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Alfred Grünfeld

p, 1852-1924 AT, Prague
Musician / Composer / Arranger of Classical

Alfred Grünfeld (Prague, July 4, 1852 – January 4, 1924, Vienna) was an Austrian pianist and composer. He was the first pianist of note to make genuine commercial recordings, and a CD featuring many of his tracks is available. His brother was musician Heinrich Grünfeld. His Viennese house is at Getreidemarkt 10, and has a plaque above the door. His grave can be visited in the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.

     
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Soirée de Vienne, Op. 56 (Concert Paraphrase After Johann Strauss) on Soirée de Vienne by Rudolf Buchbinder, Alfred Grünfeld, Otto Schulhof, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin & Franz Liszt
Grünfeld: Soirée de Vienne, Op. 56 (Paraphrase on Waltz Motives from Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus) on Vienna: Joyful Apocalypse by Aurélien Pontier, Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Gustav Mahler, Leopold Godowsky, Maurice Ravel, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Sergei Rachmaninoff
Grünfeld: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 62 (Paraphrase über Johann Strauss' Op. 437) on Strauss, Johann II : Waltz Transcriptions for Piano by Rudolf Buchbinder
Frühlingsstimmen Walzer, Op. 57 (Concert Paraphrase After Johann Strauss) on Grünfeld: Frühlingsstimmen Walzer, Op. 57 by Alfred Grünfeld & Rudolf Buchbinder
Der Lebemann: Diner-Walzer ("Man About Town" Operetta) - Welte-Mignon 193 on Alouettes. Piano Revelations from the Golden Age by Vladimir de Pachmann & Peter Phillips
Piano Pieces, Op. 45: I. Romance on The Condon Collection, Vol. 32 by Various Artists
Grünfeld: Paraphrase über den Frühlingsstimmen-Walzer, Op. 57 (After Johann Strauss' Op. 410) on Strauss, Johann II : Waltz Transcriptions for Piano by Rudolf Buchbinder
春の声 作品 410 (A.グリュンフェルト編曲) on 美しく青きドナウ~ピアノによるウィンナ・ワルツ by Johann Strauss II & Doris Adam
Grünfeld: Soirée de Vienne, Op. 56 (Paraphrase on Waltz Motives from Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus) on Strauss, Johann II : Waltz Transcriptions for Piano by Rudolf Buchbinder
Romanze, Op. 45 No. 1 on The Maiden's Prayer: Piano Music from the 19th-Century Salon by Philip Martin, Christian Sinding, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Antonín Dvořák, Selim Palmgren, Moritz Moszkowski, Anton Rubinstein, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Pietro Domenico Paradisi, George Frideric Handel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jean Sibelius, William Mason, Albert Pieczonka, Edvard Grieg, Victor Herbert, Zdeněk Fibich & Ede Poldini

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Rhapsody In Blue For Piano And Orchestra. Rhapsody No. 2 For Piano And Orchestra / Vienna Nights, Concert Paraphrase On The Themes Of J. StraussGeorge Gershwin / Alfred Grünfeld - Михаил Банк, Russian State Symphony Orchestra1988Album
FeuerzauberAlfred Grünfeld1905Album
Менуэтъ / Менуэтъ Изъ Es-dur'ной СимфонiиAlfred GrünfeldAlbum
Walküre - Magic Fire SpellAlfred GrünfeldAlbum
Voices Of Spring Waltz = (Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410)Alfred GrünfeldAlbum
Soirée De VienneAlfred GrünfeldAlbum
Весеннiе Голоса / Танецъ ШалуновъAlfred Grünfeld / Jan KubelíkAlbum
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