Piano quartets I
Ferdinand Ries 1784–1838
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Themes & character
Chamber music·Beethoven's circle·Early Romantic·Prolific output
About the piece
Chamber music by Ferdinand Ries, who composed prolifically across every genre, including eight symphonies and nine piano concertos, most of it entirely forgotten.
His career took him across Europe and to London, where he had considerable success and helped arrange the commission from the Philharmonic Society that eventually produced Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
The composer
Ferdinand Ries
1784–1838
Ferdinand Ries was a German composer. Ries was a friend, pupil and secretary of Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed eight symphonies, a violin concerto, nine piano concertos, three operas, and numerous other works, including 26 string quartets. In 1838 he published a collection of reminiscences of his teacher Beethoven, co-written with Beethoven's friend, Franz Wegeler. Ries' symphonies, some chamber works—most of them with piano—his violin concerto and his piano concertos have been recorded, exhibiting a style which, given his connection to Beethoven, lies between the Classical and early Romantic styles.
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