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Eduard Franck
12+ albums
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Eduard Franck (1817–1893) was born in Breslau, the capital of the Prussian province of Silesia. He was the fourth child of a wealthy and cultivated banker who exposed his children to the best and brightest that Germany had to offer. Frequenters to the Franck home included such luminaries as Heine, Humboldt, Heller, Mendelssohn, and Wagner. His family’s financial position allowed Franck to study with Mendelssohn as a private student in Dusseldorf and later in Leipzig. As a talented pianist, he embarked upon a dual career as a concert artist and teacher for more than four decades during the course of which he held many positions. Although he was highly regarded as both a teacher and performer, he never achieved the public recognition of his better known contemporaries such as Mendelssohn, Schumann or Liszt. As fine a pianist as the first two and perhaps even a better teacher, the fact that he failed to publish very many of his compositions until toward the end of his life, in part, explains why he was not better known. Said to be a perfectionist, he continually delayed releasing his works until they were polished to his demanding standards. Schumann, among others, thought quite highly of the few works he did publish during the first part of his life. His chamber music is generally considered amongst his finest compositions. Of the works with opus numbers, there are 3 string quartets, 2 string quintets for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello, 2 string sextets, 3 piano trios, a piano
top songs
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String Quintet in C major, Op. 51: Andante Con Variationi
1322Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 57: II. Adagio molto Espressivo
423Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 13: I. Allegro con fuoco
294Adagio espressivo aus der Sinfonie A-Dur Op.47
275Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E Major: I. Allegro (1835)
266Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 57: Adagio molto espressivo
267Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Major: I. Allegro maestoso, quasi fantasia
218Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 13: II. Andantino con moto ed espressione
199Piano Trio In E Minor Op. 11: Allegro Moderato Con Espressione
1910Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E Major: II. Andante (1835)
16albums
Eduard Franck: String Quintets (Eduard Franck: String Quintet in E Minor, Op. 15 & String Quintet in C Major, Op. 51)
Eduard Franck: Orchestral Works II
Eduard Franck: Piano Trios
E. Franck: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
E. Franck: Piano Trios
Franck: Piano Trio, Op. 22 - Cello & Violin Sonatas
Eduard Franck: Orchesterwerke (Orchestral Works)
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Eduard Franck: String Quintets (Eduard Franck: String Quintet in E Minor, Op. 15 & String Q
Eduard Franck: String Quartet And Piano Quintet
Eduard Franck: Orchestral Works ('Der römische Carneval', Konzertstück für Violine und Orchester, Fantasie für Orchester, Concert Ouvertüre für großes Orchester)
Eduard Franck: String Sextets, Op. 41 & Op. 50
Eduard Franck: String Quartets