Thomas Tellefsen, one of the composers featured, was a pupil, friend, and copyist of Frédéric Chopin, and accompanied him on his final tour of Britain.
Compositional Technique
Thomas Tellefsen incorporated motifs from Norwegian folk music into his works, such as a lively dance tune in his Piano Concerto No. 1, marking possibly the first time a traditional Norwegian melody was integrated into a classical work.
Composition History
There are reasons to believe that Thomas Tellefsen's Piano Concerto No. 1, featured on this album, was composed under the supervision of Frédéric Chopin.
Composer Biography
Thomas Tellefsen, a Norwegian composer on this album, was named after his godfather, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, a wealthy English baronet and Member of Parliament.
Performer Biography
Howard Shelley, the pianist and conductor on this album, has a discography exceeding 180 albums and has recorded the complete solo piano music of Rachmaninov and a complete chronological survey of sonatas by Muzio Clementi.
Composer Biography
Friedrich Kalkbrenner, another composer on this album, was born in a post-chaise between Berlin and Kassel and had a sensationally successful career as a pianist, composer, and entrepreneur.
Composer Biography
Friedrich Kalkbrenner, whose work is on this album, was offered to teach Frédéric Chopin when Chopin first arrived in Paris in 1831, an offer Chopin politely declined.
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