Korngold: Piano Trio, Op. 1 / Violin Sonata, Op. 6
1/1/2005, 8 Tracks, 53:09
Featuring
Andreas Röhn
Kai Moser
Kerstin Hindart
Röhn-Trio
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Notable Performances
On December 11th, 1910, three distinguished Viennese musicians—Bruno Walter (piano), Arnold Rosé (violinist and Gustav Mahler's brother-in-law), and Friedrich Buxbaum (cellist)—performed Korngold's Piano Trio, Op. 1.
Composition History
Korngold's Piano Trio, Op. 1, was begun in December 1909 and completed in April 1910, a month before his 13th birthday.
Compositional Technique
Korngold's Piano Trio, Op. 1, includes a Viennese waltz in its final movement, anticipating the decadent decline of the genre later captured by Ravel in 'La Valse'.
Composition History
Korngold dedicated his Violin Sonata, Op. 6, to two of the greatest instrumentalists of his time: violinist Carl Flesch and pianist Arthur Schnabel.
Composer Biography
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the composer, was born in Brünn and was the son of the famous music critic Julius Leopold Korngold.
Composer Biography
At the age of eight, Korngold composed two fairy tale cantatas, 'The Mermaid' and 'Gold,' which he showed to a very impressed Gustav Mahler.
Notable Performances
The premiere of Korngold's Piano Trio, Op. 1, was given by the Schwarz-Trio in Munich on November 4th, 1910.
