Ferdinand Ries was just one among many once-famous and significant composers who had the misfortune of occupying the same chronological space as Ludwig van Beethoven. The personal association between Ries and Beethoven was particularly close; he was also born in Bonn and Ries' father was one of Beethoven's music teachers. A child prodigy, Ries' ...
Bohemian composer Johann Baptist Vanhal preceded Mozart as a freelancer and was more alert than his successor to the possibilities of writing music that would sell well in printed form. These quartets for flute, violin, viola, and cello, from the early 1770s, offer good examples. They are technically simple works that are just attractive enough ...
Thanks to Naxos, the music of Joseph Martin Kraus continues to receive its moment in the sun. Though the early digital age saw several excellent recordings issued by various Swedish labels, Naxos has contributed more to the Kraus discography than all other labels put together. This superb 2007 disc contains three world-premiere recordings by the ...
This disc of four of Johann Nepomuk Hummel's works for piano and orchestra is part of a joint project of Naxos and Artaria Editions, the publishing company revived by musicologist Allan Badley and Naxos' Klaus Heymann to bring back some forgotten works from the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century. For those who already know and like the music ...
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