Emánuel Moór - Triple Concerto, in D minor, Op. 70 (1908)

Emánuel Moór.

 

(19 February 1863 – 20 October 1931)

was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and inventor of musical instruments. He was a close friend of Pablo Casals.

Triple Concerto, in D minor, Op. 70 (1908)

Dedication: à Alfred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud et Pablo Casals

I. Allegro, molto moderato (0:00​) II. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato (12:59​) III. Adagio (21:15​) IV. Allegro con brio (26:59​)

The Storioni Tiro and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern conducted by Pablo Gonzales Members of Storioni Trio: Bart van de Roer, piano; Wouter Vossen, violin & Marc Vossen, cello

 

Moór was born in Kecskemét, Hungary, and studied in Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Between 1885 and 1897 he toured Europe as a soloist and ventured as far afield as the United States. Besides five operas and eight symphonies his output also included: concertos for piano (4), violin (4), cello (2), viola, and harp; a triple concerto for violin, cello, and piano; chamber music; a requiem; and numerous lieder. Moór's opuses total to 151 to his credit including eight symphonies. He died, aged 68, in Chardonne, Switzerland. His best-known invention was the Emánuel Moór Pianoforte, which consisted of two keyboards lying one above each other and allowed, by means of a tracking device, one hand to play a spread of two octaves. The double keyboard pianoforte was promoted extensively in concerts throughout Europe and the United States by Moór's second wife, the British pianist Winifred Christie.