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Ferdinand Hiller
12+ albums
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Ferdinand (von) Hiller (24 October 1811 – 11 May 1885) was a German composer, conductor, writer and music-director. Ferdinand Hiller was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Frankfurt am Main, where his father Justus (originally Isaac Hildesheim) was a merchant in English textiles – a business eventually continued by Ferdinand’s brother Joseph. Hiller’s talent was discovered early and he was taught by the leading Frankfurt musician Alois Schmitt; at 10 he performed a Mozart concerto in public. In 1822 the 13-year old Felix Mendelssohn entered his life. The Mendelssohn family was at that time staying briefly in Frankfurt and the young Hiller visited them where he was immensely impressed by the playing of Felix, (and even more so by that of his sister Fanny Mendelssohn). When their acquaintance was renewed in 1825 the two boys found an immediate close friendship, which was to last until 1843. Hiller tactfully describes their demarche as arising from "social, and not from personal susceptibilities." But in fact it seems to have been more to do with Hiller’s succession to Mendelssohn as director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1843. From 1825 to 1827 Hiller was a pupil of Johann Nepomuk Hummel in Weimar; while he was with Hummel at Beethoven’s deathbed, Hiller secured a lock of Beethoven's hair. This lock is now at the San Jose State University, after having been sold at Sotheby’s in 1994. From 1828 to 1835 Hiller based himself in Paris, and after that spent time in Ital
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3 Ghazeles, Op. 54: No. 1. Andante con moto
19023 Ghazeles, Op. 54: No. 1, Andante con moto
13433 Ghazeles, Op. 54: Ghazele No. 1
804Serenade for Cello & Piano, Op. 109: III. Capriccietto
685"Zur Guitarre" Impromptu E-Dur Op.97
566Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 69: II. Andante espressivo
507Piano Sonata No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. 59: I. Allegretto grazioso
508Piano Concerto No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 69: II. Andante espressivo
479Alla Polacca gis-moll Op.144 Nr.2
4610Konzertstück, Op. 113
42albums
Hiller: Piano Works
Hiller: Die Zerstörung Jerusalems, Op. 24
Hiller: Piano Quartet No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 133 & Piano Quintet in G Major, Op. 156
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Trois amis à Paris
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Hiller: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 45)
Hiller: Symphony in E Minor, Op. 67 "Es muß doch Frühling werden" & Symphony in F Minor, HWV 2.4.4
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Piano Recital: Tsachor, Uriel - Beethoven, L. / Hiller, F. / Mendelsohn, Felix / Brahms, J. / Kirchner, T. / Dvorak, A. (The Simrock Dynasty, Vol. 1)
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Romantic Piano Concertos
Ferdinand Hiller -Lieder (Jubilee Edition 2011)
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The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 2
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Radio Swiss Classic
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Lollipops for Piano Duet