Composer: Robert Fürstenthal
Performer: Rafael Fingerlos, Sascha El Moissi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0354
Release: 2016
Size: 0.97 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Spätlese, Vol. 1
01. No. 8. Liebeslied
Spätlese, Vol. 2
02. No. 10. Aber ich seh dich ja nicht
Spätlese, Vol. 4
03. No. 5. Reiselied
Spätlese, Vol. 5
04. No. 4. Einmal
Spätlese, Vol. 3
05. No. 4. Der Tag der weissen
16 Lieder und Balladen vom Leben und Vergehen
06. No. 14. Herbst
07. No. 8. Es braust mein Blut
08. No. 11. Auf meines Kindes Tod
09. No. 9. Ergebung
10. No. 7. Seeliges Vergessen
11. No. 2. Der Abend ist mein Buch
12. No. 16. Schlussstück
Spätlese, Vol. 1
13. No. 3. Auf einer goldenen Flöte
Spätlese, Vol. 3
14. No. 5. Advent
Spätlese, Vol. 1
15. No. 5. Notturno
16. No. 10. Terzinen über Vergänglichkeit
Spätlese, Vol. 3
17. No. 6. Träume
Songs after Poems by James Joyce, Vol. 3
18. No. 7. Sleep Now
Songs after Poems by James Joyce, Vol. 2
19. No. 1. O Cool
Spätlese, Vol. 6
20. No. 1. An F
Robert Fürstenthal’s story is an extraordinary one, a kind of fairy-tale of the twentieth century. Born in 1920, when Germany invaded he took the path of many Viennese Jews and fled to the United States, where he made his living as an accountant.
The fact that he had written a few songs in his youth was soon forgotten, but when after 35 years he rediscovered the woman who had been his first love, it rekindled not only that flame but also his urge to compose. Hundreds of songs – achingly lovely songs, laden with an autumnal sense of loss – have flowed from his pen from then on, preserving the spirit of fin-de-siècle Vienna under the Californian sun.
He died in November 2016, aged 96, with the satisfaction of having heard his songs in these wonderful performances – a last-minute vindication by two young musicians who can carry his music into the future.