Internationally renowned concert pianist Joseph Banowetz presents this inspired collection of Sergei Rachmaninoff's most cherished original masterworks. This volume includes a comprehensive preface with detailed performance notes on the music, vintage photographs, and the composer's biography. The companion CD features a brilliant performance by Joseph Banowetz.
Titles: Untitled Composition, Op. posth.
* Flight of the Bumble Bee
* Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 5 (second version)
* Nocturne, Op. 10, No. 1
* Morceau de fantaisie (Fantasy Piece)
* Elegie, Op. 3, No. 1
* Romance, Op. 10, No. 6
* Polichinelle, Op. 3, No. 4
* Prelude, Op. 3, No. 2
* Moment musical, Op. 16, No. 5
Joseph Banowetz graduated with a First Prize from the Vienna Akademie fur 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."