The fourteen works for piano and orchestra of Ferdinand Ries stand alongside those of Hummel as the finest and most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century. Intensely... more

The fourteen works for piano and orchestra of Ferdinand Ries stand alongside those of Hummel as the most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th Century.

The fourteen works for piano and orchestra of Ferdinand Ries stand alongside those of Hummel as among the most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century.

As one of the greatest pianists in Europe of his time and a composer of exceptional ability, it is surprising that the name Ferdinand Ries is not better known today.

The second son by Johann Sebastian Bach' first wife, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a prolific and often original composer by the conservative standards of the times. Admired by Haydn, Mozart and... more

The eight piano concertos of Beethoven' friend and pupil Ferdinand Ries stand alongside those of Hummel as the most important works of their kind from the early 19th Century.

Hummel' long career as one of Europe' most celebrated virtuosi owed as much to his resourcefulness as a composer as it did to his exceptional technique as a pianist.

One of the best and most fascinating piano recordings of the year' wrote Fono Forum about Hinterhuber's recording of Sonatas and Rondos by C.P.E Bach, followed by an Editor's Choice in Gramophone... more

Schubert' works conceived for domestic music making cover a wide emotional range. The Fantasy in F minor is a late work of great stature, demanding of it's players a more than usual sensitivity and... more

The music of Alexander Zemlinsky has come to the attention of an increasingly wide public over the past quarter-century.

It is not known for sure why Haydn chose the flute over the more usual violin in these three trios. Possibly it was to appeal to English or aristocratic taste for the instrument.