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Eugen d'Albert
Person · male · Germany · Glasgow · born 1864 · died 1932 · recording since 1994
Scottish-born German pianist and composer (1864-1932)
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Also known as 欧根·达尔伯特
Timeline
17 events▣ Album 14◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1860s
1930s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 9: Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor / Piano Concerto no. 2 in E major
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Album: The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 9: Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor / Piano Concerto no. 2 in E major
Album
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2000s
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Album: Lamond: Symphony in A major / Concert Overture “From the Scottish Highlands” / D’Albert: Overture to Esther, op. 8
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2010s
Biography
English biography1,692 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1376350343
Biography
Eugen (originally Eugène) Francis Charles d'Albert (10 April 1864 – 3 March 1932) was a Scottish-born pianist and composer who immigrated to Germany and later to Switzerland.
Educated in Britain, d'Albert showed early musical talent and, at the age of seventeen, he won a scholarship to study in Austria. Feeling a kinship with German culture and music, he soon immigrated to Germany, where he studied with Franz Liszt and began a career as a concert pianist. D'Albert repudiated his early training and upbringing in Scotland and considered himself German.
While pursuing his career as a pianist, d'Albert focused increasingly on composing, producing 21 operas and a considerable output of piano, vocal, chamber and orchestral works. His most successful opera was Tiefland, which premiered in Prague in 1903. His successful orchestral works included his cello concerto (1899), a symphony, two string quartets and two piano concertos. In 1907 d'Albert became the director of the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where he exerted a wide influence on musical education in Germany. He edited critical editions of the scores of Beethoven and Bach, transcribed Bach's organ works for the piano and wrote cadenzas for Beethoven's piano concertos. He also held the post of Kapellmeister to the Court of Weimar.
D'Albert was married six times, including to the pianist-singer Teresa Carreño, and was successively a British, German and Swiss citizen. His first son was Louis-Albert Salingré.
Early life and education
D'Albert was born at 4 Crescent Place, Glasgow, Scotland, to an English mother, Annie Rowell, and a German-born father of French and Italian descent, Charles Louis Napoléon d'Albert (1809–1886), whose ancestors included the composers Giuseppe Matteo Alberti and Domenico Alberti. D'Albert's father was a pianist, arranger and a prolific composer of salon music who had been ballet-master at the King's Theatre and at Covent Garden. D'Albert was born when his father was 55 years old. The Musical Times wrote in 1904 that "This, and other circumstances, accounted for a certain loneliness in the boy's home-life and the years of his childhood. He was misunderstood, and 'cribbed, cabined, and confined' to such an extent as to largely prejudice him against the country which gave him birth".
D'Albert was brought up in Glasgow and taught music by his father until he won a scholarship to the new National Training School for Music (forerunner of the Royal College of Music) in London, which he entered in 1876 at the age of 12. D'Albert studied at the National Training School with Ernst Pauer, Ebenezer Prout, John Stainer and Arthur Sullivan. By the age of 14, he was winning public praise from The Times as "a bravura player of no mean order" in a concert in October 1878. He played Schumann's Piano Concerto at the Crystal Palace in 1880, receiving more encouragement from The Times: "A finer rendering of the work has seldom been heard." Also in 1880, d'Albert arranged the piano reduction for the vocal score of Sullivan's sacred music drama The Martyr of Antioch, to accompany the chorus in rehearsal. He is also credited with writing, under Sullivan's direction, the overture to Gilbert and Sullivan's 1881 opera, Patience.
For many years d'Albert dismissed his training and work during this period as worthless. The Times wrote that he "was born and educated in England, and won his earliest successes in England, although, in a freak of boyish impetuosity, he repudiated some years ago all connexion with this country, where, according to his own account, he was born by mere accident and where he learnt nothing." In later years, however, he modified his views: "The former prejudice which I had against England, which several incidents aroused, has completely vanished since many years."
