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Xaver Scharwenka
Person · male · Kingdom of Prussia · Szamotuły · born 1850 · died 1924 · recording since 1992
German pianist, composer and teacher (1850-1924)
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Also known as Franz Xaver Scharwenka · 克萨韦尔·沙尔文卡
Timeline
15 events▣ Album 12◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1850s
1920s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Piano Works, Volume 1
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Piano Trio no. 1 / Cello Sonata / Violin Sonata / Serenade for Violin and Piano
Album
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2000s
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Album: The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 33: Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 56 / Piano Concerto no. 3, op. 80
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography1,377 words · 9 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1351353953
Biography
Theophil Franz Xaver Scharwenka (6 January 1850 – 8 December 1924) was a German pianist, composer and teacher of Polish descent. He was the brother of Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917), who was also a composer and teacher of music.
Life and career
Scharwenka was born in 1850 in Samter, Prussia (Polish: Szamotuły; until 1793 and since 1919 part of Poland). His paternal ancestors originally came from Prague, then moved to Frankfurt on the Oder in 1696 - probably for reasons of faith - and settled thereafter in Samter. His father, August Wilhelm, was a gifted master-builder but decidedly did not have an ear for music. His mother, née Golisch, was an ethnic Pole from a family of some means, who was musically inclined and early on instilled in her children a love of music. Although he began learning to play the piano by ear when he was 3, Scharwenka did not start formal music studies until he was 15, when his family moved to Berlin and he enrolled at the Akademie der Tonkunst. Under Theodor Kullak, his pianistic skills developed rapidly, and he made his debut at the Singakademie in 1869. He taught at the academy until entering military service in 1873. Upon his discharge in 1874, Scharwenka began touring as a concert pianist. Praised for the beauty of his tone, he became a renowned interpreter of the music of Frédéric Chopin.
In 1881 Scharwenka organized a successful annual series of chamber and solo concerts at the Singakademie in conjunction with Gustav Holländer and Heinrich Grünfeld. That October he founded his own music school in Berlin. In 1886, he conducted the first in a series of orchestral concerts devoted to the music of Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt and Ludwig van Beethoven while continuing to tour extensively and play his works in collaboration with other artists such as the conductor Hans Richter and the violinist Joseph Joachim. This triple role as pianist, composer and educator would occupy Scharwenka for the rest of his career.
In 1891, Scharwenka made his first tour of America. Deciding to emigrate, he opened a New York branch of his Scharwenka Music School. In 1893 the Berlin Scharwenka Conservatory was united with the Klindworth Conservatory, and in 1898 he returned there as Director, from New York. In 1914, with W. Petzet, he opened a School of Music with a piano teachers' seminary attached.
Among pianists who received some instruction from him were José Vianna da Motta, Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl and Selmar Janson. See: List of music students by teacher: R to S#Xaver Scharwenka. His Methodik des Klavierspiels was published in Leipzig in 1907.
Sometime in the very early 1900s he conducted Felix Mendelssohn's G minor Concerto, at which the composer and pianist Marthe Servine made her debut.
Scharwenka made several recordings for Columbia Records in 1910 and 1913, including works of his own, as well as pieces by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Weber and Liszt: his account of Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu (Op. posth. 66) is admired. His playing is also preserved on Welte-Mignon and Hupfeld piano rolls, including the Chopin A-flat Waltz, Op 42, and the F minor Fantaisie (Op. 49), his performance of which was famous. Some of his Hupfeld rolls were also converted for the American Ampico reproducing piano.
Music
Scharwenka's own compositions include an opera (Mataswintha), a symphony, four piano concertos, chamber music (all with piano part) and numerous piano pieces; his piano idiom somewhat resembles Schumann and Rachmaninoff.
The four piano concertos are substantial works. The first, in B-flat minor, Op. 32, was completed in 1874 and premiered the following year. It was originally written as a solo piano fantasy, but Scharwenka was dissatisfied, and reworked it with orchestra into this form. Franz Liszt accepted the dedication and performed it in Berlin. Its first recording was made in 1968 with Earl Wild and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Erich Leinsdorf. Wild had learned the concerto as a boy under Selmar Janson, who had studied it directly with the composer. When Leinsdorf asked Wild to record the concerto, he was able to say "I've been waiting by the phone for forty years for someone to ask me to play this".
