Ignaz Moscheles Piano Concerto No. 2

Ian Hobson Piano and Conductor, Sinfonia da Camara 00:00 Allegro Moderato 12:58 Adagio 20:40 Allegretto Ignaz Moscheles (17941870) was a Bohemian Composer and Pianist. Ignaz developed an early passion for the (then revolutionary) piano music of Beethoven, which the Mozartean Bedřich Diviš Weber, his teacher at the Prague Conservatory, attempted to curb, urging him to focus on Bach, Mozart and Muzio Clementi. He also studied later in Vienna with Albrechtsberger and Salieri. During his time in Vienna he wrote his then most popular work, Alexander Variations for Piano and Orchestra. Moscheles was also familiar with Hummel and Kalkbrenner. Moscheles was also familiar with Hummel and Kalkbrenner. Among the virtuosi of the 1820s, Hummel, Kalkbrenner, Cramer, Herz and Weber were his most famous rivals. While in Vienna, Moscheles was able to meet his idol Beethoven, who was so impressed with the young man s abilities that he entrusted him with the preparation of the pian