The name of Robert Fuchs appears often in the biographies of his distinguished pupils at the Vienna Conservatory, including Mahler, Sibelius, Hugo Wolf and Zemlinsky. He won his first success as a composer in Vienna in the 1870s and was held in high esteem by Brahms, who gave him practical encouragement.

Vocal and Orchestral Music
Compositions by Fuchs range from Mass settings to five symphonies, serenades and concertos, with two operas.

Chamber Music
Fuchs’s chamber music, with and without piano, provides a useful introduction to the work of a composer greatly respected in his time. Much of his chamber music belongs to the strong tradition of domestic music-making now increasingly in abeyance.