RICHARD EPSTEIN (VIENNA, AUSTRIA, JANUARY 26, 1869 – NEW YORK, USA, AUGUST 1, 1919)
His father was the famous pianist and pedagogue Julius Epstein (1832-1926), the teacher of Gustav Mahler. He was a pupil at the Vienna Conservatory, of his father and R. Fuchs (composition). He was a professor of piano at the Vienna Conservatory, then lived in London (1904–1914) and later in New York. He excelled as an accompanist, in which capacity he was frequently heard with such artists as Sembrich, Fremstad, Culp, Gerhardt, Destinn, Elman, and Kreisler; and as assisting artist with famous chamber music organizations, including the Joachim, Rose, and Bohemian Quartets.
TRACKLIST
2270 J. STRAUSS, JR. – Wine, Women and Song (Reminiscences)
2271 J. STRAUSS, JR. – O Schöner Mai! from the Operetta “Prinz Methusalem”
2272 OFFENBACH – Olympia’s Waltz from the Opera “The Tales of Hoffman”
2273 Klein – Im Irrgarten (In The Puzzle Garden), Polka française.
2902 J. STRAUSS, JR. – Roses from the South – Waltzes, Op. 388
2906 Hellmesberger – Das Veilchenmädl [1904] (The Violet Girl), Veilchenmädl-Walzer a. d. Operette
2907 J. STRAUSS, JR. – Morgenblätter (Morning Papers) – Waltzes, Op. 279
2908 MASSENET – Selections from the Opera “Manon”
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