Kralik von Meyrswalden: Hymnic Symphony, Piano Trio

Featuring

Jacquelyn Wagner
Silvia Spinnato
Chanelle Bednarczyk
Alba Hernández Cárcamo
Heghine Rapyan
Female Symphonic Orchestra Austria

Mathilde von Kralik

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Composer Biography

Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden, born into an ennobled Bohemian family, studied composition, piano, and musicology with Anton Bruckner, Franz Krenn, and Julius Epstein.

Composer Biography

Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden received a 'consecrating kiss' on her forehead from Franz Liszt after playing a festival march she composed for him.

Recording & Production

This recording of Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden's Hymnische Symphonie in F is the world's first recording of this work.

Composer Biography

Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden was a fellow student of Gustav Mahler, with whom she shared a first prize, though he never advocated for her later.

Composer Biography

Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden, though fundamentally conservative and deeply Catholic, lived discreetly and happily with women, first with Vilma von Webenau and later with Alice Scarlates.

Performer Biography

Silvia Spinnato is the founder, conductor, and Artistic Director of the Female Symphonic Orchestra Austria (FSOA), an organization dedicated to rediscovering and performing works by forgotten female composers.

Historical Context

The critic Eduard Hanslick praised Mathilde Kralik's violin sonata for its 'almost masculine seriousness,' which was a telling comment on the contemporary assessment of female composers.