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EUGEN D’ALBERT, IN FULL EUGEN FRANCIS CHARLES D’ALBERT, EUGEN ALSO SPELLED EUGÈNE (GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, APRIL 10, 1864 — RIGA, LATVIA, MARCH 3, 1932)

He was naturalized German composer and piano virtuoso best remembered for his opera Tiefland (1903) and his arrangements and transcriptions of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. After receiving his basic musical training in London, where he enjoyed his first triumphs as a pianist, d’Albert went for further study to Vienna, where he became a friend of Franz Liszt. D’Albert toured widely and successfully and taught for many years in Berlin, but his chief interest lay in composition. He wrote 21 operas, 2 piano concerti, chamber music, lieder, piano pieces, and a few orchestral works.

TRACKLIST

2983 GRIEG – Ballade, Op. 24, g (Variations on a Norwegian Folk Song)

2984 HANDEL – Dead March from the Opera “Saul and Samson”

2986 LISZT – Valse Impromptu, Ab

2987 LISZT – Piano Sonata, b lst mvt.

2988 LISZT – Piano Sonata, b 2nd and 3rd mvts.

2989 A. RUBINSTEIN – Barcarolle No. 5, Op. 93, No. 4, a

2990 SAINT-SAENS – Etude en forme de valse, Op. 52, No. 6