Julius Benedict, Piano Concerto in E flat: II. Andante,
Julius Benedict (1804-1885), Piano Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 89: II. Andante. Played by Howard Shelley, with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885) was a Germen-born conductor and composer who studied with Hummel and Weber, and was acquainted with Beethoven. In 1825, he took a conductor’s post in Naples. In 1834 he moved to Paris, and the following year settled in London, where he became a conductor in theatres and concert halls, a prolific composer, and a tireless promoter of provincial musical festivals and popular concerts. He was knighted in 1871. The recording below is of the Andante from his Piano Concerto in E flat, of 1867.
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