Short bio Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Birthday:
1812 in Brno, Czech Republic
Died:
1865 in Nice, France
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Romantic
Full biography Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst was a Moravian-Jewish violinist, violist, and composer born on June 8, 1812, in Brno. He is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding violinists of the 19th century, known for his virtuosic performances and innovative compositions. While he was famous as a virtuoso performer, he was also an accomplished composer, having written several compositions during his lifetime.
Ernst studied music from an early age and entered the Vienna Conservatory in 1825 , where he received violin lessons from Joseph Mayseder. He made his debut as a concert artist in 1828 at the age of 16 in Vienna, which was followed by numerous tours across Europe.
He is best known for his challenging and technically demanding compositions for the violin, which pushed the boundaries of the instrument. His compositions include concertos, fantasies, and variations, in addition to some vocal music.
Some of his most famous compositions include the Concerto Pathetique, Elegy, and the Last Rose of Summer Variations. He also wrote six polyphonic studies for solo violin , which remain an important part of the violin repertoire to this day.
Ernst died in Nice, France, on October 8, 1865, at the age of 53. Despite his relatively short life, his influence on the development of violin playing and composition has been profound, and he remains a celebrated figure in the world of classical music.
Compositions featuring Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polyphonic Studies (6) for violin solo | 17:09 min | Chamber Music | 1865 |
| 2 | Etude for violin solo No. 6 | 9:26 min | Chamber Music | 1865 |
| 3 | Nocturne Posthume, for piano in A flat major | 5:11 min | Keyboard | 1864 |
| 4 | Lebet Wohl, for voice & piano | 1:42 min | Vocal Music | 1843 |
| 5 | Morceaux de Salon (2), for violin & piano, Op. 13 | 12:06 min | Chamber Music | 1842 |
| 6 | Polonaise, Op. 17 | 12:00 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1842 |
| 7 | Romance (for Clara Schumann), for piano in A flat major | 1:03 min | Keyboard | 1842 |
| 8 | Fantasie and Variations on a Theme from Rossini's "Otello" for violin & piano, Op. 11 | 10:49 min | Chamber Music | 1839 |
| 9 | Romanesca fameux (16th century Air de Danse), for violin & piano | 3:49 min | Chamber Music | 1839 |
| 10 | Variations de bravoure, for violin & piano (after the Dutch national anthem), Op. 18 | 10:52 min | Chamber Music | 1838 |
| 11 | Valses non dansantes (3) for piano | 4:29 min | Keyboard | 1838 |
| 12 | Brilliant Variations on the Favourite Air from Pacini's opera Niobe, for violin & piano | 11:09 min | Chamber Music | 1836 |
| 13 | Rondinos Brillants (3), for violin with second violin or piano ad lib., Op. 5 | 28:40 min | Chamber Music | 1833 |
| 14 | Der Fischer, for voice & piano | 3:45 min | Vocal Music | 1830 |
| 15 | Romances without words, for violin & piano, Op. 15 | 5:52 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 16 | Rondo Allemand on themes from Weber's "Oberon", for violin & piano, Op. 23 | 11:47 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 17 | Rondo Papageno for violin & piano in B major, Op. 21 | 8:32 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 18 | Souvenirs, for violin & piano (after themes from Halévy's opera "La Juive") | 8:07 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 19 | Salon pieces (6) for violin & piano, Op. 25 | Chamber Music | - | |
| 20 | Souvenir du Pré aux Clercs, for violin & piano | 17:29 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 21 | Pensées Fugitives (Set 1), for violin & piano | 16:44 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 22 | String Quartet in B major | 26:04 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 23 | Thème Allemand Varié, for violin & piano, Op. 9 | 10:09 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 24 | Trio for solo violin | 0:55 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 25 | Variationen uber "Mein Hut, der hat drei Ecken" | 6:26 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 26 | Variations brillantes sur un thème de Rossini, for violin & piano, Op. 4 | 16:11 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 27 | Variations on "Carnaval de Venice" for violin & orchestra | 14:39 min | Concerto | - |