The fourth concerto, in F minor, Op. 82 (1908), was premiered on 18 October 1908 in the Beethovensaal, Berlin, with Scharwenka's student Martha Siebold as the soloist and the composer himself conducting.
Scharwenka's works were neglected for some years after his death; however, his "Polish Dance No. 1" in E-flat minor, Op. 3, No. 1, remained popular. Since the mid-1990s, however, interest in his music has been rekindled, and recordings of most of his works are now commercially available.
The recording of his Fourth Piano Concerto played by Stephen Hough with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster was voted Record of the Year by the British music magazine Gramophone in 1996. His Symphony in C minor, Op. 60, received its CD premiere in 2004.
Concertos
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 32 (1876)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 56 (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 80 (1889)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 82 (1908)
Orchestral
Overture in C minor, ScharWV 123 (1869)
Andante religioso, Op. 46a/ScharWV 120, the composer's arrangement of the Cello Sonata (1881)
Symphony in C minor, Op. 60/ScharWV 121 (1885)
Opera
Mataswintha, ScharWV 150 (1896), opera in 3 acts with libretto by Ernst Koppel after Felix Dahn
Chamber music
Piano Trio No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 (1868)
Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 2 (1868)
Piano Quartet in F major, Op. 37 (1876-1877?)
Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 46 (1877)
Piano Trio No. 2 in A minor, Op. 45 (1878)
Serenade for violin and piano, Op. 70 (1895)
Piano
5 Polish Dances, Op. 3
Scherzo in G major, Op. 4
Stories at the Piano, Op. 5
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C-sharp minor, Op. 6 (1872)
Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op. 12
Barcarolle in E minor, Op. 14
Impromptu in D major, Op. 17
2 Piano Pieces, Op. 22: Novelette, Melodie
Valse-Caprice in A major, Op. 31
Piano Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 36 (1878)
Dance Suites, Op. 41
Polonaise, Op. 42
Polish Dances, Op. 47
Theme and Variations, Op. 48
4 Polish Dances, Op. 58: Moderato, Lento, Allegro non tanto, Moderato
Eglantine Waltz, Op. 84
3 Piano Pieces, Op. 86: Nocturne, Serenade, Maerchen
Ballade in B Minor, Op. 8
Selected discography
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 32 played by Earl Wild with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. Recorded in 1969. (As LP, RCA Red Seal SB 6815.) CD also contains Paderewski's Piano Concerto and Balakirev's Fantasia on Themes by Glinka (Elan Recordings no. 22660).
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 32 played by Marc-André Hamelin with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Stern. Recorded in 2005. CD also contains Anton Rubinstein's Piano Concerto No. 4 (Hyperion Records no. 67508).
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 32 played by Seta Tanyel with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Yuri Simonov. CD also contains Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the same orchestra conducted by Carlo Rizzi. The recording was made for the now defunct label Collins Classics (No. 12632).
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 56 played by Michael Ponti with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Kapp. Issued in 1971 as LP, VOX Candide STGBY 651. Also contains Scherzo Op. 4, Erzählung am Klavier No 2, Op. 5, Novelette Op. 22, No. 1, and Polonaise, Op 42.
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 80 played by Seta Tanyel with the Radio Philharmonie Hannover conducted by Tadeusz Strugała. Recorded in 1996. CD also contains Piano Concerto No. 2 (Hyperion no. 67365). This recording is a rerelease of a Collins Classics CD.
Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 82 played by Stephen Hough with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster. Recorded in 1995. CD also contains Emil von Sauer's Piano Concerto No. 1 (Hyperion no. 66790).
Complete Piano Concertos played by Alexander Markovitch with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10814(2)) 2014.
Symphony in C minor, Op. 60 (1885). Gävle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher Fifield (Sterling 1060-2).
