Schumann Kreisleriana 2nd Mov Igumnov Rec 1941.wmv

Along with Alexander Goldenweiser, and Heinrich Neuhaus, Konstantin Igumnov (1873-1948), "dominated the Russian/Soviet tuition during the first half of the twentieth century." His teachers included Nikolai Zverev (Rachmaninov's teacher), Paul Pabst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEZJaN2nRmg and Alexander Siloti. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMTzhdtMn0A He completed his studies at the Moscow Conservatory with a gold medal in 1892. Igumnov premiered Rachmaninov's Sonata No. 1 and gained a reputation as an interpreter of Beethoven's last sonatas and the Liszt Sonata. He, of course, was recognized as a suburb interpreter of the music composed by his contemporaries.

In 1899, Igumnov joined the faculty at the Moscow Conservatory as a professor of piano and remained there until his death. His students included Lev Oborin, Bella Davidovich and Yakov Flier.

Here Igumnov plays the "Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch" (Very intimate or heartfelt and not too quickly) Intermezzo's 1 and 2 and the return to Tempo 1 of the second movement from Kreisleriana.

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