In the years between 1809 and 1813 Ferdinand Ries had an almost unbroken schedule of concerts and touring and this piece, a polonaise in the brilliant...

The tune which forms the basis of this set of variations will be familiar to those who know Haydns late string quartets, in particular, the Emperor...

Reinecke was a versatile artist combining the talents of pianist, composer, and teacher, with those of painter and poet. With about 300 works to his name,...

Regarded as one of Neukomm's most important works, the Motet in C celebrating Easter is from a cycle of fifty the composer wrote, during a stay...

Entitled "L'infortuné" by the composer, the Sonata in F min. Op.26, was written at a time when Ries found himself living in desperate straits in Paris...

Modelled with a clear deference to the Song without Words form of Mendelssohn, Loreley is based loosely on the 1801 poem by Clemens Brentano, 'Zu Bacharach...

Ignaz Moscheles was a pianist and composer, who wrote around 142 works during his life including piano concertos, sonatas and studies. His "Two Etudes" are a...

Although the German composer Carl Loewe is well known for his collection of over four hundred ballads and songs, he was also responsible for many works...

Composed in 1862 when Liszt learned of the ultimate impossibility of his marriage to Princess Carolyne the two transcriptions from Mozart's Requiem of "Confutatis maledictis" and...

Celebrated for a prodigious output as much as for the dramatic range of his works, Raff was for many years the protégé of Liszt and the...