EMIL PAUR WELTE-MIGNON PIANO ROLLS VOL. 2 CDR

 

EMIL PAUR (CZERNOWITZ, AUSTRIA, NOW CHERNIVTSI, UKRAINE, JULY 19, 1855 – MÍSTEK, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, NOW THE CZECH REPUBLIC, JUNE 7, 1932)

 

 

 

 

Paur was born in Czernowitz, Austria, now Chernivtsi, Ukraine, to a Romanian family, and trained in Vienna before working as a conductor in Kassel, Königsberg and Leipzig. He then emigrated to the United States where he led the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1893 to 1898, New York Philharmonic from 1898 to 1902 and Pittsburgh Symphony from 1904 to 1910. He was married to pianist Maria Burger from 1862 until her death in 1899. After returning to Germany, he went on to conduct the Berlin State Opera. Paur was considered a serious conductor, favouring the works of Johannes Brahms, which were at the time considered heavy listening. He played both the violin and piano. He recorded 23 works on Welte-Mignon reproducing piano rolls. Paur died in Místek, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

2561 R. STRAUSS – Waltz from the Opera “Der Rosenkavalier”

2562 WAGNER – Elsa’s Song to the Winds from the Opera “Lohengrin”

2563 WAGNER – Lohengrin’s Farewell from the Opera “Lohengrin”

2564 WAGNER – Lohengrin’s Warning to Elsa from the Opera “Lohengrin”

2565 WAGNER – Siegfried’s Funeral March from the Opera “Die Götterdämmerung”

2566 WAGNER – Waldweben (Forest Murmurs) from the Opera “Siegfried”

2568 WAGNER – Introduction to Act III of “Tannhäuser” (Pilgrimage)