| 28 | Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer" for violin solo | 8:57 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 29 | Introduction et Variations Brillantes en form de Fantaisie, for violin & piano, Op. 6 | 13:39 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 30 | Boléro, for violin & piano, Op. 16 | 7:31 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 31 | Concertino for violin & orchestra in D major, Op. 12 | 20:42 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 32 | Concerto for violin in F sharp minor, Op. 23 | 17:29 min | Concerto | - |
| 33 | Elegie in C minor, song for violin & piano, Op. 10/3 | 7:46 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 34 | Fantaisie brillante on a theme from Meyerbeer's "Prophète", for violin & piano, Op. 24 | 12:47 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 35 | Fantasie Brilliante on a Theme from Rossini's "Otello," for violin & orchestra, Op. 11 | 13:24 min | Concerto | - |
| 36 | Feuillet d'album, for violin & piano | 2:36 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 37 | Grand caprice on Der Erlkönig, for solo violin (after Franz Schubert), Op. 26 | 4:20 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 38 | Hungarian Melodies for violin & piano in A major, Op. 22 | 8:04 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 39 | Reverie, for viola & piano | 6:05 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 40 | Introduction, Variations et Final, for violin & piano, Op. 26 (after Charles Schunke) | 14:51 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 41 | Moderato, for piano solo | 0:46 min | Keyboard | - |
| 42 | Nocturne for violin & orchestra in D major, Op. 8 | 4:06 min | Concerto | - |
| 43 | Nocturne, for violin & orchestra in E major | 4:12 min | Concerto | - |
| 44 | Nocturnes (2), for violin & piano, Op. 8 | 7:55 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 45 | Adagio Sentimentale, Op. 13 | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 46 | Pensées Fugitives (Set 2), for violin & piano | 22:05 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 47 | Polyphonic Studies (6) for solo violin: No. 6, Die letze, dedicated to Bazzini | 7:56 min | Chamber Music | - |
Albums featuring Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Sherban Lupu, Yvonne Redman, Ian Hobson – Complete Works, Volume Six(CD, Album) | 2019 | Toccata Classics |
| 2 |  |
Ossy Renardy / Brahms, Ernst, Tchaikovsky – Live Performances From New York . Violin Concertos(CD, Compilation) | 2018 | Meloclassic |
| 3 |  |
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst - Sherban Lupu, Ian Hobson – Complete Works, Volume Five(CD, Album) | 2016 | Toccata Classics |
| 4 |  |
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst - Thomas Christian, Thomas Christian Ensemble – Fantaisie Brillante - The Virtuoso Violin(2×CD, Album) | 2015 | cpo |
| 5 |  |
Albrecht Menzel, Ernst, Schumann, Amir Katz – Thoughts(CD, Album) | 2015 | Oehms Classics |
| 6 |  |
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst - Sherban Lupu, Sinfonia Da Camera, Ian Hobson, Ciompi String Quartet – Complete Music, Volume Four(CD, Album) | 2013 | Toccata Classics |
| 7 |  |
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Josef Špaček (2), Gordon Back – Erlkönig / Le Carnaval De Venise / Polyphonic Studies(CD, Album) | 2013 | Naxos |
| 8 |  |
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst - Sherban Lupu, Ian Hobson – Complete Music, Volume Three(CD, Album) | 2012 | Toccata Classics |
| 9 |  |
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst - Sherban Lupu, Ian Hobson – Complete Music For Violin And Piano Volume Two(CD, Album) | 2011 | Toccata Classics |