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 | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 13 | 84th |
| Studio albums | 12 | 92.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 15 | 91.2th |
| Recording span (years) | -68 | 5.8th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (13 release groups · 12 studio albums)
Albums · 12
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:03:06
1Piano Sonata no. 1 in C-sharp minor, op. 6: I. Allegro passionato5:302Piano Sonata no. 1 in C-sharp minor, op. 6: II. Scherzo vivacissimo3:313Piano Sonata no. 1 in C-sharp minor, op. 6: III. Cantabile3:014Piano Sonata no. 1 in C-sharp minor, op. 6: IV. Allegro molto agitato7:125Impromptu in D major, op. 175:376Five Polish Dances, op. 3: I. Con fuoco3:237Five Polish Dances, op. 3: II. Non troppo allegro e con intimissimo sentimento2:388Five Polish Dances, op. 3: III. Vivace2:509Five Polish Dances, op. 3: IV. Appassionato3:1710Five Polish Dances, op. 3: V. Con fuoco3:0011Polonaise in C-sharp minor, op. 126:0312"Eglantine" Waltz, op. 844:4413Polonaise in F minor, op. 425:3614Valse-Caprice in A major, op. 316:441993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:03:28
1Four Polish Dances, op. 58: No. 1. Moderato5:462Four Polish Dances, op. 58: No. 2. Lento6:163Four Polish Dances, op. 58: No. 3. Allegro non tanto3:474Four Polish Dances, op. 58: No. 4. Moderato5:415Scherzo in G major, op. 45:246Barcarolle in E minor, op. 147:057Novelette und Melodie, op. 22: Novelette4:178Novelette und Melodie, op. 22: Melodie4:479Variations for Piano, op. 48: Theme: Andante con moto0:5410Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 1: Un poco più mosso0:5111Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 2: Più animato0:1912Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 3: Non legato0:2713Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 4: Tempo primo2:1914Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 5: Tempo primo1:0815Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 6: Energico e con passione1:0216Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 7: Lento1:4317Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 8: Andantino2:2718Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 9: Grave1:1219Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 10: Allegretto0:3920Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 11: Vivace0:3821Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 12: Allegro con fuoco1:0822Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 13: Adagio2:1623Variations for Piano, op. 48: Variation 14: Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco2:0524Variations for Piano, op. 48: Tempo primo: Andante1:171993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:05:50
1Romanzero, op. 33: I. Allegro con fuoco7:402Romanzero, op. 33: II. Adagio3:393Romanzero, op. 33: III. Vivace4:104Romanzero, op. 33: IV. Allegro4:555Sonatine in E minor, op. 52 no. 1: I. Allegro moderato4:506Sonatine in E minor, op. 52 no. 1: II. Tempo di menuetto2:317Sonatine in E minor, op. 52 no. 1: III. Allegro3:338Two Polish Dances, op. 29: I. Vivace con fuoco3:319Two Polish Dances, op. 29: II. Moderato4:3810Piano Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 36: I. Allegro maestoso8:1711Piano Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 36: II. Allegro non troppo ma passionato4:2812Piano Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 36: III. Adagio6:3213Piano Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 36: IV. Allegro non tanto ma con brio7:06Piano Quartet / Piano Trio no. 2
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:16:10
1Piano Quartet in F major, op. 37: I. Allegro moderato11:192Piano Quartet in F major, op. 37: II. Adagio12:353Piano Quartet in F major, op. 37: III. Allegro vivace6:384Piano Quartet in F major, op. 37: IV. Allegro con fuoco8:285Piano Trio no. 2 in A minor, op. 45: I. Allegro non troppo12:286Piano Trio no. 2 in A minor, op. 45: II. Adagio11:307Piano Trio no. 2 in A minor, op. 45: III. Molto allegro4:538Piano Trio no. 2 in A minor, op. 45: IV. Allegro con fuoco8:19Piano Trio no. 1 / Cello Sonata / Violin Sonata / Serenade for Violin and Piano
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:16:27
1Piano Trio no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1: I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro con brio9:392Piano Trio no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1: II. Andantino quasi allegretto5:593Piano Trio no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1: III. Scherzo: Vivace4:004Piano Trio no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1: IV. Finale: Allegro molto quasi presto5:535Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro appassionato9:136Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 2: II. Romanze: Andante con moto6:197Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 2: III. Finale: Presto agitato5:488Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 46a: I. Allegro ma non troppo8:169Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 46a: II. Andante6:5110Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 46a: III. Vivace ma non troppo6:1011Serenade for Violin and Piano, op. 708:191996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 31 tracks · 1:12:01