Career
In 1881 Hans Richter invited d'Albert to play his first piano concerto, which was "received with enthusiasm". This seems to have been d'Albert's lost concerto in A major, not the work published three years later as his Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor, Op. 2. In the same year d'Albert won the Mendelssohn Scholarship, enabling him to study in Vienna, where he met Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt and other important musicians who influenced his style. D'Albert, retaining his early enthusiasm for German culture and music ("hearing Tristan und Isolde had a greater influence on him than the education he received from his father or ... at the National Training School for Music") changed his first name from Eugène to Eugen and immigrated to Germany, where he became a pupil of the elderly Liszt in Weimar.
In Germany and Austria d'Albert built a career as a pianist. Liszt called him "the second Tausig", and d'Albert can be heard in an early recording of Liszt works. He played his own piano concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1882, the youngest pianist who had appeared with the orchestra. D'Albert toured extensively, including in the United States from 1904 to 1905. His virtuoso technique was compared to that of Busoni. He was praised for his playing of Beethoven's sonatas and J. S. Bach's preludes and fugues, some of which d'Albert transcribed for piano. "As an exponent of Beethoven, Eugen d'Albert has few, if any, equals." Gradually, d'Albert's work as a composer occupied his time more and more, and he reduced his concert playing. He was the recipient of a number of dedications, most notably of Richard Strauss's Burleske in D minor, which he premiered in 1890. In 1907 he became the director of the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where, according to The Times, he exerted a wide influence on musical education in Germany. He also held the post of Kapellmeister to the Court of Weimar.
D'Albert was a prolific composer. His output includes a large volume of successful piano and chamber music and lieder. He also composed twenty-one operas, in a wide variety of styles, which premiered mostly in Germany. His first, Der Rubin (1893) was an oriental fantasy; Die Abreise (1898), which established him as an opera composer in Germany, was a one-act domestic comedy; Kain (1900) was a setting of the biblical story; and one of his last operas, Der Golem (1926), was on a traditional Jewish theme. His most successful opera was his seventh, Tiefland, which premiered in Prague in 1903. When Thomas Beecham introduced the opera to London, The Times observed, "the scoring owes more than a little to the discipline of Sullivan; there is also a curiously English fragrance". Tiefland played in opera houses throughout the world and has retained a place in the standard German and Austrian repertoire, with a production at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, in November 2007. According to biographer Hugh Macdonald, it "provides a link between Italian verismo and German expressionist opera, although the orchestral textures recall a more Wagnerian language." Another stage success was a comic opera called Flauto solo in 1905. D'Albert's most successful orchestral works included his cello concerto (1899), a symphony, two string quartets and two piano concertos. "Though not a composer of profound originality ... he had an unfailing sense of dramatic appropriateness and all the resources of a symphonic technique to give it expression and was thus able to achieve success in so many styles".
Personal life and death
D'Albert's friends included Richard Strauss, Hans Pfitzner, Engelbert Humperdinck, Ignatz Waghalter and Gerhart Hauptmann, the dramatist. He was married six times and had eight children. His first wife was Louise Salingré; their first son was Louis-Albert Salingré. His second wife, from 1892 to 1895, was the Venezuelan pianist, singer and composer Teresa Carreño, who had married several times and was considerably older than d'Albert. D'Albert and Carreño were the subject of a famous joke: "Come quick! Your children and my children are quarrelling again with our children!" The line, however, has also been attributed to others. His later wives were soprano Hermine Finck, who originated the role of the witch in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel; actress Ida Fulda; Friederike ("Fritzi") Jauner; and Hilde Fels. His last companion was a mistress, Virginia Zanetti.
In 1914 d'Albert moved to Zurich and became a Swiss citizen, where he continued working through the 1920s. His last opera, Mister Wu, was completed by Leo Blech and premiered posthumously in 1932. He died in 1932 at the age of 67 in Riga, Latvia, where he had travelled for a divorce from his sixth wife. In the weeks preceding his death, d'Albert was the subject of attacks by the press in Riga concerning his personal life. D'Albert was buried in the cemetery overlooking Lake Lugano in Morcote, Switzerland.
