Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Vol. 17: String Quintets, B. 271-273

Featuring

Cornelia Löscher
Wolfhart Schuster
Johannes Flieder
Anna Morgoulets
Matthias Bartolomey
Ignaz Pleyel Quintett

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel

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Cultural Impact

Pleyel also founded the Maison Pleyel piano manufacture, which became the largest in Europe and produced pianos admired by Chopin, Rubinstein, and Grieg.

Cultural Impact

Pleyel's music was so popular in places like Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Leipzig, London, and Holland that, for a time, it seemed no other composer could match his fame.

Cultural Impact

Pleyel founded a publishing house, Chez Pleyel, which published some 4000 individual titles, including Haydn's complete string quartets and works by Beethoven and Mozart.

Composer Biography

Pleyel was a student of Joseph Haydn, who considered him his best pupil, and was also admired by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart.

Compositional Technique

Pleyel's teacher, Joseph Haydn, avoided writing string quintets, stating he found four voices sufficient and couldn't find a fifth, suggesting Pleyel was ahead of his master in this genre.

Composer Biography

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, once a world-famous composer, was later overlooked and forgotten, only to be rediscovered over 20 years ago by the International Pleyel Society (IPG).

Recording & Production

This recording features three string quintets (Ben 271-273) by Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, which were performed in concert and recorded in Pleyel's baptismal church in Ruppersthal, Austria.