ANNA NIKOLAYEVNA YESIPOVA (SAINT PETERSBURG, 12 FEBRUARY [O.S. 31 JANUARY] 1851 – SAINT PETERSBURG, 18 AUGUST [O.S. 5 AUGUST] 1914)
Yesipova was one of Teodor Leszetycki’s most brilliant pupils. She made her debut in Saint Petersburg in 1874 attracting rave reviews and the artistic admiration of both Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Franz Liszt, particularly for her effortless virtuosity and singing tone. She then began concert tours which brought her in 1876 to the United States, where her playing was greatly admired. She heard the playing of Fanny Bloomfield and advised her to train under Leszetycki, whom Yesipova married in 1880 and later divorced. In the Summer of the same year she gave a number of concerts in Lisbon, where she had a very warm reception. Yesipova was probably the first pianist to program the complete set of Frédéric Chopin’s Preludes, Op. 28 in a recital, for a concert in 1876. Previously the practice was to perform excerpts only. In 1885, Yesipova was appointed Royal Prussian Court Pianist. From 1893 to 1908, she was professor of pianoforte at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Among her students were Sergei Prokofiev, Leff Pouishnoff, Sergei Tarnowsky, Maria Yudina, Leonid Kreutzer, Isabelle Vengerova, Anastasia Virsaladze, Leo Ornstein, Isidor Achron, Thomas de Hartmann, and Alexander Borovsky (Borowsky).
TRACKLIST
Anna Yesipova made 10 Welte-Mignon piano rolls
1075 WELTE-MIGNON SCHUMANN – Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op. 5, f
1076 WELTE-MIGNON CHOPIN – Barcarolle, Op. 60, F#
1077 WELTE-MIGNON CHOPIN – Prelude, Op. 28, No. 17, Ab
1078 WELTE-MIGNON CHOPIN – Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 4, b
1083 WELTE-MIGNON VERDI-LISZT – Paraphrase on Themes from the Opera “Rigoletto”
1084 WELTE-MIGNON BELLINI-THALBERG – Fantasie on Themes from Opera”La Sonnambula”
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