Recordings
As pianist, d'Albert did not record extensively, although his recordings represent a wide range of music. They include his own Scherzo, Op. 16; Capriolen, Op. 32; Suite, Op. 1, Gavotte and Minuet; and piano arrangements from his opera Die toten Augen (1916). He made several Beethoven recordings, including the Piano Sonatas Nos. 18 and 21 ("Waldstein"), and the "Spring" Sonata for violin and piano (with Andreas Weißgerber). A selection of Chopin pieces were recorded in the 1910s and 1920s, with études, polonaises and waltzes represented. Perhaps surprisingly, his teacher Liszt is not strongly represented among d'Albert's recordings, though he committed "Au bord d'une source" from Années de pèlerinage (1st year) to disc in 1916. Brahms, Mozart, Schubert and Weber also feature in his discography.
As a composer, d'Albert has been more widely represented on record in recent decades than previously. Some modern recordings include:
Die Abreise
Hermann Prey; Edda Moser; Peter Schreier; Philharmonia Hungarica/János Kulka
Piano Concertos No. 1 in B minor, Op. 2, and No. 2 in E major, Op. 12
Piers Lane/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Alun Francis
Joseph Banowetz/ Moscow Symphony Orchestra/ Dmitry Yablonsky
Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 10; Klavierstücke, Op. 16; Heft 1 and Heft 2, Serenata and Capriolen Fünf schlichte Klavierstücke
Piers Lane
String Quartets No. 1 in A minor, Op. 7, and No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 11
Sarastro Quartet
Suite in Fünf Sätzen, Op.1, Impromptu in D flat Major, Albumblatt in D flat Major, Vier Klavierstücke, Op.16
Sofja Gülbadamova
Tiefland
Éva Marton; René Kollo; Bernd Weikl; Kurt Moll; Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Marek Janowski
Margherita Kenney; Waldemar Kmentt; Otto Wiener; Vienna Symphony Orchestra/ F. Charles Adler
Lisa Gasteen; Johan Botha; Falk Struckmann; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Bertrand de Billy
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Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 37 | 93.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 16 | 85.4th |
| Studio albums | 14 | 94th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | -62 | 6th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (16 release groups · 14 studio albums)
Albums · 14
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:05:18
1Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor, op. 2: Mässig —17:042Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor, op. 2: Langsam, mit Empfindung —9:243Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor, op. 2: Erstes Zeitmass —11:304Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor, op. 2: Cadenza —2:535Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor, op. 2: Dasselbe Zeitmass3:216Piano Concerto no. 2 in E major, op. 12: Mässig bewegt —7:387Piano Concerto no. 2 in E major, op. 12: Langsam —6:468Piano Concerto no. 2 in E major, op. 12: Sehr lebhaft —2:159Piano Concerto no. 2 in E major, op. 12: "Wie vorher" (crotchet - dotted crochet)4:271997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:19:32
1Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 10: Mässig, aber leidenschaftlich bewegt9:142Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 10: Langsam9:083Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 10: Einleitung und Fuge: Sehr breit8:434Klavierstücke, op. 16: No. 2. Scherzo. Sehr lebhaft4:325Klavierstücke, op. 16: No. 3. Intermezzo. Anmuthig bewegt6:506Acht Klavierstücke, op. 5: No. 1 in C-sharp minor: Sehr leidenschaftlich bewegt3:497Acht Klavierstücke, op. 5: No. 2 in A major: Sehr ruhig und ausdruckvoll3:398Acht Klavierstücke, op. 5: No. 3 in D minor: Bewegt1:529Acht Klavierstücke, op. 5: No. 4 in B-flat major: Anmuthig bewegt3:2510Acht Klavierstücke, op. 5: No. 5 in E-flat major: Etwas langsam4:4011Acht Klavierstücke, op. 5: No. 6 in E-flat minor: Leidenschaftlich1:5112Acht Klavierstücke, op. 5: No. 7 in A-flat major: Mässig, doch nicht zu langsam4:3913Acht Klavierstücke, op. 5: No. 8 in C-sharp minor: Belebt, doch nicht zu schnell4:4814Serenata4:4615Capriolen, op. 32: No. 1. Falters Flammentod1:4216Capriolen, op. 32: No. 2. Kose-Walzer1:1717Capriolen, op. 32: No. 3. Rose im Schnee1:3918Capriolen, op. 32: No. 4. Missie-Massa2:0019Capriolen, op. 32: No. 5. Der Zirkus kommt!0:581998 · studio album
