Now Available: The complete Piano Sonatas and Sonatinas of Ferdinand Ries (5 discs)
Now available for purchase at www.classicsonline.com:
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Sonatas and Sonatinas, Vol. 5Opp. 114, 176, WoO 11
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Sonatas
and Sonatinas, Vol. 4
OOp. 9, No. 1 and Op. 141
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Sonatas and Sonatinas, Vol. 3Op. 9/No.2, Op.
26 (L'Infortuné), Op. 49 (The Dream)
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Sonatas
and Sonatinas, Vol. 2
Opp. 1, 5
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Sonatas
and Sonatinas, Vol. 1Opp. 11, 45
"Kagan is superb at delineating each and every mood … this most recent volume … takes one on a voyage of discovery that guarantees to delight and fascinate…Ferdinand Ries's cause could hardly be better championed."—Fanfare
"Kagan's performance is simply marvellous throughout—she plays with sophistication, expression and humour that Ries himself would certainly have applauded. Kagan is also one of the leading published authorities on Ries’s music, and provides the informative liner notes. The recording and general technical quality are once again first-rate."—Music Web International
Susan Kagan is a concert pianist and musicologist, recently retired
from Hunter College, where she taught music history. A Beethoven expert, her doctoral
dissertation explored Archduke Rudolph (Beethoven's patron, pupil and friend), and
she has recorded the complete sonatas of Beethoven disciple Ferdinand Ries for Naxos
Records. She is founder and past president of the New York Chapter of the American Beethoven Society. As a pianist, she has recorded
works of Beethoven, Archduke Rudolph, Ferdinand Ries, Grieg, Mendelsohn and Bargiel.
She also performs regularly with the ensemble Colleagues in Concert, and
is an active reviewer for Fanfare
Magazine.
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