Grande fantaisie on Russian folk songs

Download or read book Grande fantaisie on Russian folk songs written by Miliĭ Alekseevich Balakirev and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balakirev's Grande Fantaisie, for piano and orchestra has never appeared in print until now. Joseph Banowetz provides careful research and thorough editing of the original manuscript to provide performer and scholar alike with the definitive urtext edition of this work. Banowetz has reduced the orchestral score for a second piano. This landmark edition features a world premiere CD recording of this work performed by Joseph Banowetz with the Russian Philharmonic (Moscow). Joseph Banowetz graduated with a First Prize from the Vienna Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst. Banowetz has been a piano recitalist and orchestral soloist on five continents. He was awarded the Liszt Medal by the Hungarian Liszt Society in recognition of his outstanding performances of Liszt and the Romantic literature.