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Ignaz Moscheles
12+ albums
ClassicalromanticCzechbohemiancomposer
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(Isaac) Ignaz Moscheles (May 23, 1794 – March 10, 1870) was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and sometime pupil Felix Mendelssohn as head of the Conservatoire. Moscheles was born in Prague to a well-off German-speaking Jewish merchant family. His first name was originally Isaac. His father played the guitar and was keen for one of his children to become a musician. Initially his hopes fixed on Ignaz's sister, but when she demurred her piano lessons were transferred to her brother. Ignaz early developed a 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 concentrate on Bach, Mozart and Muzio Clementi. After his father’s early death Moscheles settled in 1808 in Vienna. Nevertheless his abilities were such that he was able to study in Vienna under Albrechtsberger for counterpoint and theory and Salieri for composition. At this time he changed his first name from 'Isaac' to 'Ignaz'. He was one of the leading virtuosi resident in Vienna during the 1814-1815 Congress of Vienna and it was at this time that he wrote his enormously popular virtuosic 'Alexander Variations', Op. 32, for piano and orchestra, which he later played throughout Europe. Here too he became a close friend of Meyerbeer (at that time still a piano virtuoso, not yet
top songs
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Prelude
7,4982Concertante in F major
3653Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major, Op. 87: I. Allegro moderato
2474Cello Sonata in E Major, Op. 121: III. Ballade "in böhmische Weise". Andantino
1235Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major, Op. 45: I. Allegro maestoso
1156Les contrastes "Grand Duo", Op. 115 (Arr. Lev & Levanon for 2 Pianos 8 Hands & Orchestra): III. Choral & Variation. Andante religioso
1137Aus: "50 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von Anton Diabelli" (Wien, 1824): VIII. Var. XXVI
1008Piano Concerto No. 3 in G minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro moderato
929Piano Concerto No. 3 in G minor, Op. 58: II. Adagio
8210Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major, Op. 45: II. Adagio
80albums
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Moscheles: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5
Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 6 - Symphony in C major
Moscheles: Piano Sonatina / Piano Sonata / Variations On A Russian Theme / Fantasias
Moscheles, I.: Cello Sonata, Op. 121 / Melodic-Contrapuntal Studies
Moscheles: Piano Concerto Nos. 1 and 6, Variations on Alexander's March & Variations on Au Clair de la Lune
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Moscheles: Cello Sonata in E Major, Op. 121: III. Ballade "in böhmische Weise". Andantino
Flute Concertos (Romantic)
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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
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Moscheles: Les contrasts "Grand Duo", Op. 115 (Arr. Lev & Levanon for 4 Pianos & Orchestra): I. Prelude. Andante con moto me ben accentuato
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Moscheles: Grande Sonate symphonique No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 112
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Moscheles : Oeuvres pour piano
Moscheles: Etudes, Op. 70