Gustav Lazarus : Valse Mignonne (1897)

Phillip Sear plays a delightful ’waltz-caprice’ by the German composer Gustav Lazarus (1861-1920). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The German pianist and composer Gustav Lazarus (1861-1920) was born in Cologne, and studied at the conservatory there (his teachers included Isidor Seiss and Gustav Jensen (brother of Adolf)). Lazarus himself taught piano at conservatories in Berlin and also had a performing career. As a composer, he wrote operas,