuosity.