Credits:

Howard Shelley

Description:

NIFC! The Second Release in the Music of Chopins Era Series! A Collection of Piano Concertos by Ressel & Dobrzyski!NIFC, the independent label of the Polish National Chopin Society (Institute). The second release in the fourth series, Music of Chopins Era, is a Collection of Piano Concertos by the Polish composers Franciszek Ressel (17801838) and Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyski (18071867)! Renowned British maestro Howard Sherry conducts and performs as soloist with Sinfonia Varsovia!Ressel, whose father was a composer and who studied music under Haydn in Vienna, was a key Polish musician who, building on the Classical style, served as a bridge to the Romantic era and the next generation of composers, including Chopin.Dobrzyskis music is characterized by a style that blends elements of the Viennese Classical tradition with Polish folk music. His Piano Concerto, composed in 1824, is reminiscent of the