Frühling: Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30 & Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 35 Oliver Triendl, Daniel Giglberger, Nina Karmon, Roland Glassl, Floris Mijnders

• Carl Frühling (1868 - 1937): Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30:
• 1 Frühling: Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro molto agitato ed appassionato 09:02
• 2 Frühling: Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: II. Andante cantabile 07:20
• 3 Frühling: Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: III. Scherzo 06:38
• 4 Frühling: Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: IV. Finale 06:11
• Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 35:
• 5 Frühling: Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 35: I. Allegro moderato 10:41
• 6 Frühling: Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 35: II. Scherzo 05:46
• 7 Frühling: Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 35: III. Larghetto 08:48
• 8 Frühling: Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 35: IV. Finale 06:47
• Total Runtime 01:01:13

Info for Frühling: Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30 & Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 35

It is frankly little short of a miracle that the name of Carl Fruhling is still remembered today, since we know next to nothing about him. Scant biographical notes provide a few reference points rather than an orderly resume of his life, and a mere handful of the hundred or more works he is thought to have composed is extant today. The main reason for his relegation to oblivion is a fact that Fruhling kept secret; a fact that nevertheless had to be declared on official documents: he was Jewish. Even before the Nazis took power his religion had caused him problems, making it difficult for him to pursue a career as a composer. As a result, Fruhling understandably tried to conceal his religious adherence. In 1907 he converted to Protestantism and in his CV of 1929 he stated that he was born in Vienna. The truth is however that he actually came from Lviv (the Germans called it Lemberg, and today, the city is in Ukraine), then a predominantly Jewish city, where he was born on November 28, 1868.

Fruhling concluded his piano studies around 1889 and was awarded the Liszt Prize. He quickly established himself as a pianist, and was frequently in demand as a chamber musician. As a composer, however, Fruhling found it difficult to make his mark. Initially, he tried to make a name with easy-listening piano works; he wrote virtuoso salon compositions such as concert waltzes, mazurkas and later, fantasias on tunes from popular operas. P-J though they were meant to be popular works that would sell well, they nevertheless evince a sense of proportion and cleverly thought-out pianistic writing, and are marked by humor and imagination.

Oliver Triendl, piano
Daniel Giglberger, violin
Nina Karmon, violin
Roland Glassl, viola
Floris Mijnders, cello

Oliver Triendl
Man kann sich kaum einen engagierteren Fürsprecher für vernachlässigte und selten gespielte Komponisten vorstellen als den Pianisten Oliver Triendl. Sein unermüdlicher Einsatz – vornehmlich für romantische und zeitgenössische Musik – spiegelt sich in mehr als 100 CD-Einspielungen. Der Umfang seines Repertoires ist wohl einzigartig und umfasst etwa 90 Klavierkonzerte sowie Hunderte von kammermusikalischen Stücken. Viele davon hat er erstmals auf die Bühne gebracht bzw. auf Tonträger dokumentiert.

Solistisch arbeitete Oliver Triendl mit zahlreichen renommierten Orchestern, u.a. Bamberger Symphoniker, NDR-Radio-Philharmonie, Gürzenich-Orchester, Münchner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Weimar, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Münchener, Stuttgarter und Württembergisches Kammerorchester, Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Tschechische Staatsphilharmonie, National-Sinfonieorchester des Polnischen Rundfunks, Sinfonia Varsovia, Georgisches Kammerorchester, Camerata St.Petersburg, Zagreber Solisten, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

Als leidenschaftlicher Kammermusiker konzertierte er mit Musikerkollegen wie Christian Altenburger, Eduard Brunner, Ana Chumachenko, Patrick Demenga, David Geringas, Ilya Gringolts, Clemens Hagen, Frans Helmerson, Sharon Kam, Isabelle van Keulen, Pekka Kuusisto, François Leleux, Lorin Maazel, Mihaela Martin, Paul Meyer, Sabine und Wolfgang Meyer, Pascal Moraguès, Charles Neidich, Arto Noras, Christian Poltéra, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Baiba Skride, Christian und Tanja Tetzlaff, Radovan Vlatković, Jan Vogler, Antje Weithaas, Carolin und Jörg Widmann sowie den Quartetten Apollon musagète, Artis, Atrium, Auryn, Carmina, Danel, Griingolts, Keller, Leipziger, Mandelring, Meta4, Minguet, Prazák, Schumann, Signum, Sine Nomine, Škampa, Talich und Vogler.

Oliver Triendl - Preisträger mehrerer nationaler und internationaler Wettbewerbe - wurde 1970 in Mallersdorf (Bayern) geboren und absolvierte sein Studium bei Rainer Fuchs, Karl-Heinz Diehl, Eckart Besch, Gerhard Oppitz und Oleg Maisenberg.

Er konzertiert erfolgreich auf Festivals und in zahlreichen Musikmetropolen Europas, Nord- und Südamerikas, Südafrikas und Asiens.

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