Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931) was not only a well-known composer, but also a great pianist and renowned professor. One of his master pupils was Vladimir Horowitz. As a conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre, he conducted the world premiere of Scriabin's Symphony No. 3 and his 'Poème de l' Extase' as well as several operas of his teacher Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, among others. He also conducted the Russian premiere of Wagner's 'Tristan and Isolde'.Blumenfeld's piano works wrongly fell out of favour. Wi...