Composer and conductor, pianist and pedagogue: Aloys Schmitt was respected by his peers and largely forgotten by posterity. As so often in this series, the three works recorded here will have listeners questioning that posthumous neglect.
1 A. Schmitt: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.14 I. Allegro
2 A. Schmitt: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.14 II. Adagio Con Moto Quasi Andante
3 A. Schmitt: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.14 III. Rondo: Allegro
4 A. Schmitt: Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.34 I. Allegro
5 A. Schmitt: Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.34 II. Adagio
6 A. Schmitt: Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.34 III. Allegro a. Schmitt: Rondeau Brillant, Op.101
Composer and conductor, pianist and pedagogue: Aloys Schmitt was respected by his peers and largely forgotten by posterity. As so often in this series, the three works recorded here will have listeners questioning that posthumous neglect.