Felix Blumenfeld - Barcarolle (from 6 Pieces: Op.38/4) \\ "Près de l'Eau"

"Près de l&Six Morceaux détachés" is a fantastic set of 6 small scale pieces by russian composer Blumenfeld (1863-1931). Also conductor, pianist, teacher etc. He was born in present day Ukraine, studied under Rimsky-Korsakov, piano there (i.e. ST Petersburg Conv) himself from 1885 until 1918, whilst also serving as conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre until 1911. From 1918 to 1922, he was the director of the Music-drama school of Mykola Lysenko in Kiev, where, amongst others, Vladimir Horowitz was a pupil in his masterclasses. He returned to the Moscow Conservatory in 1922, teaching there until his death. Other famous pupils of his include Simon Barere, Maria Yudina, Anatole Kitain and Maria Grinberg. He died in Moscow. As a pianist, he played many of the compositions of his Russian contemporaries. His own compositions, which showed the influence of Chopin and Tchaikovsky, include a symphony, pieces for solo piano, an Allegro de Concert for piano and orchestra, and lieder. Quite a lot of mistakes, sorry. This one I will probably play again (with more studying than 20 minutes !) and do a proper score video of. It&actually really quite tricky to play. Try it out :) Although it¬ the best piece I ever heard, it deserves a score video :)