1Four Polish Dances, op. 47: No. 1. Con fuoco3:222Four Polish Dances, op. 47: No. 2. Lento ed espressivo2:573Four Polish Dances, op. 47: No. 3. Vivo3:154Four Polish Dances, op. 47: No. 4. Con fuoco4:025Zwei Klavierstücke, op. 65: No. 1. Menuett4:266Zwei Klavierstücke, op. 65: No. 2. Scherzo3:387Six Waltzes, op. 28: No. 1. Passionato1:378Six Waltzes, op. 28: No. 2. Lento - Più vivace - Passionato2:049Six Waltzes, op. 28: No. 3. Animato0:5710Six Waltzes, op. 28: No. 4. Non troppo allegro2:1711Six Waltzes, op. 28: No. 5. Lento - Più animato2:0512Six Waltzes, op. 28: No. 6. Vivace2:0113Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Theme: Andante1:0414Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 1: Un poco più mosso0:5315Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 2: L'istesso tempo0:4516Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 3: Più mosso (quasi allegro)0:3817Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 4: Allegro0:3018Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 5: Allegro - Sempre ben staccato0:3319Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 6: L'istesso tempo0:4120Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 7: Andante1:4321Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 8: Allegretto0:2522Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 9: Allegretto0:3923Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 10: Molto più lento1:0824Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 11: Quasi fantasia - Lento2:5225Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 12: Allegretto0:4226Variations on a Theme by C H, op. 57: Variation 13: Finale1:1527Drei Klavierstücke, op. 86: No. 1. Nocturne (Langsam - Innig)4:5928Drei Klavierstücke, op. 86: No. 2. Serenade (Allegretto)2:2929Drei Klavierstücke, op. 86: No. 3. Märchen (Langsam - Sehr zart)6:4230Zwei Erzählungen am Klavier, op. 5: No. 1 in D-flat major (Langsam und zart)5:2731Zwei Erzählungen am Klavier, op. 5: No. 2 in F major (Sehr schnell bewegt)5:55The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 33: Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 56 / Piano Concerto no. 3, op. 80
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:18:50
1Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 56: I. Allegro20:402Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 56: II. Adagio10:503Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 56: III. Allegro non troppo9:174Piano Concerto no. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 80: I. Maestoso15:545Piano Concerto no. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 80: II. Adagio9:206Piano Concerto no. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 80: III. Allegro non troppo12:49Piano Concerto no. 4 / Polish National Dances
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:06:59
1Piano Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 82: I. Allegro patetico19:232Piano Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 82: II. Intermezzo. Allegretto molto tranquillo6:583Piano Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 82: III. Lento maestoso9:174Piano Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 82: IV. Allegro con fuoco6:525Mataswintha: Overture3:566Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 46: II. Andante religioso (for harp, organ and strings, op. 46a)3:427Polish Dances, op. 3: No. 1 in E-flat minor3:048Polish Dances, op. 9: No. 3 in B-flat minor7:129Polish Dances, op. 47: No. 3 in B-flat major6:352014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 2:19:37
1Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 32, Scharw. 125: I. Allegro patetico - Più animato - Tempo I - Più animato - Largamente - Adagio - Allegro animato - Tempo I10:392Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 32, Scharw. 125: II. [Scherzo]. Allegro assai7:063Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 32, Scharw. 125: III. Allegro non tanto - Molto più vivo - Molto più lento - Quasi adagio - Allegro molto e passionato - Meno mosso (ma un poco) - Cadenza. Maestoso. Senza tempo - Allegro patetico (come primo)12:214Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 56, Scharw. 126: I. Allegro - Un poco meno mosso - Cadenza - Tempo I - Più lento - Poco più animato - Un poco più lento - Poco più animato - Cadenza - Tempo I (un poco moderato)18:565Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 56, Scharw. 126: II. Adagio10:226Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 56, Scharw. 126: III. Allegro non troppo - Più mosso8:557Concerto no. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 80, Scharw. 127: I. Maestoso - Cadenza. Poco più animato - Poco meno mosso - Meno mosso - Poco più lento - Tempo I - Più mosso14:068Concerto no. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 80, Scharw. 127: II. Adagio -6:419Concerto no. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 80, Scharw. 127: Allegro non troppo - Meno mosso - Poco più lento, quasi Andante - Allegro non troppo - Meno mosso - Poco più lento, quasi Andante - Maestoso10:4110Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 82, Scharw. 128: I. Allegro patetico - Molto più lento - Poco meno mosso - Più lento - Tempo I. Anfangs etwas breit - Tempo I, poco sostenuto - Molto più lento - Tempo I ma tranquillo - Tempo I. Anfangs etwas breit19:4611Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 82, Scharw. 128: II. Intermezzo. Allegretto molto tranquillo - Un poco più animato - Cadenza. Un poco più mosso - Schnell, heftig - Quasi andante - Tempo I6:5112Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 82, Scharw. 128: III. Lento, mesto [Lento maestoso] -6:4113Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 82, Scharw. 128: Allegro con fuoco [Allegro non troppo] - Un poco più animato - Poco piú mosso [Vivace]6:322014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:06:07