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1Die Abreise: Introduction6:502Die Abreise: Prelude - Scenes 1-2039:00Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Overture: Esther
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:15:55
1Overture "Esther"13:212Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor, op. 2: 1. Mäßig15:403Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor, op. 2: 2. Langsam mit Empfindung10:194Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor, op. 2: 3. Erstes Zeitmaß10:235Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor, op. 2: 4. Cadenza3:006Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor, op. 2: 5. Desselbe Zeitmaß3:447Piano Concerto no. 2 in E minor, op. 12: 1. Mäßig bewegt6:238Piano Concerto no. 2 in E minor, op. 12: 2. Langsam5:599Piano Concerto no. 2 in E minor, op. 12: 3. Sehr lebhaft2:1210Piano Concerto no. 2 in E minor, op. 12: 4. Wie vorher4:541999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:47:48
Disc 11Die toten Augen: Vorspiel. Introduction7:132Die toten Augen: Vorspiel. „Wir schnitten die Halme“4:133Die toten Augen: Vorspiel. „Die Sonne sinkt“2:324Die toten Augen: Vorspiel. „Da, sieh nur die prächtige Schar!“4:575Die toten Augen: Vorspiel. „Mein Mantel! – Mein Stab!“3:226Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Heut ist der Tag“6:027Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Die Sonne ging auf“3:358Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Psyche wandelt durch Säulenhallen“4:429Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Gruß dir, Arcesius!“2:1010Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Komm, komm, Geliebter“5:5011Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Herrin“ – „Bist du’s, Arsinoe?“1:4912Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Herrin, da kommt Ktesiphar“2:5713Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Er kann nicht helfen“1:5114Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Hier kommt er vorbei!“1:3815Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Für alle kam der Herr“7:0516Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Jetzt sind sie ganz nahe!“3:53Disc 21Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Ein Spiegel!! Ein Spiegel!!“4:072Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Der Spiegel, Herrin“5:153Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Nun bist du heim bei deinem Glück“7:144Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Geliebter“ – „Langersehnter!“6:075Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Mörder! Zu Hilfe!“1:346Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Was tat ich nur?“1:547Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Erbarmt euch, große Götter“4:598Die toten Augen: Handlung. „O wär ich noch das unwissende blinde Kind“6:349Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Myrtocle – Myrtocle“1:3610Die toten Augen: Handlung. „Nein! O warum quälst du mich“ – Nachspiel4:392004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 40 tracks · 2:18:17
