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Name
  
August Stradal


Role
  
Pianist

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Died
  
March 13, 1930, Krasna Lipa, Czech Republic

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August Stradal (17 May 1860, Teplice, Bohemia – 13 March 1930, Krásná Lípa) was a Bohemian virtuoso pianist, arranger and music teacher. A diverse piano arranger, Stradal arranged music from Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Buxtehude, Liszt, Mozart, Paganini, Purcell, Reubke, Strauss, Wagner and Vivaldi.

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August Stradal Wagner Transcriptions for solo piano by August Stradal Volume One

A student of Anton Bruckner, he made solo piano arrangements of that composer's symphonies 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8. His pianistic credentials included studies with both Theodor Leschetizky and Franz Liszt, arranging the latter composers's 13 Symphonic Poems. He received the Czechoslovak State Award in 1928.

August Stradal Wagner Transcriptions for solo piano by August Stradal Volume Two

Liszt-Stradal - "Les préludes" Symphonic Poem - Risto-Matti Marin Piano


Selected works (solo piano)

  • Bach - Organ sonata in E minor
  • Bach - Second Organ Concerto
  • Bach - Brandenburg Concertos nos.3 and 4
  • Bach - Piano Concerto in F major
  • Bach W.F. - Fantasy and Fugue in A minor
  • Beethoven - String Quartet, Op.131
  • Brahms - 3 Caprices after the Waltzes, Op.39
  • Buxtehude - Passacaglia in D minor
  • Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in A minor
  • Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in D minor
  • Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in E minor (no.2)
  • Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in F major
  • Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in F# minor
  • Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in G minor
  • Buxtehude - Prelude in E minor
  • Liszt - Dante Symphony
  • Transcriptions of all 13 of Liszt's Symphonic Poems
  • Liszt - Faust Symphony
  • Liszt - Es muss ein Wunderbares sein
  • Mozart - Symphony no.40
  • Mozart - Canzone on The Marriage of Figaro
  • Paganini - Bravoure Study on Caprices
  • Purcell - Chaconne
  • Reubke - Sonata on the 94th Psalm
  • Stradal - Abenddaemmerung
  • Strauss J - Concert paraphrase on the waltz "Dorfschwalben aus Oesterreich"
  • Wagner - Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (from Die Walkure); Der Ritt der Walkuren (from Die Walkure); Schluss des letzten Aufzuges (from Die Walkure) Waldweben (from Siegfried); Rheinfahrt aus dem Vorspiel (from Gotterdammerung); Trauermusik aus dem letzten Aufzug (from Gotterdammerung); Wesendonck-Lieder.
  • Vivaldi / J.S. Bach - Organ Concerto in D minor

    • References

    August Stradal Wikipedia
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