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Pleyel: Symphonies Concertantes - Bassoon Concerto

10/1/2014, 18 Tracks, 1:25:05

Featuring

  • Johannes Moesus
  • Gaby Pas-Van Riet
  • Anne Angerer
  • Hanno Dönneweg
  • Wolfgang Wipfler
  • Mila Georgieva
  • Michael Salm
  • Gunter Teuffel
  • Manuel Fischer-Dieskau
  • Konstanze Brenner
  • Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
  • Ignaz Joseph Pleyel

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Composer Biography

Pleyel studied with the famous composer Johann Baptist Vanhal in Vienna and later with Joseph Haydn, who was then Europe's most famous composer.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Pleyel's London stay in 1791/92 was the height of his career as a composer, where he was acclaimed as Haydn's equal and made a fortune.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Pleyel's works were so popular in the United States that a 'Pleyel Society' was founded in Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 1822 to "purify the taste of the public."

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Ignaz Josef Pleyel, the composer on this album, grew up in impoverished circumstances as the son of a village schoolmaster.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Around 1800, Ignaz Josef Pleyel was considered, next to Joseph Haydn, the most popular instrumental composer in Europe, with his works widely circulated.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Mozart recommended Pleyel's six String Quartets op. 1 to his father, Leopold, suggesting that Pleyel might someday replace Haydn.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

As a publisher, Pleyel's most significant achievement was the invention of the pocket score, first issuing Haydn's symphonies in this format in 1802.

Source: Booklet

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