Emánuel Moór: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, 'In memoriam Kossuth Lajos', WoO 153

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Emámuel Moór (1863-1931)
Symphony No. 2 in C Major, 'In memoriam Kossuth Lajos', WoO 153
I. Andante maestoso - Allegro con brio 0:00
II. Andante sostenuto 13:39
III. Scherzo: Molto vivace e con brio 26:17
IV. Allegro poco maestoso 34:16
Budapest Philharmonic Society Orchestra
János Kovács, conductor
Emánuel Moór (1863 - 1931) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and inventor of musical instruments. Moór was born in Kecskemét, Hungary, and studied in Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Between 1885 and 1897 he toured Europe as a soloist and ventured as far afield as the United States. Besides five operas and eight symphonies his output also included: concertos for piano (4), violin (4), cello (2), viola, and harp; a triple concerto for violin, cello, and piano; chamber music; a requiem; and numerous lieder. Moór's opuses total to 151 to his credit including eight symphonies. He died, aged 68, in Chardonne, Switzerland. His best-known invention was the Emánuel Moór Pianoforte, which consisted of two keyboards lying one above each other and allowed, by means of a tracking device, one hand to play a spread of two octaves. The double keyboard pianoforte was promoted extensively in concerts throughout Europe and the United States by Moór's second wife, the British pianist Winifred Christie. Maurice Ravel said that the Emánuel Moór Pianoforte produced the sounds he had really intended in some of his works, if only it had been possible to write them for two hands playing on a standard piano. Anatoly Brandukov, dedicatee of Moór's Cello Sonata, No. 2 in G Major, Op. 55, introduced the composer to Pablo Casals.[5] Casal's first meeting is recorded in nearly every biography about Casals. In his own words Casals said, “His music was overwhelming….and the more he played, the more convinced I became that he was a composer of the highest order. When he stopped, I said simply, ‘You are a genius.’” This meeting was the beginning of a long friendship between the two with Casals performing and premiering Moór's compositions, several of which were dedicated to Casals. For example, Casals gave four performances of the Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Major in December of 1905 alone following his initial meeting with the composer earlier in the year. Casals’s first noted performance of this sonata came during a Russian tour (pianist not noted) followed by two performances with Marie Panthès in Geneva and Lausanne and one performance in Paris with Alfred Cortot at the piano.Casals also championed other of Moór’s works, performing multiple sonatas, a concerto that Moór dedicated to him, a double cello concerto, and a triple concerto for piano trio with orchestra.

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[@sage_silvestris]

As a Hungarian and an avid classical music lover, I've never heard of this composer before. I am astonished what a great symphony it is and how on earth it went obscure. Thank you for sharing.

[@BobBeverage]

Excellent! Very dramatic and dynamic. I've never heard of this composer before, but will be looking for more of his works. Thank you!

[@bowerdw]

I experienced this as very dramatic and intense.

[@abbalillie6382]

Rich, lively. A true work.

[@claudiaochoacruz]

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[@pascalmayer9421]

Emánuel Moór (né à Kecskemét en Hongrie le 19 février 1863 et mort au Mont-Pèlerin (Chardonne) en Suisse le 20 octobre 1931) est un pianiste, compositeur et concepteur de pianos hongrois. Son nom est attaché à l'élaboration du Duplex-Coupler Grand Pianoforte.
Biographie
Clavier Moor de Pleyel
Emánuel Moór était le fils du chanteur d'opéra et ténor Rafael Moór qui lui donna ses premières leçons. Il étudia la composition musicale à Budapest avec Robert Volkmann, puis à Vienne avec Anton Door et Anton Bruckner. À 18 ans, il devint professeur de piano au Conservatoire de musique de Szeged.
Il entreprit entre 1885 et 1897 plusieurs tournées qui l'emmenèrent aux États-Unis, où il apparut avec la chanteuse Lilli Lehmann. En 1888, il épousa Anita Burke en Angleterre et devint citoyen britannique. Le compositeur allemand George Henschel fit une campagne élogieuse pour sa musique orchestrale. De là, il s'installa en Suisse en 1901.
En 1905, il rencontra le violoncelliste Pablo Casals. Il dédia le deuxième concerto de violoncelle à Pablo Casals et réalisa le double concerto de violoncelle pour Casals et la violoncelliste portugaise Guilhermina Suggia. Emánuel Moór composa un triple concerto pour le trio Pablo Casals, Alfred Cortot et Jacques Thibaud. Mais plusieurs facteurs contribuèrent à mettre fin à cette période, et notamment la séparation de Pablo Casals et de Guilhermina Suggia, qui bouleversa la vie du violoncelliste et son réseau d’amis. La personnalité difficile d'Emánuel Moor et la Première Guerre mondiale contribuèrent aussi à briser sa carrière1.
Après la Première Guerre mondiale, il se consacra aux instruments de musique. Il développa à partir de 1920 le Duplex-Coupler Grand Pianoforte, aussi appelé piano Pleyel-Moór, dont la particularité est de posséder deux claviers frappant les mêmes cordes avec une octave d'écart, et une pédale supplémentaire qui les couple pour jouer une octave avec une seule touche, facilitant les sauts à une distance importante, les passages joués à l'octave, les larges accords jusqu'à deux octaves qui n'ont plus besoin d'être joués en arpège, etc. Les touches blanches du clavier inférieur comportent également une élévation à l'arrière qui les met au même niveau que les touches noires, permettant le glissando chromatique2. Des pianos Pleyel, Bechstein, Steinway et Bösendorfer furent ainsi équipés.
Après la mort de sa première épouse Anita survenue en 1922, il épousa en 1923 la pianiste anglaise Winifred Christie (en) qui était une utilisatrice convaincue du double clavier.

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