With Stephanie Hughes. 4: The Virtuoso
Britain did not value its own brand of professional virtuoso/composer, but the public was prepared to pay handsomely to hear specimens from the Continent. Thalberg and, especially, Moscheles made fortunes in London as a resu
lt. George Frederick Pinto might have become an exception - but he died at 20 of "dissipation".
Cramer Study No 19 in D Ian Hobson (piano)
Pinto Grand Sonata in C minor (1803) Riko Fukuda (fortepiano)
Moscheles Piano Concerto in G minor
Michael Ponti , Philharmonica Hungarica, conductor Othmar Maga
Repeated next Thursday 11.30pm