Description

ALFRED GRÜNFELD (PRAGUE, JULY 4, 1852 – VIENNA, JANUARY 4, 1924)

 

 

 

 

Grünfeld was born as the second of ten children in a family of a Jewish leather merchant Moses Grünfeld and his wife Regina, born Pick in Prague – New Town. He received his first music lessons at the age of four. Later he studied with Josef Krejčí at the Prague Conservatory and with Theodor Kullak and J. T. Hoyer at the New Academy of Music in Berlin. In 1873 he settled at Vienna, where he received the title of “Kammervirtuose”, and held a concert tour throughout Europe and the United States. During a visit to Germany Grünfeld was appointed court pianist to Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany. For his concert performances he received many titles, medals and decorations. From 1897 he was a professor at the Vienna Conservatory. His brother was musician Heinrich Grünfeld. His Viennese house is at Getreidemarkt 10, and has a plaque above the door, created by the Viennes sculptor Florian Josephu. His grave can be visited in the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

Caprice in H-Moll Op. 76 Nr. 2 (Brahms) G&T 45561 13300u 08

Causerie Op. 50 (Grünfeld) G&T 45592 16727L 15- 5-14

Children’s Corner Suite Nr. 6 – Golliwog’s Cake-Walk (Debussy) G&T 45594 16731L 15- 5-14

Der Lebemann Colibri-Polka (Grünfeld) (w. Keplinger, Ortner & Swoboda) G&T 44207 737½’z 03

Der Lebemann Diner-Walzer (Grünfeld) G&T 2-42575 771z 03

Der Lebemann Flirt-Gavotte (Grünfeld) G&T 44208 738’z 03

Der Vogel als Prophet Op. 82 Nr. 7 (Schumann) G&T 45558 13301u 08

Der Zigeunerbaron Klopf-Polka (Johann Strauss-Grünfeld) G&T 45583 13850L 10- 5-12

Die Schmetterling Op. 43 No. 1 (Grieg) Berliner 75521 2634 6-99

Die Walküre (Wagner-Brassin) Feuerzauber G&T 045508 267m 06

Etude a la Tarantella (Grünfeld) G&T 45538 6711b 1905

Etude à la tarentelle Op. 47 Nr. 3 (Grünfeld) G&T 45577 13099L 19-10-11

Frühlingsstimmen (Johann Strauss) G&T 045503Z  701m 29- 4-13

Fünf Walzer, Op 39 Nr 1, 2, 3, 5, 4… 6, 7, 8, 15 (Brahms) ES145 G&T 045526, 045527, 2063c, 2064c, 26-10-10

 

Gavotte caprice (Grünfeld) G&T 45525 1074h 1902

Gavotte in D-Moll (6th English Suite) (Bach) G&T 45559 13299u 1908

Guitarre Op. 45 (Moszkowski) G&T 45579 13101L 19-10-11

Hungarian Rhapsody (Grünfeld) The Edison Wangemann Recording Series, 1/4, 18th November, 1889

Hungarische Fantasie Op. 55 (Grünfeld) G&T 045507 465c 1905

Ich liebe dich Op. 41 Nr. 3 (Grieg) G&T 45546 10906u 6-07

Impromptu in Es-Dur Op. 90 Nr. 2 (Schubert) G&T 045537 578m 19-10-11

Impromptu Op. 23 (Grünfeld) G&T 45589 15414L 30- 4-13

Kinderszenen Op. 15 Nr. 7 – Träumerei (Schumann) Gramophone  45587 15412L 30- 4-13

Konzert-Paraphrase aus ‘Aschenbrödel’ ballet (Johann Strauss II) Hupfeld Animatic 51500

Mazurka à la viennoise Op 51 A Grünfeld G&T 45537 6714b 1905

Mazurka H moll Op. 44 No. 4 (Chopin) G&T 45539 6712 05

Mazurka in A min Op. 67 (Chopin) G&T 45506  2521B 02

Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 4 (Chopin)

Mazurka in F-Moll Op. 17 (Grünfeld) G&T 45576 13098L 19-10-11

 

Mazurka Op. 20 Nr. 4 (Grünfeld) G&T 45590 15415L 30- 4-13

Menuett in G Op. 14 Nr. 1 (Paderewski) G&T 45562 14688u 5-09

Moment musical in Cis-Moll Op. 94 Nr. 4 (Schubert) G&T 45580 13102L 19-10-11

Nocturne in As-Dur Op. 32 (Chopin) G&T 045536  577m  19-10-11

Polka de Concert in F-Dur (Grünfeld) G&T 45556 13296u 1908

Polka de concert Nr. 3 in F-Dur (Grünfeld) G&T 45575 13097L 19-10-11

Romanze in Des-Dur Op. 42 (Grünfeld) G&T 45540 693r 05

Rosamunde Ballettmusik (Schubert, arr. Fischhof) G&T 45536 6713b 1905

Schlummerlied Op. 124 Nr. 16 (Schumann) G&T 45588 15413L 1913

Schubertlieder-Transkriptionen – Wohin und Forelle (Grünfeld) G&T 045506  466c 1905

Sérénade espagnole Op. 54 Nr. 4 (Grünfeld) G&T 45585 13847L 10- 5-12

Serenade in H-Dur Op 34 (Grünfeld) Gramophone 45570 15019b 25-10-10

Serenade in H-Dur Op. 32 (Grünfeld) G&T 45535 6710b 05

Serenade Napolitaine (A. Grünfeld) G&T 45549 10905u 6-07

Sérénade napolitaine Op 47 Nr 2 (Grünfeld) Gramophone 45571 15020b 25-10-10

 

Sie tanzt Op. 57 Nr. 5 (Grieg)  45551 10903u G&T 6-07

Soirée de Vienne, 1 Teil 2 Teil (Strauss) G&T 45568, 45569, 15027b, 15028b 26-10-10

Symphony 13 Minuetto (Mozart, arr. Schulhoff) G&T 45572 15017 25-10-10

Traumlied (A. Grünfeld) (p. Grünfeld) (v. Leo Slezak) G&T 2-42647

Tristan und Isolde  (Wagner, arr. Liszt) Liebestod G&T 045522 01010v 5-09

Ungarische Fantasie (Grünfeld) G&T 45522 1071x 02

Valse mignonne Op. 51 Nr. 4 (Grünfeld) G&T 45541 691r 1905

Vöglein Op 43 No 4 (Grünfeld) 45547 10907u G&T, 6-07

Walzer in A-Moll Op. 34 Nr. 2 Chopin (Chopin) G&T 45550 10904u 6 07

Walzer in Cis-Moll Op. 64 Nr. 2 (Chopin) G&T 45581 13103L 19-10-11

Walzer in E-Moll Op. Post (Chopin) G&T 45586 13848L 10- 5-12

Wichtelmännchen Op. 3 (Korngold) G&T 45591 16726L 15- 5-14

Wie schön bist du die Lieb’ (Grünfeld) G&T 42829 870x 02