Disc 11Tiefland: Vorspiel (Orchester)3:502Tiefland: Vorspiel „Ohe!“ (Nando, Pedro)2:073Tiefland: Vorspiel „Zwei Vaterunser bet’ ich“ (Pedro, Nando)1:314Tiefland: Vorspiel „Wie ich nun gestern Abend in der Hütte liege“ (Pedro)2:395Tiefland: Vorspiel „Du glaubst am Ende, Weib und Glück sind eins?“ (Nando, Pedro, Sebastiano)2:126Tiefland: Vorspiel „Ist Pedro nicht hier?“ (Sebastiano, Nando, Marta, Pedro)3:157Tiefland: Vorspiel „Na, mein Pedro, sag mir mal, bist du hier zufrieden?“ (Sebastiano, Pedro, Tommaso)3:398Tiefland: Vorspiel „Hast du’s gehört? Ich krieg’ ein Weib“ (Pedro, Nando)1:289Tiefland: Vorspiel „Ich grüß’ noch einmal meine Berge“ (Pedro)2:4710Tiefland: Vorspiel Zwischenspiel3:4111Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Sag’ uns doch, ist es wahr?“ (Pepa, Antonia, Rosalia, Moruccio, Nuri)7:0412Tiefland: Aufzug I. „An einem Abend war’s, der Mond ging auf“ (Nuri)2:2713Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Oh, sie ist fort!“ (Nuri, Pepa, Rosalia, Antonia, Marta)6:3814Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Sein bin ich, sein!“ (Marta)3:4715Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Er kommt!“ (Chor, Nuri, Pepa, Rosalia, Antonia, Moruccio, Tommaso)2:5116Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Da ist er, seht nur!“ (Pepa, Rosalia, Antonia, Chor, Pedro, Tommaso, Moruccio, Nuri)2:0617Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Da bin ich, Herr, da bin ich schon!“ (Pedro, Sebastiano, Pepa, Tommaso, Marta, Nuri, Antonia, Rosalia)6:2518Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Marta!“ (Sebastiano, Marta)6:0019Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Er will kein Stutzer sein!“ (Chor, Pedro, Sebastiano, Marta, Tommaso, Nuri)3:3920Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Was suchst du noch, Moruccio?“ (Sebastiano, Moruccio, Tommaso)4:37Disc 21Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Das Fest ist vorbei“ (Pedro, Marta)3:492Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Schau her, das ist ein Taler“ (Pedro, Marta)1:013Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Es kam in jeder Nacht ein Wolf in unser’n Stall“ (Pedro, Marta)4:124Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Zum Reden zwing mich nicht“ (Marta, Pedro)6:045Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Die Sterne gingen zur Ruh“ (Nuri, Pedro)4:426Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Da ist Marta. Nun will ich geh’n“ (Nuri, Pedro, Marta)2:497Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Wo willst du hin?“ (Tommaso, Marta)2:518Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Ich weiß nicht, wer mein Vater war“ (Marta, Tommaso)2:359Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Du armes Kind“ (Tommaso, Marta)6:0410Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Ich will von Himmel Stärke dir erflehn“ (Tommaso, Marta)2:2111Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Ei, so mürrisch, so verdrießlich!“ (Pepa, Rosalia, Antonia, Nuri, Tommaso, Pedro)2:3712Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Das Essen ist da!“ (Marta, Pedro)7:3313Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Ich sollt dich töten“ (Pedro, Marta)2:5214Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Recht guten Tag!“ (Sebastiano, Pedro)0:3515Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Hüll in die Mantille fester dich ein“ (Sebastiano, Pedro, Marta, Tommaso, Chor)3:3416Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Nun hab ich nichts als dich mehr auf der Welt“ (Sebastiano, Marta)3:1917Tiefland: Aufzug II. „Da bin ich, und ich entreiss’ sie dir!“ (Pedro, Sebastiano, Marta)1:5518Tiefland: Aufzug II. „He, Burschen, her! ihr Weiber kommt!“ (Pedro, Pepa, Rosalia, Tommaso, Marta, Chor)1:5719Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Schau her, das ist ein Taler“ (Pedro)1:0320Tiefland: Aufzug I. „Es kam in jeder Nacht ein Wolf in unser’n Stall“ (Pedro)3:412004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 59:50
