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Weber: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2, Etc / Frith, O'Duinn


Release Date: 01/23/1996 
Label:  Naxos   Catalog #: 8550959   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Franz Liszt,  Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:  Benjamin Frith
Conductor:  Prionnsias O'Duinn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RTE Sinfonietta
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 12 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
Polonaise brillante (Weber) for Piano and Orchestra, S 367/R 460 by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Benjamin Frith (Piano)
Conductor:  Prionnsias O'Duinn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RTE Sinfonietta
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany 
2.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 11 by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:  Benjamin Frith (Piano)
Conductor:  Prionnsias O'Duinn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RTE Sinfonietta
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1810; Germany 
3.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 32 by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:  Benjamin Frith (Piano)
Conductor:  Prionnsias O'Duinn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RTE Sinfonietta
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1812; Germany 
4.
Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79 by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:  Benjamin Frith (Piano)
Conductor:  Prionnsias O'Duinn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RTE Sinfonietta
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1821; Dresden, Germany 

Sound Samples

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 11, J. 98: I. Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 11, J. 98: II. Adagio
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 11, J. 98: III. Presto
Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 32, J. 155: I. Allegro maestoso
Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 32, J. 155: II. Adagio
Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 32, J. 155: III. Rondo: Presto
Polacca brillante in E Major, Op. 72, J. 268, "L'hilarite" (arr. F. Liszt for piano and orchestra): Polacca brillante in E Major, J. 268, Op. 72, "L'hilarite" (orch. Liszt)
Konzertstuck in F Minor, Op. 79, J. 282: Konzertstuck in F Minor, J. 282, Op. 79

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