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Czech composer and pianist
Commemorations 2024 (Death: Alfred Grünfeld)
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- composer, pianist, music teacher, professor
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2022-05-11 18:52:00
[…] orchestra, and timpani and piano, were brought vividly to life by Tom Greenleaves. Once again, the Gewandhaus Orchestra sounded outstanding, whetting one’s appetite for Brahms, as well as more Strauss. The account as a whole was well shaped, with a fine command of detail. If ultimately it felt over-extended, that is surely a matter for Strauss rather than Nelsons and Buchbinder. Rather to my surprise, the latter gave a sparkling account as encore of Alfred Grünfeld’s Johann Strauss paraphrase, Soirée de Vienne. There was now something wonderfully old-school to his pianism; it made me smile. Also sprach Zarathustra is a very difficult piece to bring off, so much so that often one can wonder whether the fault lies with the piece itself. Nelsons and his orchestra triumphantly showed that it did not, in what is probably the best live performance I have heard of it. Nelsons’s way with it was […]
2021-05-20 05:51:00
Recent New Releases (CD mini-reviews)
By Karl W. NehringHilary Hahn: ParisChausson: Poème; Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1; Rautavaara: Deux Sérénades. Hilary Hahn, violin; Mikko Franck, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Deutsche Grammophon 483 9847.This new release from the talented American violinist Hilary Hahn is a delight from start to finish. Although the album title and orchestra might lead you to assume a program featuring all French composers, that is not the case here, for in addition to the French composer Ernest Chausson (1855-1899) we have also music by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) and the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016). Hahn reveals her deep affection for and kinship with the City of Light in an essay in which she explains that in addition to her many other connections with Paris, her violin was made in Paris way back in 1865 by a famed luthier whose shop has in the 21st century […]
2014-03-13 04:19:25
alfred Grünfeld’s paraphrase on “die fledermaus” op.56 is so wonderful that it’s been stuck in my head for days. i highly recommend this piece, especially for pleasant moments. c:
2012-09-05 17:32:39
Gustav Klimt and the Music of His Time This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the artist, Gustav Klimt. Included in this CD are works by Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss and Korngold performed by excellent artists. This intriguing collection includes a 1905 original recording with Gustav Mahler playing the piano. The tracks on this recording are: Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F sharp minor Jorg Demus (piano) Goldmark: Romance in A major, Op. 51 Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin), Jorg Demus (piano) Grünfeld: Mazurka à la Viennoise, Op. 51 Alfred Grünfeld (piano) Korngold: Caprice Fantastique (Wichtelmannchen from Marchenbilder, Op. 3) Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin), Evgueni Sinaiski (piano) Kreisler: Liebesleid Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin), Jorg Demus (piano) Liebesfreud Fritz Kreisler (violin), George […]
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