Carl Maria von Weber: Piano Concerto No. 1, in C major, Op. 11, Roland Keller (piano)

Carl Maria von Weber - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11, Roland Keller (piano), Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Siegfried Kohler (conductor) Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 1786 – 5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. Weber’s operas greatly influenced the development of the Romantische Oper (Romantic opera). His operas influenced the work of later opera composers, especially in Germany, such as Marschner, Meyerbeer and Wagner, as well as several nationalist 19th-century composers such as Glinka. Weber’s compositions for clarinet, bassoon, and horn occupy an important place in the musical repertoire. A brilliant pianist himself, Weber composed four sonatas, two concertos and the Konzertstück in F minor (concert piece), which influenced composers such as Chopin, Liszt and Mendelssohn. Weber’s orchestration has also been highly praised and emulated by later generations of composers – Berlioz referred to him several times in his “Treatise on Instrumentation” while Debussy remarked that the sound of the Weber orchestra was obtained through the scrutiny of the soul of each instrument.