Robert Fuchs - Cello Sonata No.2 in E-flat minor

Robert Fuchs(로베르트 푹스) 

 

로베르트 푹스(1847-1927) :오스트리아 . 작곡가이지만 음악교수로서 더 유명하다.  비엔나음악원의 음악이론교수였으며  제자로는 구스타브 말러, 휴고 볼프, 얀 시벨리우스, 알렉산더 폰 쳄린스키, 에리히 코른골트, 프란츠 슈미트, 리하르트 호이버거, 레오 팔, 에르키 멜라르틴(Erkki Melartin), 레오 아셔(Leo Ascher)등이 있다.

Cello Sonata No.2 in E-flat minor

Part 2 of our Bootleg Brahms series in which we present the works of composers who were contemporaries of Brahms and who's music would pair nicely or even replace Brahms's recital repertoire, but these composers are no where near as well known in today's world.

Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927)
Cello Sonata No.2 in e-flat minor Op.83 (1909)
Johannes Moser (cello)
Paul Rivinius (piano)

Robert Fuchs was born near the Styrian capital of Graz and attended the University of Vienna Conservatory studying with Otto Dessoff and Joseph Hellmesberger. By 1875, he himself was teaching at the Conservatory, eventually rising to the rank of Professor of Composition. He was one of the most famous and revered teachers of his time. Mahler, Sibelius, Hugo Wolf, Franz Schmidt, Alexander Zemlinsky, Franz Schrecker and Richard Heuberger were among his many students. That his compositions did not become better known was largely due to the fact that he did little to promote them, living a quiet life in Vienna and refusing to arrange concerts, even when the opportunity arose, in other cities. He certainly had his admirers, including many famous conductors such as Arthur Nikisch, Felix Weingartner and Hans Richter, who championed his works when they had the opportunity.

The Sonata No.2 for Violoncello and Piano in e flat minor was published in 1907. It looks back to the Vienna of the 1880's and 1890's, genial and lyrical and gives no ground to the developments of the Second Vienna School. In three movements, the work opens with a leisurely but intense Allegro moderato assai. The second movement, Adagio con sentimento, has a valedictory, autumnal mood. The finale, Allegro vivace, could almost be styled a tribute to his friend Johannes Brahms.