Adolf Drescher

Adolf Drescher (born February 2, 1921 in Bitterfeld , † November 23, 1967 in Hamburg ) was a German pianist .

Life

Drescher made his debut at the age of twelve with Haydn's Piano Concerto in D major under Leo Blech in Riga , where he received further pianistic training at the local conservatory (founded in 1919). After the war he began to concert extensively and made a number of recordings for radio and record. He devoted himself not only to the classical German repertoire, but was also particularly committed to forgotten and unknown works. Drescher was in the tradition of a German-influenced pianistic line, as represented by Edwin Fischer and Wilhelm Kempff . In 1967 he died of suicide in Hamburg .

Drescher's nephew is the pianist Eckart Sellheim, who was also his student for a time.

Sound carrier with Adolf Drescher

A) Individual composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Concerto No. 4, G major. Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra (Georg Richter). Summit 1977.
• Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Sonatas op.53 and op.111, Master Players MP / MPS 30 001, recorded in December 1962, Teldec-Studio Hamburg.
• Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Sonatas op.57 and op.109, Master Players MP / MPS 30 002, recorded in March 1963, Teldec-Studio Hamburg.
• Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Sonatas op.13 and op.110, Master Players MP / MPS 30 003, recorded in June 1963, Teldec-Studio Hamburg.
• Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Sonatas op. 27/1 and op. 27/2; Fantasia op.77 Master Players MP / MPS 30 004, recorded in August 1963, Teldec-Studio Hamburg.
• Ludwig van Beethoven : Rondo op. 51/1; Polonaise op.89, Master Players MP / MPS 17 001, recorded in March 1963, Teldec-Studio Hamburg.
• Ludwig van Beethoven : Rondo op. 51/2; Andante favori, Master Players MP / MPS 17 002, recorded in March 1963, Teldec-Studio Hamburg.
• Johannes Brahms : Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 , Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra (Georg Richter). Cantus Classics CACD 8.00074 D, 1994 (CD)
• Benedetto Marcello : Sonata in E minor. Ottomar Borwitzky (violoncello), Adolf Drescher (piano). Telefunken UV 183. Taken on August 26, 1957 in Hamburg
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Adantino. Ottomar Borwitzky (violoncello), Adolf Drescher (piano). Telefunken UV 183. Taken on August 26, 1957 in Hamburg
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Rondo for piano and orchestra in D major, KV 382. Hamburger Rundfunk-Orchester , Walter Martin. Telefunken TW 30046. Taken on October 18, 1955 in Hamburg
• Franz Schubert : Adagio and Rondo concertant in F major. Hamburg Radio Orchestra, Walter Martin. Telefunken TW 30046. Taken on October 17th, 1955 in Hamburg

B) Several composers

• Johann Sebastian Bach : Fantasia; Robert Schumann Intermezzo; Gluck - Brahms Gavotte; Eduard Schütt Canzonetta, Master Players MP / MPS 17 003, recorded in March 1963, Teldec-Studio Hamburg.
• Henry Eccles : Sonata in G minor, Johann Sebastian Bach: Adagio, Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro op.70 and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Song without words op.109.Ottomar Borwitzky (cello), Adolf Drescher (piano). Telefunken TW 30117. Taken on December 20, 1956 in Hamburg
• Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert , together with Erich Röhn , Aurèle Nicolet and Helmut Winschermann . Telefunken.
• Camille Saint-Saëns : Carnival of the Animals (and Serge Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf ), Hamburg Symphony Orchestra ( Walter Jürgens ). Summit 1978.
• Virtuoso cello music. Ottomar Borwitzky (violoncello), Adolf Drescher (piano). Telefunken UV 155. Taken on August 28, 1957 in Hamburg

Web links

• Publications by Adolf Drescher in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Discography on discogs.com, accessed February 27, 2014.
2. ↑ Eckart Sellheim ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at henle.de, accessed on February 27, 2014.