A 'Memoir of Ferdinand Ries' from 1824 praised him as a composer with 'originality of composition, and a vigour of execution' and as 'one of the finest piano-performers of the present day'.
Performer Biography
The Nash Ensemble, the performers on this album, is the Resident Chamber Ensemble at London's Wigmore Hall and has premiered over 300 new works by 225 different composers.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The public perceived Ferdinand Ries as a composer seated at the piano, with his dual identities as composer and pianist inextricably fused.
Composer Biography
All the works on this recording were likely composed during Ferdinand Ries's eleven fruitful years in London, where he was welcomed and supported by Johann Peter Salomon, an entrepreneur who also helped Haydn.
Performer Biography
The Nash Ensemble has won The Edinburgh Festival Critics' music award 'for general artistic excellence' and The Royal Philharmonic Society's small ensemble award twice.
Composer Biography
Ferdinand Ries was one of only two students of Beethoven during a period when Beethoven's encroaching deafness made Ries an indispensable aid.
Composer Biography
Ferdinand Ries, the composer, is largely credited with securing the commission for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on behalf of the Philharmonic Society of London in 1822.
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