Pianist Oliver Triendl, violinist Nina Karmon, cellist Benedict Kloeckner and violist Roland Glassl. Max Meyer Olbersleben - CD Review, 5^th of May 2026

Max Meyer Olbersleben - Piano Trio, Op. 7 in E major; Sonata, Op. 14 in C major for viola and piano

Premiere album, released on April 3^rd

On of April 3^rd, a new album by pianist Oliver Triendl was released. The German musician is also well known in Romania thanks to the concerts he has performed there and his recordings dedicated to composers Radu Paladi and Paul Constantinescu. The pianist is, in fact, a passionate champion of lesser-known works and has an impressive discography. He has collaborated with most of Germany's orchestras, as well as with ensembles in Vienna, Shanghai, Salzburg and Prague; he has recorded more than 150 albums featuring chamber and concertante works, particularly from the Romantic and modern repertoires.

His latest album, recorded in the May 2019 at the Jesus Christus Church in Berlin, was released by the Capriccio label and features works by Max Meyer Olbersleben, a German composer and pianist born in 1850, who was known during his lifetime primarily as a prolific composer of vocal and choral music. However, he also wrote chamber music, orchestral works and concertante compositions characterised by a distinctive lyricism in the German Romantic tradition of the period. Max Meyer Olbersleben studied in Weimar and at the Munich Conservatory; his teachers included Franz Liszt and Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. After completing his studies, he served as a professor and director at the Würzburg Conservatory and conducted the city's Choral Society, dying in the same city at the end of 1927.

For this recording, pianist Oliver Triendl selected three chamberpieces by Max Meyer Olbersleben, all recorded for the first time: the Piano Trio in E major, the Sonata for viola, cello and piano, and the Sonata, Op. 14 in C major. He is joined by three exceptional German musicians: violinist Nina Karmon, cellist Benedict Kloeckner and violist Roland Glassl. These instrumentalists pursue remarkable concert careers and who also teach at prestigious music universities in Leipzig, Munich and Paris.