| Franz Poenitz: Works for harp Laura Vinciguerra - harp with Roberto Petrocchi - Clarinet & Paolo Franceschini - Violin |
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This
is the first volume in a series of Poenitz recordings
on Brilliant Classics performed by Laura Vinciguerra and
contains several works receiving their premiere recordings as well
as a touching tribute by Alfred Holy (1866-1948) one of his colleagues
in the Royal Court Opera in Berlin - a company Poenitz had been
a member of for nearly fifty years.
| Track Listing | ||
| 1. | Todestanz der Willys, Op. 24 | 08:20 |
| 2. | Italienische Romanze, Op. 27 | 04:34 |
| 3. | Drei leichte Stücke, Op. 29: Ständchen | 01:39 |
| 4. | Drei leichte Stücke, Op. 29: Die Spieldose | 01:45 |
| 5. | Drei leichte Stücke, Op. 29: Wiegenliedchen | 01:43 |
| 6. | Romanze 1862, unpublished | 01:59 |
| 7. | Romanze for violin and harp (unpublished) | 04:20 |
| 8. | Klänge aus der Alhambra - Fantasy, Op. 68 | 10:43 |
| 9. | Gebet, Op. 67 | 02:32 |
| 10. | Zwei Salonstücke, Op. 26 for violin and harp: Im Frühling | 02:03 |
| 11. | Zwei Salonstücke, Op. 26 for violin and harp: Venetianisches Gondellied | 04:08 |
| 12. | Nordische Ballade, Op.33 | 14:37 |
| 13. | Capriccio, Op.73 for clarinet and harp | 08:59 |
| 14. | Elegy in memoriam Franz Poenitz, Op.17 | 05:37 |
Franz Poenitz (1850-1912) was born Franz von Burkowitz.
When he was two years old, his mother died in her third childbirth. Her
sister took him with his sister to Berlin, where her husband the violonist
Heinrich Poenitz quickly recognised Franz' talent. First he taught him
violin, but from 1855 on he played the harp. He went on to become one
of the most important virtuoses and composers for the harp. For to honour
what his foster father had done for him he took his name as his stage
name. In 1876 he became one of the first 'Bayreuth Seven', the group
of harpists at the new Festspielhaus built to perform the works of Wagner
in. He was a man of wide interests, skiing, hunting, angling and painting.
He died in Berlin of complications following an appendectomy.
This CD contains several works receiving their premiere recordings as well as
a touching tribute by Alfred Holy (1866-1948) one of his colleagues in the Royal
Court Opera in Berlin - a company Poenitz had been a member of for nearly fifty
years.
Other information
- Rare repertoire of interest to all harpists
- Booklet notes
- World premiere recordings
- New recording
| Title: | Franz Poenitz: Works for harp |
| Artists: | Laura Vinciguerra
- harp Roberto Petrocchi - Clarinet Paolo Franceschini - Violin |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Format: | Audio CD |
| Our Ref: | A0574 |
| MCPS: | 9179 |
| Label: | Brilliant Classica |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Origin: | EU |