This recording of Pleyel's final string quartets was made in his baptismal church in Ruppersthal, Lower Austria, on May 4, 2012.
Composer Biography
Pleyel was a pupil of Joseph Haydn, who considered him his best student, and his music was also admired by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart.
Composition History
Pleyel founded Maison Pleyel in 1807, which became the largest piano manufacturing company in Europe, with its pianos used by famous musicians like Chopin and Rossini.
Composer Biography
Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, the composer, was the youngest of eight children and born in Ruppersthal, Lower Austria, in 1757.
Cultural Impact
Pleyel opened the Salons Pleyel in Paris in 1828, which became a popular venue for Parisian high society and hosted the debuts of renowned musicians such as Frédéric Chopin.
Composition History
Pleyel's publishing house, Chez Pleyel, offered over 4000 individual titles, including complete string quartets by Haydn and works by Beethoven and Mozart.
Cultural Impact
Pleyel's music was so popular that his portrait appeared on the frontispiece of the St. Petersburg Almanac, and one of Maelzel's first music automatons played a melody by Pleyel.
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