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Oliver Triendl

  • Boris Papandopulo: Works for Piano and Strings — Works for Me

    Mar 14th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Amaury Coeytux, Andrei Ionita, Boris Papandopulo, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, CPO, Oliver Triendl, Vanessa Szigeti

    Boris Papandopulo was one of Croatia’s most important composers. Almost single-handedly he created a national style of classical music. Papandopulo incorporated Croatian folk music into his work. But that was just the starting point. He had very eclectic tastes and brought other musical forms into his compositions. Twelve-tone technique, jazz, and even post-war avant-garde concepts […]

  • Josef Labor chamber works of exceptional beauty

    May 19th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Capriccio, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, Josef Labor, Nina Karmon, Oliver Triendl, Premsyl Vojta, Romantic period

    Two years ago I reviewed the Joseph Labor Piano Quintets released by Capriccio. I said, “Anyone who enjoys Fin de siècle late-Romanticism should find much to like here.” Some of those same artists return to present more of Labor’s chamber music. And my assessment still holds. Josef Labor was a blind organist, pianist, and composer, […]

  • Julius Rontgen Piano Concertos – originality in traditional forms

    Oct 6th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, CPO, Hermann Baumer, Julius Rontgen, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Triendl

    In the Netherlands, Julius Röntgen is a cultural hero. But for the rest of the world, not so much. If you’re not familiar with Röntgen, this release is a good starting point. Röntgen was a piano virtuoso, whose playing at age 14 impressed Franz Liszt. Röntgen was friends with Brahms. Although he lived until 1932, […]

  • David Monrad Johansen – Norwegian treasure

    Aug 4th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, CPO, David Monrad Johansen, Eivind Aadland, Kirstiansand Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Triendl, Orchestral music

    As I continue to explore the highways and the byways of the classical repertoire, I find that every country has its national treasure. Sometimes, as with Antonin Dvorak, that treasure is shared with the world. Norway’s treasure, David Monrad Johanson hasn’t been — so far. Johansen is Norwegian, but his taste is cosmopolitan. Mixed in […]

  • Josef Labor Piano Quintets late-Romantic gems

    Nov 7th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Capriccio, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, Josef Labor, Justus Grimm, Niek de Groot, Nina Karmon, Oliver Triendl, Pauline Sachse, Romantic period

    Josef Labor wasn’t one to be hampered by disability — although it could inspire him. Labor lost his sight in childhood but went on to become a respected organist, pianist, teacher, and composer. He was also the first composer-pianist Paul Wittgenstein commissioned to write a left-hand concerto. (Wittgenstein lost his right arm in WWI.) Labor […]

  • Oliver Triendl connects with Reizenstein Concerto

    Sep 11th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, CPO, Franz Reizenstein, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Oliver Triendl, Orchestral music, Yaron Traub

    When it comes to piano concertos, Franz Reizenstein is best remembered for his “Concerto Populaire,” his contribution to the Hoffnung Festivals. The 1961 Piano Concerto No. 2 is more serious, but in both, I hear a desire to connect with the audience. Reizenstein premiered the work at the keyboard. There’s plenty for the pianist to […]

  • Gernsheim Complete Cello Sonatas – Three Views of a Life

    Jan 30th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Alexander Hülshoff, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, CPO, Friedrich Gernsheim, Oliver Triendl, Romantic period

    Friedrich Gernsheim was an important composer, conductor, and concert pianist at the end of the 19th Century. He was a close friend of Brahms, and his style somewhat similar. Like Brahms, Gernsheim wrote in “pure” music that eschewed extramusical inspiration. This release features Gernshiem’s three cello sonatas, as well as two other works for cello […]

  • Harald Genzmer Concertos – Zestful, Artful, and Comprehensible

    Jan 9th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Ariane Matiakh, Capriccio, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, Harald Genzmer, Jorgen van Rijen, Oliver Triendl, Patrick Demenga, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

    German composer Harald Genzmer had a philosophy. “Music should be zestful, artful and comprehensible. As practicable, it may win over the interpreter, and then the listener as graspable.” The three concertos in this release, spanning 60 years, show Grenzmer remained true to his ideal. In 1938 Genzmer had just completed his studies with Paul Hindemith. […]

  • CPO Revives Brahms Contemporary, Anton Urspruch

    Jun 30th, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Anton Urspruch, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, CPO, Georg Fritzsch, Marcus Bosch, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Oliver Triendl, Romantic period

    Anton Urspruch (1850-1907) is hardly a household name — even among classical music aficionados. In the 1880s, though, he was a rising star. Urspruch studied composition with Joachim Raff and Ignaz Lachner. He was a star piano pupil of Franz Liszt. As a scholar, he’s credited with the revival of Gregorian Chant. Urspruch enjoyed an […]

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