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Friedrich Kiel
12+ albums
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Friedrich Kiel (Bad Laasphe, Puderbach, 8 October 1821 – 14 September 1885, Berlin) was a German composer and music teacher. Writing of the chamber music of Friedrich Kiel, the famous scholar and critic Wilhelm Altmann notes that it was Kiel’s extreme modesty which kept him and his exceptional works from receiving the consideration they deserved. After mentioning Brahms and others, Altmann writes, “He produced a number of chamber works, which . . . need fear no comparison.” Kiel was taught the rudiments of music and received his first piano lessons from his father, but was in large part self-taught. Something of a prodigy, he played the piano almost without instruction at the age of six, and by his thirteenth year he had composed much music. Kiel eventually came to the attention of Prince Wittgenstein, a great music lover. Through the Prince's efforts, Kiel was allowed to study violin with the concertmaster of the Prince’s fine orchestra with which he later performed as a soloist. Kiel was also given theory lessons from the renowned flautist Kaspar Kummer. By 1840, the eighteen year old Kiel was court conductor and the music teacher to the prince’s children. Two years later, Louis Spohr heard him and arranged for a scholarship which allowed Kiel to study in Berlin with the renowned theorist and teacher Siefried Dehn. In Berlin, Kiel eventually became sought after as an instructor. In 1866, he received a teaching position at the prestigious Stern conservatory, where he taugh
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Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 76: I. Allegro maestoso attacca
2542Fantasia No. 2 in B Minor
413Piano Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 43: II. Adagio con moto
3443 Pieces for cello & piano, Op.12 - I. Allegretto [Hans Zentgraf cello, Christoph Ullrich piano]
305Piano Quartet No. 2 in E major, Op. 44: III. Largo ma non troppo
266Fantasia No. 3 in C Minor
267Piano Quartet No. 3 in G major, Op. 50: III. Presto assai
238Piano Quartet No. 3 in G major, Op. 50: II. Andante quasi allegretto
2393 Pieces for cello & piano, Op.12 - II. Allegretto scherzando [Hans Zentgraf cello, Christoph Ullrich piano]
2310Piano Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 43: I. Allegro moderato con spirito
20albums
KIEL: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 and 2
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Kiel: Piano Quartets Nos. 1-3
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Friedrich Kiel: Piano Trios
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Friedrich Kiel: Requiem F-Moll, Op. 20
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, vol. 31
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Kiel, F.: Missa Solemnis, Op. 40 / Ouverture A Grand Orchestre
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Brahms / Reinecke / Herzogenberg / Kiel / Fuchs / Sitt: Viola Works
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Friedrich Kiel (Ein Komponistenporträt)
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Kiel: Requiem in F Minor, Op. 20
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Friedrich Kiel - Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2
Variations & Fugue in F Minor, Op. 17
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Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2