Riva - Joseph Woelfl: Piano Music, Vol.2

Joseph Woelfl (1773�1812), a friend of the Mozart family from childhood, was one of the best-known musicians of his day: he was regarded as a rival of Beethoven in Vienna and a worthy successor to Haydn in the musical life of London. His late-Classical piano music sits between Mozart, Haydn and Clementi and looks forward to Schubert and Mendelssohn. This first-ever project to examine it in any detail hopes to rescue Woelfl�s once starry reputation from the folds of history. The three sonatas which open this second volume are dedicated �a Mr L. van Beethoven�.