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Bernhard Stavenhagen
12+ albums
pianogermancomposerClassicalromantic period
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Bernhard Stavenhagen (November 24, 1862 - December 25, 1914) was a German pianist, composer and conductor. His musical style was influenced by Franz Liszt, and as a conductor he was a strong advocate of new music. Born in Greiz, he commenced piano study in 1868. His family moved to Berlin in 1874 where he began studying with Theodor Kullak. He entered university there in 1878, privately studying composition with Friedrich Kiel. In 1885 Stavenhagen became a pupil of Franz Liszt in Weimar, travelling with him to Rome, Budapest, Paris, London and Bayreuth. After Liszt's death in 1886 Stavenhagen embarked on a ten-year series of piano concert tours in Europe and to North America. In April 1890 he was appointed court pianist to the Grand Duke of Sachsen-Weimar and the following July he married Agnes Denninghof (better known as Agnes Denis-Stavenhagen, 1860-1945), a soprano with the Weimar Court Opera. In 1893 he composed his Third Piano Concerto in B minor. He fulfilled conducting appointments in Weimar, where he was appointed court Kapellmeister and conducted Weimar premieres of six new operas in eighteen months, and from 1898 a similar appointment in Munich. Then in 1907 he moved to Geneva, taking over the piano master classes at the Conservatoire there until his death in 1914. In subscription concerts he conducted premieres of works by composers ranging from Richard Strauss, Hans Pfitzner and Gustav Mahler to Arnold Schoenberg, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. After his de
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 4: III. Erstes Zeitmaß. Sehr leidenschaftlich
16219 Polish Songs, Op. 74 (arr. F. Liszt): 19 Polish Songs, Op. 74: No. 5. Gdzie lubi (There where she loves) (arr. F. Liszt)
163Piano Concerto in B minor, Op. 4: I. Sehr energisch und lebhaft
154Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 4: I. Sehr energisch und lebhaft
155Piano Concerto in B minor, Op. 4: II. Adagio
136Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 4: II. Adagio
137Liebestraume, S541/R211: No. 3. Nocturne in A-Flat Major (Welte-Mignon piano roll recording)
1283 Pieces, Op. 5: No. 3. Menuetto scherzando
129Piano Concerto in B Minor, Op. 4: III. Erstes Zeitmaß - Sehr leidenschaftlich
10103 Pieces, Op. 5: No. 3, Menuetto scherzando
9albums
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Great Piano Transcriptions from the Golden Age
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The Caswell Collection, Vol. 10 (1905-1926)
Piano Rolls and Discs, Selected Comparisons (1927)
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Allegro Maestoso. Heritage Chopin and Beethoven
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Romantic Piano Concertos
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Greatest Pianists Performing on Piano Roll
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Romantic Piano Concero, Vol. 4 (Liszt / D'albert / Bronsart / Raff / Mosonyi / Stavenhagen)
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Women At The Piano - An Anthology Of Historic Performances, Vol. 1 (1926-1952)
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Great Piano Transcriptions from the Golden-Age
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Liszt Students Play Liszt (Disc 1)
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Kunstlerleben. Piano Music from the Golden Age
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Piano Concerto No.1, Op.4