Robert Fuchs was a theory professor at the Vienna Conservatory for 37 years, where his students included famous composers like Gustav Mahler, Jean Sibelius, and Richard Strauss.
Composition History
Despite being known as a 'serenade composer,' Robert Fuchs won the Beethoven Prize for a piano concerto and composed for almost every genre, including symphonies, operas, masses, and chamber music.
Performer Biography
Máté Szücs, the violist on this recording, has been the 1st Solo Violist of the Berlin Philharmonic since September 2012 and also teaches at the Franz Liszt Music Academy Budapest.
Compositional Technique
Robert Fuchs's Trio for Piano, Violin, and Viola in F sharp minor, Op. 115, is notable for its rare instrumentation, using a viola instead of a cello as the second string instrument.
Compositional Technique
The three works on this album—a viola sonata, a piano trio, and fantasy pieces—share a common emphasis on the viola, an instrument often overlooked by other composers.
Critical Reception
Robert Fuchs was often called the 'Serenade-Fuchs' due to his five serenades for string or chamber orchestra, a label that overshadowed his other compositions.
Composer Biography
Robert Fuchs, an Austrian composer, came from a highly musical family; his father was an organist and composer, and his older brother was also a composer, conductor, and professor.
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