Eimi Wakui｜F. Kreisler: Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

On Valentine's Day, please listen to this beautiful melody on the theme of love!

Fritz Kreisler was born on 2 February 1875 in Vienna, Austria, and died on 29 January 1962 in New York. He was a world-renowned violinist and composer.

"Liebesleid" is a piece for violin and piano published in 1905. It is the counterpart to "Liebesfreud" and, with the addition of "Schön Rosmarin", is considered to be part of the trilogy "Wiener Klassischen Dances (Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen)". Kreisler was a friend of the Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff, who arranged two pieces for solo piano, "Liebesfreud" and "Liebesleid". The two pieces are written in A minor.

The piece is written in A minor and is characterised by a light three-quarter time rhythm with a dance-like atmosphere. The piece is in three parts, with a melodic line connected by a tie, repeated every four bars to form a large 16-bar grouping: the violin plays a melancholy melody in fifths over a tempo di ländler, while the middle section is in A major, with a calm atmosphere and technical direction. The middle section is in A major, with a calm atmosphere and technical direction. A love memory is played as a secondary melody, and the whole piece expresses the sorrows of love.

This masterpiece is technically not very difficult, but is musically very advanced in order to demonstrate its unique emotionality, making it a must-play for violinists.

Piano: Shogo Tsukada

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