Fürstenthal: Complete Chamber Music

The Rossetti Ensemble

TOCC 0774

When Germany invaded Austria in 1938, Robert Fürstenthal, born in 1920, took the path of many Viennese Jews and fled to the United States, where he made his living as an accountant; the fact that he had written music in his youth was soon forgotten. Reconnection, after 35 years, with the woman who had been his first love rekindled both that flame and his urge to compose, and from then on songs and chamber music flowed from his pen, preserving the spirit of fin-de-siècle Vienna under the Californian sun – ‘When I compose, I am back in Vienna’, he explained. He died in November 2016, aged 96, knowing that his lyrical, eloquent music was at last attracting the attention of both musicians and microphones.

Works:

•Fürstenthal: Sonata for 2 Oboes & Piano in D Minor, Op. 56
•Fürstenthal: Cello Sonata in F minor, Op. 58
•Fürstenthal: Viola Sonata, Op. 57
•Fürstenthal: Violin Sonata in B minor, Op. 43
•Fürstenthal: Piano Trio, Op. 65
•Fürstenthal: Flute Sonata in G minor, Op. 47
•Fürstenthal: Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 46
•Fürstenthal: Oboe Sonata in E flat major, Op. 63
•Fürstenthal: Viola Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 60a
•Fürstenthal: Horn Sonata in D Minor, Op. 54
•Fürstenthal: Cello Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 44
•Fürstenthal: Oboe Sonata in E flat minor, Op. 50
•Fürstenthal: Viola Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 60
•Fürstenthal: String Quartet in B minor, Op. 40

CD x 3

Toccata Classics

01/09/2025

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