Koppel / Petri / Aalborg Symphony Orchestra - Danish & Faroese Recorder Concertos - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

Album Tracks 1. Allegro 2. Poco Lento 3. Scherzo and Trio 4. Allegro 5. Lyrical Interlude for String Quintet - Garfield Jackson 6. Adagio Ma Non Troppo 'Cathaleen-Ni-Hoolihan'

Album Tracks 1. Antar - Incidental Music After Works By Rimsky-Korsakov (1910) 2. Shéhérazade (1903)

Julius Benedict studied with Hummel and Weber, beginning as a virtuoso pianist and then becoming a conductor and operatic composer. In 1835 he moved to England where he spent the next 50 years as a much-admired composer, teacher and writer. His most famous work is the opera The Lily of Killarney but the music for his own instrument displays a precocious talent. This is most evident in the Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, where novelty and beguiling modulations co-exist with the influence of his teachers. The smaller pieces exhibit his taste, finesse and maturity, while the Andante and Rondo Brillante is a glittering showpiece. Album Tracks 1. Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, Op. 2~I. Allegro vivo 2. Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, Op. 2~II. Andante 3. Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, Op. 2~III. Menuetto Presto 4. Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major, Op. 2~IV. Finale Allegretto 5. Scherzo in E major 6. Etude für die linke Hand allein 7. Etude in A flat major 8. Rêverie, Op. 39 9. Gigue écossaise 10. Andante and Rondo Brillante in a flat major