Description

HEINRICH GRÜNFELD (PRAGUE, 21 APRIL, 1855 – BERLIN, 26 AUGUST, 1931)

 

 

 

 

He was born into an affluent family Jewish family, the fourth of ten children of the merchant Moses Grünfeld and his wife Regina, nee Pick, in Prague – New Town. He was educated at the Prague Conservatory. In 1876 he went to Berlin and for eight years taught at the Neue Akademie der Tonkunst. In conjunction with Xaver Scharwenka and Gustav Hollaender (later with Émile Sauret, Max Pauer, and Florian Zajic), he arranged trio soirées which became very popular. In 1886 Grünfeld was appointed court violoncellist to King William of Prussia.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1.  Adagio (Mozart) Gramophone 047852 269s 07
2. Cantata con Stromenti (Händel) Dank sei Dir, Herr Joseph Schwarz (baritone) Gramophone 042530 1148m 1917
3. Charakterstück in kanonischer Form, Op 56 (Schumann) Berliner Trio-Vereinigung with Bernhard Dessau (violin) and Moritz Mayer-Mahr (piano) Gramophone 048037 1284s 28-11-13
4. Die Meistersinger (Wagner) Preislied Polydor 65569 047875 907 m
5. Du Bist Die Ruh (Schubert) Victor 5-81597-B
6. Duett aus den Fantasiestücken (Schumann) with Heinemann-Marcks (piano) and Nicolas Lambinon (violin) Gramophone 048008 100ac 6-4-09
7. Extase (Reverie) Louis Ganne Berliner Trio-Vereinigung with Bernhard Dessau (violin) and Moritz Mayer-Mahr (piano) Gramophone 048039 1282s 28-11-13
8. Fantasiestück, Op 88 (Schumann) Berliner Trio-Vereinigung with Bernhard Dessau (violin) and Moritz Mayer-Mahr (piano) Gramophone 048036 397AL 15- 4-13
9. Frühlingslied (Mendelssohn) Polydor 65203 047869, 897 m
10. Herbstblume (Popper) Gramophone 47885 910 ab 07
11. Jocelyn Wiegenlied (Godard) Gramophone 047858 130ac 5- 5-09
12. Kol Nidre (Lewandowski-Rosenfeld) Joseph Schwarz (baritone) Gramophone 042500 1031 16
13. Konzert D-Dur (Haydn) Polydor 65569 047874 894 m
14. Largo (Friedemann Bach) Gramophone 47892 831ak 5-12-11
15. Madrigale (Simonetti) Gramophone 47891 833ak 5-12-11
16. Melodie in F (Rubinstein) Berliner Trio-Vereinigung with Bernhard Dessau (violin) and Moritz Mayer-Mahr (piano) Gramophone 048026 393AL 15- 4-13
17. Menuett (Boccherini) Gramophone 2-47852 18141L 15
18. Minnelied (Alfred Grünfeld) Polydor 65203 047868 895 m
19. Novelletten Larghetto (Gade) with Heinemann-Marcks (piano) and Nicolas Lambinon (violin) Gramophone 048010 128ac 5-5-09
20. Romance sans paroles (Davidoff) Gramophone 47894 832 ak 5-12-11
21. Serse Largo Handel Gramophone 047857 129ac 5- 5-09
22. String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11, TH 111 – 2. Andante cantabile (Arr. for Piano Trio) (Tchaikovsky) Berliner Trio-Vereinigung with Bernhard Dessau (violin) and Moritz Mayer-Mahr (piano)
23. Traumerei (Schumann) Gramophone 47876 1693h 03
24. Trio in B-Dur Op.11 Adagio (Beethoven) Berliner Trio-Vereinigung with Bernhard Dessau (violin) and Moritz Mayer-Mahr (piano) Gramophone 048027 390AL 15- 4-13
25. Trio in B-Dur Op. 11 Adagio (Beethoven) with Heinemann-Marcks (piano) and Nicolas Lambinon (violin) Gramophone 048009 126ac 5-5-09
26. Verlassen bin i (Koschat) Gramophone 2-47851 18140L 15
27. Xerxes (Händel) Largo Joseph Schwarz (baritone) Gramophone 4-42631 19094L 1917
28. Xerxes (Händel) Largo Gramophone 47875 1692h 03