Description

ALFRED REISENAUER (KÖNIGSBERG, GERMANY, 1 NOVEMBER, 1863 – LIEPĀJA, LATVIA, 3 OCTOBER, 1907)

 

 

 

 

He was a pupil of Louis Köhler and Franz Liszt. As one of the most important piano teachers and players of his time, Reisenauer became principal professor of piano at the Sondershausen Conservatory in 1885. He was in Liszt’s household when Liszt died in 1886 and was a torchbearer at the side of the coffin during the funeral procession. After beginning to teach piano at the Leipzig Conservatory in 1900, he was eventually appointed director of the same institution where his students included Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Sergei Bortkiewicz, and Anatol von Roessel. Reisenauer led a highly successful career as a pianist, especially in Germany and Russia, and was well known for his sensitive playing, especially of Schumann. He also made a speciality of Liszt’s virtuosic piano music. Starting in 1886 he toured Central Asia and Russia as far east as Siberia. He was known to suffer from stage fright and sometimes appear to be drunk on stage during a concert. He died suddenly at Liepāja (known in Germany as Libau) in 1907 during a concert tour.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

TRIPHONOLA 51241 SCHUMANN – Fantasiestucke, Op. 12: No. 1, Evening (Des Abends)

TRIPHONOLA 51347 CHOPIN – Bolero, Op. 19

TRIPHONOLA 50529 CHOPIN – Berceuse Op 57 Db Major

AMPICO 3123 CHOPIN – Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57

WELTE-MIGNON 324 LISZT – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10, E (As played by Liszt)

WELTE-MIGNON 325 CHOPIN-LISZT- “Polish Songs”, Op. 74, No. 1:  The Maiden’s Wish

WELTE-MIGNON 326 BEETHOVEN – Rage Over a Lost Penny (Vented in a Caprice), Op. 129, a

WELTE-MIGNON 327 BEETHOVEN – Bagatelle, a, WoO 69 “Für Elise”

WELTE-MIGNON 328 CHOPIN – Berceuse (Cradle Song) Op. 57, Db

WELTE-MIGNON 330 BEETHOVEN – Rondo, Op. 51, No. 1, C