Piano Concerto No. 8 in A flat major, ‘Gruss an den Rhein’, Op. 151
Introduction and Polonaise, Op. 174
Piano Concerto No 9 in G minor, Op. 177

Ferdinand Ries may once have been celebrated as ‘one of the finest piano-performers of the present day’ (the 1820s), but he is now remembered chiefly for his association with Beethoven. Yet the music here is never slavishly imitative: Piers Lane makes a persuasive case for rescuing these works from the pages of musical history.

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Recording: January 2017, Richard B Fisher Center, Bard College, USA