1Overture to “Esther”, op. 812:432Symphony in A major, op. 3: I. Allegro moderato8:373Symphony in A major, op. 3: II. Allegro vivace, quasi presto7:394Symphony in A major, op. 3: III. Andante moderato7:435Symphony in A major, op. 3: IV. Allegro con spirito7:256Ouvertüre aus dem schottischen Hochlande, op. 49:247Sword Dance from “Eine Liebe im schottischen Hochlande”6:192008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 36 tracks · 2:27:04
Disc 11Die toten Augen: Das Vorspiel. Vorspiel5:372Die toten Augen: Das Vorspiel „Wir schnitten die Halme“ (Chor, Hirt, Schnitter)4:073Die toten Augen: Das Vorspiel „Da, sieh nur die prächtige Schar!“ (Hirt, Schnitter, Hirtenknabe)5:114Die toten Augen: Das Vorspiel „Mein Mantel! – Mein Stab!“ (Hirt, Schnitter)3:125Die toten Augen: Handlung „Heut ist der Tag“ (Sarah, Rebekka, Esther, Ruth, Arsinoe)6:046Die toten Augen: Handlung „Die Sonne ging auf“ (Myrtocle, Arcesius)3:237Die toten Augen: Handlung „Psyche wandelt durch Säulenhallen“ (Myrtocle, Arcesius)4:168Die toten Augen: Handlung „Gruss dir, Arcesius!“ (Galba, Arcesius, Myrtocle)2:059Die toten Augen: Handlung „Komm, komm, Geliebter“ (Myrtocle, Arcesius)5:3710Die toten Augen: Handlung „Herrin? Bist du’s, Arsinoe“ (Arsinoe, Myrtocle)2:1511Die toten Augen: Handlung „Herrin, da kommt Ktesiphar, Er kann nicht helfen“ (Arsinoe, Myrtocle, Ktesiphar)3:0012Die toten Augen: Handlung „Er kann nicht helfen“ (Myrtocle, Arsinoe, Sarah, Esther, eine sieche Frau, Ruth, Rebekka)3:2813Die toten Augen: Handlung „Für alle kam der Herr“ (Maria, Rebekka, Sarah, Myrtocle, Arsinoe, Esther)4:3614Die toten Augen: Handlung „Des Herrn Sohn fragt nicht nach Land“ (Maria)1:5915Die toten Augen: Handlung „Jetzt sind sie ganz nahe!“ (Sarah, Esther, Ruth, Chor, Myrtocle, Maria, Rebekka)3:1816Die toten Augen: Handlung „O Weib, wahrlich ich sage dir“ (Stimme)1:5417Die toten Augen: Handlung „Ein Spiegel!! Ein Spiegel!!“ (Myrtocle, Arsinoe)0:5418Die toten Augen: Handlung „Licht! Licht! Überall Licht!“ (Myrtocle, Arsinoe, Stimme aus dem Brunnen)3:1419Die toten Augen: Handlung „O die Zikaden!“ (Myrtocle, Arsinoe)3:0320Die toten Augen: Handlung „Nun bist du heim bei deinem Glück“ (Galba, Arcesius, Arsinoe)2:3721Die toten Augen: Handlung „Galba! Galba!“ (Arcesius, Galba, Myrtocle)4:11Disc 21Die toten Augen: Handlung „Geliebter – Langersehnter!“ (Myrtocle)5:542Die toten Augen: Handlung „Mörder! Zu Hilfe!“ (Myrtocle, Arsinoe)3:163Die toten Augen: Handlung „Erbarmt euch, grosse Götter“ (Myrtocle, Arsinoe)4:044Die toten Augen: Handlung „O wär ich noch das unwissende blinde Kind“ (Myrtocle)6:055Die toten Augen: Handlung „Myrtocle – Myrtocle“ (Arcesius, Myrtocle)5:576Tiefland: „Schau her, das ist ein Taler“ (Pedro)4:527Die Rose vom Liebesgarten: „Du Schönste! – Nun bist du mein“ (Siegnot, Minneleide)10:248Siegfried: „Heil dir, Sonne!“ (Brünnhilde)3:579Siegfried: „Durch das Feuer drang ich“ (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)2:1610Siegfried: „O Siegfried! Siegfried!“ (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)4:2011Siegfried: „Wie Wunder tönt“ (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)3:1412Siegfried: „Dort seh’ ich den Schild“ (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)6:4113Siegfried: „Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich“ (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)4:2614Siegfried: „Dich lieb ich“ (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)3:3315Siegfried: „Ob jetzt ich dein?“ (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)4:04Symphony op. 4 / Seejungfräulein op. 15
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:06:54
1Seejungfräulein, op. 1516:572Symphony in F major, op. 4: I. Mässig bewegt15:513Symphony in F major, op. 4: II. Langsam, aber nicht schleppend11:024Symphony in F major, op. 4: III. Sehr schnell11:095Symphony in F major, op. 4: IV. Mässig langsam - Belebt11:552010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:14:06
1Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 58210:492Prelude (Fantasia) and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537: I. Prelude (Fantasia)4:333Prelude (Fantasia) and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537: II. Fugue3:084Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541: I. Prelude2:265Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541: II. Fugue3:476Prelude (Toccata) and Fugue in F major, BWV 540: I. Prelude (Toccata)7:407Prelude (Toccata) and Fugue in F major, BWV 540: II. Fugue5:178Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 536: I. Prelude1:449Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 536: II. Fugue3:5510Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 534: I. Prelude4:3011Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 534: II. Fugue4:2112Prelude (Toccata) and Fugue in D minor "Dorian", BWV 538: I. Prelude (Toccata)5:0113Prelude (Toccata) and Fugue in D minor "Dorian", BWV 538: II. Fugue7:1214Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532: I. Prelude4:2115Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532: II. Fugue5:22Symphony in F Major / Symphonic Prelude to Tiefland
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:02:40
1Symphonic Prologue to the Opera “Tiefland”, op. 3410:452Symphony in F major, op. 4: I. Mässig bewegt16:193Symphony in F major, op. 4: II. Langsam, aber nicht schleppend12:064Symphony in F major, op. 4: III. Sehr schnell11:355Symphony in F major, op. 4: IV. Mässig langsam - Belebt11:55Aschenputtel (Cinderella) Suite
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:14:24
1Overture to Grillparzer's Esther, Op. 812:432Die toten Augen (The Dead Eyes): Prelude - I. Introduction8:153Gernot, Act II: Vorspiel4:504Der Rubin (The Ruby): Overture9:075Die Abreise (The Departure): Overture7:506Aschenputtel, Op. 33: I. Aschenputtel am Herd1:447Aschenputtel, Op. 33: II. Täubchen in der Asche2:248Aschenputtel, Op. 33: III. Ball im Königsschloss4:159Aschenputtel, Op. 33: IV. Der Prinz und der Ritt mit den Bösen Schwestern3:5810Aschenputtel, Op. 33: V. Aschenputtels Hochzeitpolonaise und Bauerntanz2:5811Das Seejungfräulein (The Little Mermaid), Op. 1516:202015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:11:50
1String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 7: I. Leidenschaftlich bewegt9:182String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 7: II. Langsam, mit Ausdruck10:063String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 7: III. Mäßig bewegt6:594String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 7: IV. Thema mit Variationen. In mäßiger, ruhiger Bewegung10:385String Quartet no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 11: I. Andante con moto7:336String Quartet no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 11: II. Allegro vivace7:517String Quartet no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 11: III. Adagio ma non troppo e con molta expressione12:338String Quartet no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 11: IV. Allegro6:522016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:05:20
1String Quartet no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 11: I. Andante con moto7:352String Quartet no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 11: II. Allegro vivace7:313String Quartet no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 11: III. Adagio ma non troppo e con molta espressione8:094String Quartet no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 11: IV. Allegro6:525String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 7: I. Leidenschaftlich bewegt8:296String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 7: II. Langsam, mit Ausdruck8:557String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 7: III. Mässig bewegt6:538String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 7: IV. Thema mit Variationen10:56
