ALFRED GRÜNFELD (PRAGUE, JULY 4, 1852 –
VIENNA, JANUARY 4, 1924)
Grünfeld was
born as the second of ten children in a family of a Jewish leather merchant
Moses Grünfeld and his wife Regina, born Pick in Prague – New Town. He received
his first music lessons at the age of four. Later he studied with Josef Krejčí
at the Prague Conservatory and with Theodor Kullak and J. T. Hoyer at the New
Academy of Music in Berlin. In 1873 he settled at Vienna, where he received the
title of “Kammervirtuose”, and held a concert tour throughout Europe and the
United States. During a visit to Germany Grünfeld was appointed court pianist
to Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany. For his concert performances he received many
titles, medals and decorations. From 1897 he was a professor at the Vienna
Conservatory. His brother was musician Heinrich Grünfeld. His Viennese house is
at Getreidemarkt 10, and has a plaque above the door, created by the Viennes
sculptor Florian Josephu. His grave can be visited in the Zentralfriedhof in
Vienna.
TRACKLIST
174 CHOPIN –
Nocturne, Op. 48, No. l, c
185 BEETHOVEN
– Andante favori, WoO 57, F
187 SCHUMANN
– Novellette, Op. 21, No. l, F
188
WAGNER-LISZT – Liebestod (Love-Death) from “Tristan und Isolde”
189
SCHUBERT-FISCHHOF- Ballet Music, Op. 26 from “Rosamunde”
190 GRUNFELD
– Valse mignonne, Op. 51, No. 4, Ab
191 GRUNFELD
– Romance, Op. 42, No. l, Db
192 J.
STRAUSS, JR.-GRUNFELD – Voices of Spring – Waltzes, Op. 410
193 GRUNFELD
– Dinner Waltz from the Opera “Der Lebemann”
194 CHOPIN –
Nocturne, Op. 32, No. 1, B
197
VOLKMANN-FISCHHOF – Serenade No. 2 Waltz
207 SCHUMANN
– “Fantasiestücke”, Op. 12, No. 1 Des Abends (Evening)
222 SCHUBERT
– Impromptu, Op. 142, No. 2, Ab
225 SCHUMANN
– “Kinderscenen”, Op. 15, No. 7 Träumerei (Dreaming)
243 GRUNFELD
– Romance, Op. 45, No. 1, F#
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