Rummel/Lamb/Stroissnig - Ferdinand Ries: Complete Works for Cello, Vol. 2 - Sonatas, Trio, Three Russian Airs with Variations

Ferdinand Ries is remembered as Beethoven�s one-time pupil, secretary and copyist, but the discovery of his many compositions showed him to be a forward-looking composer in his own right. The 1799 Cello Sonata in C minor is among the first of its genre, the 15-year-old Ries already showing remarkable talent in its �Sturm und Drang� moods. The Trio, Op. 63 was admired in its day for its �ingenuity of modulations�, and fashionable London society lapped up the exotic themes of works such as Introduction and a Russian Dance and the virtuosic Trois Airs Russes Vari�s. Volume 1 of this edition can be found on Naxos 8.573726.