Tchaikovsky/Siloti | Nocturne "Complainte" on two themes of "Snow White"

Alexander Ilyich Siloti (1863 - 1945) was a Russian virtuoso pianist, conductor and composer.
He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Zverev from 1871, then from 1875 under Nikolai Rubinstein, brother of the more famous Anton Rubinstein; from that year he also studied counterpoint under Sergei Taneyev, harmony under Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and theory under Nikolai Hubert.
He graduated with the gold medal in Piano in 1881.
He received some lessons from Anton Rubinstein after the death of Rubinstein's brother, Nikolai.
After Siloti's graduation it was decided that he would be sent to Weimar, Germany on scholarship to further his studies with Franz Liszt, co-founding the Liszt-Verein in Leipzig, and making his professional debut on 19 November 1883.
Returning to Russia in 1887, Siloti taught at the Moscow Conservatory, where his students included Alexander Goldenweiser, Konstantin Igumnov, Leonid Maximov, and his first cousin Sergei Rachmaninoff. During this period he also began work as editor for Tchaikovsky, particularly on the First and Second piano concertos.
As a conductor Siloti gave the world premiere of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the composer as soloist in 1901.
From 1901 to 1903, he led the Moscow Philharmonic; from 1903 to 1917, he organized, financed, and conducted the influential Siloti Concerts in St Petersburg, collaborating with the critic and musicologist Alexander Ossovsky.
He presented Leopold Auer, Pablo Casals, Feodor Chaliapin, George Enescu, Josef Hofmann, Wanda Landowska, Willem Mengelberg, Felix Mottl, Arthur Nikisch, Arnold Schoenberg and Felix Weingartner, and local and world premieres by Debussy, Elgar, Glazunov, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Scriabin, Sibelius, Stravinsky and others. Ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev first heard Stravinsky's music at one of the Siloti Concerts.
In the generation prior to 1917, Siloti was one of Russia's most important artists, with music by Arensky, Lyadov, Blumenfeld, Szymanowski, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Taneyev and Tchaikovsky dedicated to him.
Siloti, who was one of the great practitioners of the art of transcription, wrote over 200 of these arrangements, as well as orchestral editions of the music of Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi. Possibly his most famous transcription is the Prelude in B minor, based on a keyboard prelude by J. S. Bach. As a pianist Siloti made 8 piano rolls and 26 minutes of home-recorded discs.

[@deolindapinhogarciabertolo707]

Maravilhosa interpretação !Obrigada pela delicadeza com que você toca!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@dmswan3172]

Absolutely gorgeous - had never heard this wonderful Tchaikovsky piece before!💕💕💕

[@MusicLadySongs]

Thank you dear Gamma. So lovely with the tenderest sprinkling of rubato that touches my heart. Your forever fan from Washington state, USA.

[@SamTahbou]

Thank you, always great to start a morning with some Gamma vids

[@eloisadomingo7960]

Siempre descubriendo música preciosa, gracias, la interpretación como siempre, excepcional 😘🥰

[@steveegallo3384]

Sí.....BRAVO desde Acapulco!

[@ВладимирКамский-з3ь]

Спасибо, очень удобно следить за музыкой.

[@СветланаКурдюмова-ф4м]

Спасибо. Ваше исполнение греет душу.

[@guto1953]

Que lindo !!!!!!!

[@nss4472]

Отлично. Душевно сыграно и очень выразительная фразировка. Можно ещё чуть нежнее, не вбивать клавиши (от инструмента зависит, но - можно😊). Нежнее, как ранимая душа самого Чайковского.

[@azure5697]

Where's the sheet music? I don't find it on Imslp 😔

[@lluisrafalessole-classical5068]

Great like 🎹