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Alexander Siloti (1863 - 1945) was a Russian pianist, conductor and composer. A student of Liszt and a teacher of Rachmaninoff, he was one of the great Russian pianists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the famous Siloti Concerts of 1903-1917, he introduced the music of dozens of composers to the Russian public, including Albeniz, Debussy, de Falla, Delius, Elgar, Enesco, Mahler, and Schoenberg. His contribution to music literature includes over 200 arrangements and transcriptions of music by Beethoven, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Vivaldi, and most notably J. S. Bach.
The Bach/Siloti Adagio in F Minor is Alexander Siloti's piano transcription of the third movement of J. S. Bach's Sonata Number 5 in F minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1018.
The Bach/Siloti Air on a G String, in D major, is Alexander Siloti's piano transcription of the second movement of J. S. Bach's Orchestral Suite Number 3, in D major, BWV 1068, one of Bach's most famous works.
The Bach/Siloti Prelude in B minor is a piano transcription by Alexander Siloti of the Prelude in E minor BWV 855a by J. S. Bach from his Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. J. S. Bach reused the piece (in a slightly different form) as the tenth prelude in the first volume of his The Well-Tempered Clavier. The piece has been performed by many pianists, including Emil Gilels.
The Bach/Siloti Prelude from Cello-Suite Number 1, in G major, is Alexander Siloti's piano transcription of the prelude to Cello-Suite Number 1 from J. S. Bach's Six Cello Suites, BWV 1007 - 1012. Probably composed between 1717 and 1723, these Bach pieces are generally considered the greatest of all works for solo cello. This prelude is the best known movement from the Bach's Six Cello Suites and is sometimes heard on television and in movies.
The Rachmaninoff/Siloti Polka Italienne, in E-flat major, is Alexander Siloti's transcription for piano solo of Rachmaninoff's Polka Italienne, a short piece for piano 4-hands.
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