Grünfeld, Alfred

Alfred Grunfeld: Piano Works

1 CD / Camerata / 2012-05-08

Works: Alfred Grünfeld: Mazurka à la Viennoise, for piano, Op 51; Causerie for piano in E major, Op. 50/4; Mazurka for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 36/6; Sérénade orientale for piano in B...
Performers: Doris Adam

Alfred Grünfeld dropped out of international musical awareness in large part because of the prohibition on performing his works by the Nazis. His music is...continue...
Recording information: Studio Baumgarten, Vienna (12/18/2008-12/19/2008)....continue...

The Maiden's Prayer and Other Gems from an Old Piano Stool / Philip Martin, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-03-13

Works: Christian Sinding: Rustle of Spring (Frühlingsrauchen), for piano, Op. 32/3; Tekla Badarzewska: A Maiden's Prayer (Molitwa dziewicy) for piano, Op. 3 (or Op. 4); Antonin Dvorák: Humoresqu...
Performers: Martin, Philip [Piano, Composer]

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This repertoire is as delightful to listen to as it is to play ... perfect evening listening.
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Recording information: All Saints Church, East Finchley, England (10/23/2002)....continue...

Russian Piano Tradition: The Goldenweiser School - Gigory Ginzburg Early Recordings - Vol. 2

1 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2010-07-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Carl Maria von Weber: Rondo Brillante for piano in E flat major ("La Gaité"), J. 252 (Op. 62); Robert Schumann: Paganini &...
Performers: Ginzburg, Grigori

Grigory Ginzburg (1904-1961) was perhaps the most astounding virtuoso to emerge in Soviet Russia and it is a tragedy that he was never allowed to...continue...

A Night at the Opera - Liszt, Chopin, Wagner, etc / Anthony Goldstone

1 CD / Divine Art / 2008-11-11

Works: Franz Liszt: Paraphrase on Quartet from Verdi's "Rigoletto", S 434; Réminiscences de Norma (Bellini), S 394; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Fréd...
Performers: Goldstone, Anthony

The distinguished Anthony Goldstone performs a concert of paraphrases, transcriptions and variations for piano solo on operatic themes....continue...

Waltzes and Polkas - Grunfeld, Liszt, et al / Soucek

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-05-01

Works: Alfred Grünfeld: Soirée de Vienne, Op. 56; Franz Schubert: Waltzes (12) for Piano, D 924/Op 91 "Grazer"; Franz Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto Waltz no 1"; Maurice Ravel...
Performers: Cziffra, Gyorgy; Soucek, Matthias

Matthias Soucek has made live and studio recordings with the Czech Broadcasting Corporation as well as with the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF, which produced his...continue...

Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Aria - Opera Without Words

1 CD / Decca / 2007-02-13

Works: Randy Kerber: Fantasy on 2 Themes from Saint-Saëns' "Samson et Dalila", for piano; Percy Grainger: Ramble on R Strauss's love duet from "Der Rosenkavalier"; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, ope...
Performers: Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]

Jean Yves Thibaudet brings a lifelong passion for opera to his new CD of irresistible operatic melodies: Aria - Opera Without Words, an album that...continue...

Blüthner - Chopin, Rachmaninov, Brahms / Bezprozvannykh

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-06-19

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66, CT. 46; Nocturne for piano no 20 in C sharp minor, KK IVa/16, CT. 127 (B. 49); Sergey Rachmaninov: Andante semplice [f...
Performers: Bezprozvannykh, Elena

An appealing program of encores and miniatures forms this additional release in the new Hansser Classic Bluthner Artis Series, featuring the "Poet of Pianos," the...continue...

Music of a Bygone Era / Frank Glazer

1 CD / Bridge / 2006-06-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words; Alfred Grünfeld: Romanze for piano, Op. 45/1; Leopold Godowsky: Triakontameron; Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43; Christian Sinding: Rustle o...
Performers: Glazer, Frank

Masters of the Piano Roll - Strauss, etc

1 CD / Dal Segno / 2005-09-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Stimmungsbilder for Piano, Op. 9; Salome, Op. 54; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Cyril Scott: Pieces (2) for Piano, Op. 47; Danse nègre, Op. 58 no 5; Alfred Grünfeld...
Performers: Faure, Gabriel; Grunfeld, Alfred; Milhaud, Darius; Scott, Cyril; Strauss, Richard

Piano Masters - Karol Szreter - Beethoven, Liszt, et al

2 CD / Pearl / 2001-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Piano no 15 in D, Op. 28 "Pastorale); Concerto f...
Performers: Szreter, Karol
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Dobrindt, Otto
Ensemble: Orchestra

J Strauss Jr: Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions

1 CD / Video Artists International / 1994-08-16

Works: Alfred Grünfeld: Arrangement for piano of Johann Strauss II's "Soirée de Vienne", Op. 56; Arrangement for piano of Johann Strauss II's "Frühlingsstimmenwalzer, Op 410"; Andrei Schulz-E...
Performers: Bolet, Jorge; Dohnanyi, Ernst von; Grunfeld, Alfred; Lhevinne, Josef; Moiseiwitsch, Benno; Rachmaninov, Sergei; Rosenthal, Moriz; Saperton, David; Smeterlin, Jan