Döhler & Dreyschock: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 61)

Featuring

Howard Shelley
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Theodor Döhler
Alexander Dreyschock

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Recording & Production

For Alexander Dreyschock's Salut à Vienne, Op 32, the conductor Howard Shelley opted for a version with strings only, played by the full orchestral section, due to missing full score and parts.

Composer Biography

Theodor Döhler, a German-Italian pianist, was ennobled as a baron by the Duke of Lucca in 1846, which allowed him to marry Russian princess Countess Elise Sheremeteff.

Composition History

Theodor Döhler's Piano Concerto in A major, Op 7, composed in 1836, is dedicated to 'Her Majesty the Queen of Naples, Marie Isabelle de Bourbon, Infanta of Spain, Mother of King Ferdinand II of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies'.

Critical Reception

Theodor Döhler was described by Heinrich Heine, a German writer, as merely 'a pianist' among other leading players like 'Thalberg a king, Liszt a prophet, Chopin a poet'.

Critical Reception

Edward Dannreuther, writing in Grove's Dictionary, dismissed Theodor Döhler's compositions as 'bedizened with cheap embroidery' and 'sentimental eau sucrée'.

Composer Biography

Alexander Dreyschock, a Bohemian pianist and composer, was famous for his ability to play the left-hand part of Chopin's 'Revolutionary' Study in octaves.