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | TieflandSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 2:19:16Disc 1 1Tiefland: Vorspiel, Szene 1. „Ohe! Ohe!“ … Pedros Traumerzählung: „Wie ich nun gestern Abend“ (Nando, Pedro, Sebastianos Stimme)12:57 2Tiefland: Vorspiel, Szene 2. „Ist Pedro nicht hier?“ (Sebastiano, Nando, Marta, Pedro)3:10 3Tiefland: Vorspiel, Szene 3. „Na, mein Pedro, sag’ mir mal“ (Sebastiano, Pedro, Tommaso)3:59 4Tiefland: Vorspiel, Szene 4. „Hast du’s gehört? Ich krieg’ ein Weib“ (Pedro, Nando)8:01 5Tiefland: Akt I, Szene 1: „Sag’ uns doch, ist es wahr?“ (Pepa, Antonia, Rosalia, Moruccio)2:42 6Tiefland: Akt I, Szene 2: „Da bin ich! Alle Hühner hab’ ich in“ (Nuri, Antonia, Pepa, Frauen, Moruccio)7:25 7Tiefland: Akt I, Szene 3: „Oh, sie ist fort! “(Nuri, Pepa, Rosalia, Antonia, Frauen, Marta)5:55 8Tiefland: Akt I, Szene 4: „Sein bin ich, sein! Sein Eigentum!“ (Marta)3:03 9Tiefland: Akt I, Szene 5: „Er kommt! Er kommt!“ (Bauern, Nuri, Pepa, Antonia, Rosalia, Moruccio, Tommaso)3:31 10Tiefland: Akt I, Szene 6: „Da ist er, seht nur!“ (Pepa, Rosalia, Antonia, Bauern, Pedro, Tommaso, Moruccio)2:23 11Tiefland: Akt I, Szene 7: „Ist Pedro noch nicht da?“ (Sebastiano, Pepa, Pedro, Tommaso, Marta, Nuri, Rosalia, Antonia, Männer, Frauen)6:14 12Tiefland: Akt I, Szene 8: „Marta!“ (Sebastiano, Marta)6:24 13Tiefland: Akt I, Szene 9: „Er will kein Stutzer sein“ (Männer, Frauen, Pedro, Sebastiano, Marta, Nuri, Tommaso)3:47 Disc 21Tiefland: Akt I, Szene 10: „Was suchst du noch, Moruccio?“ (Sebastiano, Moruccio, Tomasso)5:33 2Tiefland: Akt I, Szene 11: „Das Fest ist vorbei“ (Pedro, Marta)15:24 3Tiefland: Akt II, Szene 1: „Die Sterne gingen zur Ruh“ (Nuri, Pedro)5:03 4Tiefland: Akt II, Szene 2: „Da ist Marta. Nun will ich gehen“ (Nuri, Pedro, Marta)3:34 5Tiefland: Akt II, Szene 3: „Wo willst du hin?“ (Tommaso, Marta)12:59 6Tiefland: Akt II, Szene 4: „Da ist Tommaso. Er muss reden“ (Pepa, Antonia, Rosalia, Tommaso, Nuri)0:42 7Tiefland: Akt II, Szene 5: „Ei, so mürrisch, so verdriesslich!“ (Pepa, Rosalia, Antonia, Pedro, Frauen, Nuri)2:18 8Tiefland: Akt II, Szene 6: „Das Essen ist da“ (Marta, Pedro)11:37 9Tiefland: Akt II, Szene 7: „Recht guten Tag! Was gibt es Neues?“ (Sebastiano, Pedro, Bauern, Marta)3:40 10Tiefland: Akt II, Szene 8: „Was wollt lhr, he?“ (Sebastiano, Tommaso, Marta)4:05 11Tiefland: Akt II, Szene 9: „Da bin ich, und ich entreiss sie dir!“ (Pedro, Marta, Sebastiano)2:18 12Tiefland: Akt II, Szene 10: „He, Burschen, her! lhr Frauen, kommt!“ (Pedro, Bauern, Pepa, Rosalia, Tommaso, Marta)2:32 | Live | 2003 | |
| 2017 | Masters of the Roll: Rare Original Recordings From the Reproducing Piano by the Great masters of Classical Piano 1904 - 1935: A 32 CD Catalogue: Disc 11Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:04:541Impromptu in G major, op. 90 no. 35:00 2Ballade in F major, op. 38 no. 25:59 3Nocturne in B major, op. 9 no. 35:50 4Passacaglia in C minor9:51 5Airs from "Tiefland"7:30 6"General Lavine" Preludes BK. 2 no. 62:36 7Bagatelle in B minor, op. 126 no. 43:39 8Piano Sonata no. 27 in E minor, op. 9012:38 9Etude in Form of a Waltz, op. 52 no. 66:43 10Waltz Impromptu in A major5:08 | Compilation | 6 October 2017 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Eugen d'Albert head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 37 | 93.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 16 | 85.4th |
| Studio albums | 14 | 94th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | -62 | 6th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
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Tier rule: historic figure (37 language versions, career ended)
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Wikidata: Q57178 · MusicBrainz: 8ffe6384-503b-42c3-bd1e-88aba0918fe2
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