Robert FÜRSTENTHAL: Chamber Music, Volume Two
When Germany invaded Austria in 1938, Robert Fürstenthal, born in 1920, took the path of many Viennese Jews and fled to the United States, where he made his living as an accountant; the fact that he had written music in his youth was soon forgotten. Reconnection, after 35 years, with the woman who had been his first love rekindled both that flame and his urge to compose, and from then on songs and chamber music flowed from his pen, preserving the spirit of fin de siècle Vienna under the Californian sun – ‘When I compose, I am back in Vienna’, he explained. He died in November 2016, aged 96, knowing that his lyrical, eloquent music was at last attracting the attention of both musicians and microphones.
The Rossetti Ensemble
Kathryn Thomas, flute
Sarah-Jane Bradley, viola
Malcolm Messiter, oboe
Timothy Lowe, cello
John Lenehan, piano
Sara Trickey, violin
FIRST RECORDINGS
Listen To This Recording:
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Notturno in D flat major for piano trio, Op. 51
- Lento
- I Allegro con spirito
- II Intermezzo: Comodo
- III Lento
- IV Allegretto un poco marcato
- I Lento – Allegro moderato
- II Scherzando
- III Adagio
- IV Lento – Allegro assai
- I Allegro con brio
- II Lento
- III Scherzando
- IV Grave – Allegro moderato
- I Allegro con brio
- II Adagio misterioso
- III Scherzando – Dolce
- IV Grave
- Cantabile
Flute Sonata in G minor, Op. 47
Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 46
Oboe Sonata in E flat major, Op. 63
Viola Sonata in B minor, Op. 60a
Notturno in D major for piano trio, Op. 19
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