Tapiola Sinfonietta - Ries: Symphonies in Es & No. 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Various Artists - Best of Basics Essential Classics / Various [COMPACT DISCS] Digipack Packaging date 01/12/2010

First volume in a new cycle by Tapiola Sinfonietta under Janne Nisonen presenting the symphonies of Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838), Beethoven's only acknowledged composition pupil, close friend and biographer. Often remembered in music history as Beethoven's 'right hand', these new recordings by the Tapiola Sinfonietta are showcasing a remarkable and talented early 19th century symphonist with a voice of his own.

The final volume in a new groundbreaking and much-praised complete symphony cycle of Ferdinand Ries' (1784-1838) symphonies by the Tapiola Sinfonietta and conductor Janne Nisonen includes the composer's two final statements in the symphony genre. Like most of his symphonies, also Ries' Symphony No. 6 was premiered in London in 1822. His 7th Symphony, written a decade later, remained in the shadows and was published only in 2004. Both works, however, are full of discoveries.