All three works on this album — Max Meyer-Olbersleben's Piano Trio Op. 7, Viola Sonata Op. 14, and Elegiac Sonata Op. 113 — are world premiere recordings.
Performer Biography
Pianist Oliver Triendl is known as a devoted champion of neglected composers, with nearly 150 CD recordings and a repertoire including over 100 piano concertos and hundreds of chamber pieces.
Composition History
The Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 14, was dedicated to Hermann Ritter, a viola virtuoso and historian who developed the 'Viola alta' instrument.
Instruments
Hermann Ritter, to whom Meyer-Olbersleben dedicated his Viola Sonata Op. 14, developed a unique viola called the 'Viola alta' with a 48 cm body to increase tonal volume.
Composer Biography
Max Meyer-Olbersleben, the composer, studied at the Weimar Orchestral School under Franz Liszt and Carl Müller-Hartung, and later at the Royal Bavarian Music School in Munich.
Composition History
Meyer-Olbersleben's Elegiac Sonata, Op. 113, published surprisingly late in 1926 after he had retired from composing, is seen as a homage to Hermann Ritter and dedicated to A.P.L. Neuberth, a leading viola player.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Meyer-Olbersleben, familiar with both traditional and New German schools of music, saw himself as a mediator between these two camps.
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