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Moscheles: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 6 & 7 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 32)

1/12/2024, 10 Tracks, 1:01:47

Featuring

  • Howard Shelley
  • Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
  • Ignaz Moscheles

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Moscheles' final three piano concertos, titled 'Fantastique,' 'Pathétique,' and 'Pastorale,' show his increasing interest in the emotional emancipation of the 1830s.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Moscheles was commissioned to arrange the piano score of Beethoven's opera Fidelio in 1814, leading to regular visits with Beethoven.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1999, featuring Howard Shelley as both pianist and conductor with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Moscheles was a student of Albrechtsberger and Salieri in Vienna, and counted Meyerbeer and Hummel among his friends.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Unusually for the time, none of Moscheles' last three piano concertos include a cadenza.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was considered by many to be the supreme piano virtuoso of his day between 1815 and 1830.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Moscheles formed a lifelong and intimate friendship with Felix Mendelssohn, beginning when he taught the young Mendelssohn in Berlin in 1824.

Source: Booklet

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