1Grand Sonata for Piano in G major, op. 37: I. Moderato e risoluto11:122Grand Sonata for Piano in G major, op. 37: II. Andante non troppo quasi moderato9:363Grand Sonata for Piano in G major, op. 37: III. Scherzo. Allegro giocoso2:314Grand Sonata for Piano in G major, op. 37: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace6:025Romanze in F minor, op. 55:056Aveu passionné in E minor2:167Piano Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 36: I. Allegro maestoso7:458Piano Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 36: II. Allegro non troppo ma passionato4:019Piano Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 36: III. Adagio6:2910Piano Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 36: IV. Allegro non tanto, ma con brio6:2811'Im Freien', 5 Tonbilder, op. 38: No. 1. Moderato grazioso2:2212'Im Freien', 5 Tonbilder, op. 38: No. 2. Nocturne. Andante cantabile2:20Piano Concerto no. 1 / Symphony C minor
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:09:46
1Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 32: I. Allegro patetico10:432Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 32: II. Allegro assai7:533Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 32: III. Allegro non tanto12:084Symphony in C minor, op. 60: I. Andante - Allegro non troppo13:475Symphony in C minor, op. 60: II. Allegro molto quasi presto6:356Symphony in C minor, op. 60: III. Adagio8:437Symphony in C minor, op. 60: IV. Allegro molto quasi presto – Adagio – Tempo I – Allegro molto9:572025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:10:10
1Suite for Violin & Piano in G minor, op. 99: I. Toccata7:372Suite for Violin & Piano in G minor, op. 99: II. Ballade6:353Suite for Violin & Piano in G minor, op. 99: III. Intermezzo3:194Suite for Violin & Piano in G minor, op. 99: IV. Recitativ & Tarantella7:215Serenade for Violin & Piano, op. 707:436Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro appassionato8:147Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 2: II. Romanze. Andante con moto5:138Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 2: III. Finale. Presto agitato5:339Violin Sonata no. 2 in E minor, op. 114: I. Allegro moderato7:5310Violin Sonata no. 2 in E minor, op. 114: II. Andante tranquillo5:3211Violin Sonata no. 2 in E minor, op. 114: III. Finale. Allegro animato5:10
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| 2002 | The Complete Chamber MusicSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 2:32:37Disc 1 1Piano Trio no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1: I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro con brio9:39 2Piano Trio no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1: II. Andantino quasi allegretto5:59 3Piano Trio no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1: III. Scherzo: Vivace4:00 4Piano Trio no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1: IV. Finale: Allegro molto quasi presto5:53 5Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro appassionato9:13 6Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 2: II. Romanze: Andante con moto6:19 7Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 2: III. Finale: Presto agitato5:48 8Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 46a: I. Allegro ma non troppo8:16 9Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 46a: II. Andante6:51 10Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 46a: III. Vivace ma non troppo6:10 11Serenade for Violin and Piano, op. 708:19 Disc 21Piano Quartet in F major, op. 37: I. Allegro moderato11:19 2Piano Quartet in F major, op. 37: II. Adagio12:35 3Piano Quartet in F major, op. 37: III. Allegro vivace6:38 4Piano Quartet in F major, op. 37: IV. Allegro con fuoco8:28 5Piano Trio no. 2 in A minor, op. 45: I. Allegro non troppo12:28 6Piano Trio no. 2 in A minor, op. 45: II. Adagio11:30 7Piano Trio no. 2 in A minor, op. 45: III. Molto allegro4:53 8Piano Trio no. 2 in A minor, op. 45: IV. Allegro con fuoco8:19 | Compilation | 18 November 2002 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Xaver Scharwenka head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 13 | 84th |
| Studio albums | 12 | 92.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 15 | 91.2th |
| Recording span (years) | -68 | 5.8th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scharwenka1882.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9737c5c6-8613-4d38-81dc-07561a512bc7discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9737c5c6-8613-4d38-81dc-07561a512bc7core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q703370genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q703370seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xaver_Scharwenkabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xaver_Scharwenka
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q703370 · MusicBrainz: 9737c5c6-8613-4d38-81dc-07561a512bc7
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