The violin used in this recording is a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini from 1776, and the piano is a Bosendörfer Imperial from 1965.
Performer Biography
Scott Faigen, the pianist, performed the Mendelssohn G minor Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at age sixteen.
Recording & Production
This album features the first recordings of Richard Stöhr's First and Second Violin Sonatas.
Composer Biography
Richard Stöhr, the composer, was fired from his position at the Academy of Music after the Anschluss in March 1938, identified by Nazi officials as a Jew.
Composer Biography
Richard Stöhr's students included famous figures such as Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Herbert von Karajan, Erich Leinsdorf, and Rudolf Serkin.
Composer Biography
Richard Stöhr emigrated to the United States in February 1939, where he used the alternative spelling of his name: Stoehr.
Performer Biography
Ulrike-Anima Mathé, the violinist, won first prizes at the European Violin Competition in Vienna in 1985 and the Young Concert Artists Audition in New York in 1988.
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