| 10 |  |
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst - Sherban Lupu, Ian Hobson – Complete Music For Violin And Piano Volume One(CD, Album) | 2011 | Toccata Classics |
| 11 |  |
Kristof Barati / Eugène Ysaye - Jean-Sébastien Bach - Henrich Wilhelm Ernst – Récital Evènement Pour Violon Solo(CD, Album, Limited Edition) | 2002 | Sylvestre Verger Art Organisation |
| 12 |  |
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst - Ingolf Turban, Giovanni Bria – Erlkönig, The Last Rose, Otello Fantasy & Other Pieces(CD, Album) | 1996 | Claves |
| 13 |  |
Ernst • Godard • Ysaye • Lehar • Hubay • Wieniawsky – Aaron Rosand – Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg / Louis De Froment – The Romantic Violin(CD, Album) | 1994 | VOX/Turnabout |
| 14 |  |
Aaron Rosand – Ernst • Godard • Lehar • Joachim • Hubay • Enesco • Ysaye • Wieniawski – Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg / Louis De Froment – Aaron Rosand Plays: Ernst, Godard, Lehar, Etc.(2×CD, Album) | 1993 | VoxBox |
| 15 |  |
Ossy Renardy, Walter Robert, Niccolò Paganini, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, Antonín Dvořák, Aleksander Zarzycki, Camille Saint-Saëns – The Victor Recordings (1940-1941)(2×CD, Reissue, Remastered) | 1992 | Biddulph Recordings |
| 16 |  |
Аркадий Футер, Г. Рождественский - Г. Венявский / Г. Эрнст – Этюд / Концерт № 1 Для Скрипки С Оркестром / Последняя Роза Лета(LP) | 1991 | Мелодия |
| 17 |  |
Sherban Lupu Plays Ernst And Wieniawsky – Violon Diabolique(CD, ) | 1990 | Continuum |
| 18 |  |
Maxim Vengerov - Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Ernst, Ysaÿe, Debussy, Ravel, Waxman – Maxim Vengerov · Fantasy In C · Valse-Scherzo · Variations On "The Last Rose Of Summer" · Extract From "The Afternoon Of A Faun" · Tzigane · Fantasy On Themes From Bizet's "Car | 1989 | Biddulph Recordings |
| 19 |  |
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Pablo de Sarasate, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Henryk Wieniawski – Opera Transcriptions | 1988 | Opus |
| 20 |  |
Виктор Пикайзен - В. А. Моцарт / Г. Эрнст / М. Вайнберг – Лауреаты Международного Конкурса Имени П. Чайковского(LP) | 1983 | Мелодия |
| 21 |  |
Ruggero Ricci, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Henryk Wieniawski – Ernst, 6 Studi Polifinici / Wieniawski, 9 Studi-Capricci Op.10(LP) | 1983 | Dynamic (4) |
| 22 |  |
Gidon Kremer, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Nathan Milstein, Niccolò Paganini, Tatiana Grindenko – Этюды «Barucaba» / Duo De Paganini / Н. Паганиниана / Венецианский Карнавал(2×LP, Box Set, ) | 1980 | Мелодия |
| 23 |  |
Wieniawski, Sarasate, Paganini, Ernst – Opera Paraphrases For Violin & Orchestra | 1978 | Turnabout |
| 24 |  |
Ernst / Wieniawski – Violin Concerto / Violin Concerto No. 1 | 1976 | Supraphon |
| 25 |  |
Рубен Агаронян, Светлана Навасардян - Л. Бетховен / Ф. Шуберт / Ф. Мендельсон / Д. Шостакович / Г. Эрнст – Соната № 1 Для Скрипки И Фортепиано / Ave Maria / На Крыльях Песни / Четыре Прелюдии / Этюд № 6(LP) | 1975 | Мелодия |
| 26 |  |
Gidon Kremer - Bach, Barkauskas, Telemann, Prokofieff, Ernst, Tatjana Grindenko, Oleg Maisenberg – Recital II(2×LP, Compilation) | 1974 | Melodia-Eurodisc |
| 27 |  |
Гидон Кремер - И. С. Бах / Г. Ф. Телеман / В. Баркаускас / Г. Эрнст – Партита № 1 Для Скрипки Соло / Фантазия № 7 Для Скрипки Соло / Партита Для Скрипки Соло / Последняя Роза Лето | 1972 | Мелодия |
| 28 |  |
Aarond Rosand, Louis De Froment Perform Jenő Hubay, H. W. Ernst and Eugène Ysaÿe – Hubay - Violin Concerto, Ernst - Hungarian Concerto, Ysaye - Chant D'Hiver | 1971 | Candide |
| 29 |  |
Шмуэль Ашкенази - И. С. Бах – 3-я Соната для скрипки соло до мажор / Этюд №6 для скрипки соло | 1962 | Апрелевский Завод |
| 30 |  |
I. Bezrodny - K. Szymanowski / A. Mericanto / G. Gershwin / G. Ernst – Концерт Игоря Безродного = Recital By I. Bezrodny | 1960 | Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga |
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