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Robert Fürstenthal

  • Robert Furstenthal Chamber Music Volume 3 maintains quality

    Dec 22nd, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Robert Fürstenthal, Rossetti Ensemble, Toccata Classics

    This latest installment of Furstenthal’s music features four instrumental sonatas and a string quartet. Like the preceding volumes, the music here is of very fine quality, and timeless. Furstenthal’s promising musical career was derailed when Austria was invaded in 1838. The young composer fled to the United States — and never wrote another note. Not […]

  • Sweetly nostalgic chamber music from Robert Fürstenthal

    Apr 21st, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, Robert Fürstenthal, Rossetti Ensemble, Toccata Classics

    The story behind these works is fascinating, and critical to appreciate them properly. Robert Fürstenthal was a young Viennese composer whose career was just taking off. Germany annexed Austria in 1938, and the Jewish Fürstenthal fled to the United States. He became an accountant and abandoned composition. Only after reconnecting with his first love in […]

  • Robert Furstenthal – A composer redeemed

    Jun 13th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Robert Fürstenthal, Rossetti Ensemble, Toccata Classics

    The story behind Robert Furstenthal’s music is compelling. It might even be the stuff of movies. But in the end, the music has to stand (or fall) on its own merits. The first part of Furstenthal’s story isn’t new. He was a young Jewish composer forced to flee when the Nazis annexed Austria. He emigrated […]

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