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Carl Gottlieb Reissiger: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 1

6/7/2024, 8 Tracks, 1:03:33

Featuring

  • Kenji Fujimura
  • Rochelle Ughetti
  • Noella Yan
  • Trio Anima Mundi
  • Carl Gottlieb Reissiger

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Cultural Impact

Reissiger's modest waltz, 'Weber's Last Musical Thought', Op. 26, was so popular it was often misattributed to Weber and even appeared in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher'.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Reissiger was appointed music director of the Dresden Court Opera at age 28, succeeding Carl Maria von Weber as director of the German opera program in 1827.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, born in 1798, suffered an early fall that broke his left leg, leaving him bowlegged for life.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Reissiger received music training from Cantor Johann Gottfried Schicht at the famous Thomaner choir school in Leipzig, a post previously held by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Reissiger studied with renowned composers Antonio Salieri in Vienna and Peter von Winter in Munich, who praised his thoroughness in counterpoint and deep grasp of music.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Reissiger's opera Didone abbandonata premiered in Dresden in 1824 under the baton of Carl Maria von Weber, who highly valued Reissiger's early operas.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Despite his successes, Richard Wagner's dismissive appraisals created an 'unjustified bias' against Reissiger, leading to him being largely forgotten.

Source: Booklet

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