Liverpool Philharmonic : RLPO Recordings : Ries: Piano Concertos, Vol. 3

Ries: Piano Concertos, Vol. 3 Music by Ferdinand Ries

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Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838)

Piano Concerto No. 7, Op. 132
Abschieds-Concert von England’ ('Farewell to England')
I Grave –Allegro con moto
II Larghetto
III Allegro

Grand Variations on ‘Rule Britannia’, Op. 116

Introduction et Variations Brillantes, Op. 170

Christopher Hinterhuber piano
Uwe Grodd conductor

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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.

Intensely lyrical and yet displaying at times a rugged Beethovenian grandeur, Ries’s concertos are works of impressive musical stature.

The three works featured on this recording are all associated with Ries’s English period: the Abschieds-Concert von England, composed to mark his retirement from the London stage; the brilliant Grand Variations on ‘Rule Britannia’, composed at Hastings in 1817, and the enchanting Introduction et Variations Brillantes, Op. 170 which takes as its theme 'Soldier, soldier, will you marry me?'