Wolf Harden
German pianist Wolf Harden is one of those ubiquitous musicians who appears on numerous recordings either as a recitalist or a chamber music player. He has regularly performed as a member of the Trio Fontenay since 1980, and with this ensemble has made many concert appearances and recordings. While a significant portion of Harden's broad repertory, at least on recordings, has been in lesser-known fare, he has appeared in numerous major projects on CD: three volumes of J.S. Bach Partitas, chamber music of Mozart (sonatas for piano and violin), and trios by Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Dvorák, Fauré, Debussy, Ives, and others. Despite Harden's considerable work in mainstream repertory, it may well be that his most important contribution thus far has been his championing of the solo piano music of Busoni, Dohnányi, Lehár, and other neglected composers or composers not usually associated with piano music. Harden has recorded for a variety of labels, including Naxos, Philips, CPO, EMI, Denon, and Teldec.
Wolf Harden was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1962. His first teacher was his father, a pianist, musicologist, and piano teacher. Harden was trained at the Detmold Music Academy, but by age 18 was already active as a performer, appearing regularly with the Trio Fontenay, which he co-founded in 1980. From that year through the first decade of the new century Harden has appeared with the group in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
Harden also managed to develop a successful career as a solo artist. In 1982 he debuted in Berlin with great success, and the following year made his first recording, the Liszt Dante Sonata. Numerous successful recordings would soon follow, both as recitalist (Schumann's Humoreske for Naxos in 1985) and as pianist with Trio Fontenay (the complete Brahms and Dvorák trios for Teldec from 1987-1990).
In the 1995-1996 season he and the Fontenay players performed the complete Beethoven piano trios in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, and Cologne. Despite this kind of activity, Harden was able to successfully balance his dual careers, often carrying a heavy schedule of concerts as a recitalist/soloist, as well.
By 2007 Harden's discography had run to well over 50 discs and included such disparate repertory as Pfitzner's Piano Concerto (Naxos; 1992), Beethoven's folk song arrangements with the Trio Fontenay (Polygram Records; 1998), and Vols. 3-5 of the complete piano music of Ferruccio Busoni (Naxos; 2007-2009).
© TiVo
-
Musique pour piano (volume 7)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.12.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 11
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 12.07.2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 10
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 09.03.2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Musique pour piano (Volume 2)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 02.11.2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Musique pour piano (Volume 1)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 30.04.2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Folk Songs (Wolfgang Holzmair – The Philips Recitals, Vol. 2)
Wolf Harden, Michael Mücke, Wolfgang Holzmair, Trio Fontenay, Niklas Schmidt
Klassik - Erschienen bei Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. am 01.01.1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Violin Fantasies
Wolf Harden, Jenő Jandó, Takako Nishizaki
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.01.2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 9
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 08.09.2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Musique pour piano (volume 3)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 25.01.2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Musique pour piano (Volume 5)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 28.04.2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Musique pour piano (Volume 8)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 25.01.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
PFITZNER: Piano Concerto / Das Christelflein Overture
Wolf Harden, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heribert Beissel
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 16.05.1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lehár: Piano Sonatas & Fantasie in A-Flat Major
Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 26.09.2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Easy-Listening Piano Classics
Jenő Jandó, Wolfgang Rübsam, Janos Sebestyen, Wolf Harden, Eteri Andjaparidze
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 28.09.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Musique pour piano (Volume 4)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 26.08.2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Partitas Nos.3,4&5
Klassik - Erschienen bei Amadis am 18.10.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bach: Partitas Nos. 3, 4 and 5, Bwv 827-829
Klassik - Erschienen bei SMOOTH CLASSICAL am 06.11.1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
BACH, J.S.: Partitas Nos. 3-5, BWV 827-829
Klassik - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 06.11.1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Musique pour piano (Volume 6)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 17.11.2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
SCHUMANN, R.: Humoreske, Op. 20 / REGER: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J.S. Bach
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 06.05.1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
BACH, J.S.: Partitas Nos. 3-5, BWV 827-829
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 06.11.1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo