Symphonies Numéro 18 et 21 / concerto pour alto

Description

At the end of the 18th century, Ignaz Pleyel was considered the rightful successor to his teacher, Joseph Haydn. His instrumental music – ranging from small ensemble pieces to concertos and symphonies – enjoyed immense international popularity until the tide slowly turned with the onset of the Revolution. The skillful and adept Pleyel adapted skillfully: while he wrote a few tribute pieces for the new French rulers, he remained largely faithful to the classical style of his predecessors, while building a reputation in Paris as a publisher and piano maker. Today, interest in his classically structured works has rightly been revived. Thanks to their refined elegance and fluidity, their architectural balance and, especially in the case of the popular viola concerto, their great virtuosity, this music has nothing to fear from comparison with the great names of the era.