Petersburg and the important influence on many famous names of the period by this remarkable polymath of a musician. This book provides a wonderful insight into artistic life in St. Astonishingly he appears to have been entirely overlooked since that time.
Charles Barber's amazing research we now can read the fascinating story of Alexander Siloti, one of the most important and influential musicians in pre-revolutionary Russia. Charles Barber, scrupulous researcher, intelligent interpreter, and commanding story-teller here does justice to an artist too long and unjustly obscured. But an immense public force and presence in his great years, Siloti was a remarkable musician-pianist, conductor, composer, teacher, editor, impresario-whose life-path intersected with those of a multitude of characters from Liszt to Eugene Istomin by way of Tchaikovsky, all three piano-playing Rubinsteins, Elgar, Scriabin, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Ysaÿe, and Casals, to list just a few of the most famous. To most people who listen to and read about classical music, Siloti is at best a name in a footnote to a program note about his cousin Rachmaninoff.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Libraries with collections in music or that support a curriculum in music history will also find the text to be a valuable source, not only for scholars, but for those interested in 20th century Russian music as well. An important addition to any musician's collection, Lost in the Stars will be of special value to conductors, pianists, and piano teachers. In addition to containing the first-ever catalogue of Siloti's works, as well as a performer and repertoire list of his concert series, the book also contains the world-premiere release of a Naxos CD of a dozen Bach-Siloti transcriptions performed by pianist James Barbagallo. The text also examines the "why" behind Siloti's almost forgotten legacy and discusses the slow reappearance of Siloti's music in our times, partly due to the ardent work of his admirers. Barber also focuses on Siloti's own tastes and aesthetics and his role in the broader artistic life of his era. Barber highlights Siloti's move to America, where he spent his days teaching, far away from his remarkable career that earned him glowing reviews in Russia. Petersburg musical culture and Russia's Silver Age of music. Lost in the Stars is Charles Barber's recreation of the vital times in which Siloti lived: the St. Alexander Siloti (1863-1945), a name associated with musical greats such as Tchaikovsky, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff, was a pianist, conductor, impresario, advocate for new music, and mentor of new composers a musical great in his own right.
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