Weber?

[Antnee]

I have been reading about Weber and if I am to understand correctly he is a somewhat overlooked composer who had an amazing wealth of original ideas in his compositions.  So I was wondering...

Is anybody familiar with some Weber piano pieces that are worthwhile? I have listened to his Invitation to a Dance, but what else? I know there must be more and since I'm not too familiar I was wondering if anyone else has looked into his piano music. Thanks for your time.

-Tony- 

[Barbosa-piano]

Hmmm... My favorite pieces by Weber would be Invitation to a Dance, Mouvement Perpetuel, Variations on Vien Qua, Dorina Bella and Last Musical Thought. But yes, he is  a great composer with many original ideas, his Oboe Concerto in F for example, great, and comic at times. You can find some of his sheet music here: https://www.sheetmusicarchive.net/single_listing.cfm?composer_id=43

[tolkien]

His piano concertos are greatly enjoyable works. What is more, the Konzertstuck is surely a masterpiece. Liszt admired it  enough to fashion his own arrangement of it.

[xvimbi]

Not to forget his sonatas. They are every bit as splendid as most others in the mainstream repertoire.

[Skeptopotamus]

webern>weber


mmmmmmm unhelpful posts =D

[brewtality]

the perpetuum mobile rocks, especially hofmann's recording. Haven't really heard of lot of Webers other pieces though.

[Antnee]

I hate to ask but is anyone willing to share a recording of the Sonata in c? (the Mouvement Perpetuel if I'm not mistaken). I've been diggin around and havent been able to come up with a recording. itunes isn't helping either although they did have the other three. It would be most appreciated. Oh and thanks for your suggestions guys, I'm really liking what I hear from Weber.

-Tony-   

[thalbergmad]

I was very impressed on listening to his sonatas. The concerto's too are sparkling and witty.

Anyone who likes the Invitation to the Dance, should check out the formidable transcription by Tausig.

[Antnee]

OK, If nobody has listened to Weber then give him a try becuase he is awesome...

Within the last couple of weeks I have gotten really into his compositions. Here are some you should start with.

Piano sonata No 2 in A flat
Koncertstucke in F minor Op 79
Piano sonata No 4 in E minor

These are just a few I have gotten into.
People need to start playing composers like these. Weber is all but ignored by pianists and he deserves some popularity...


-Tony-

[burstroman]

The Sonatas are great music.

[dbrainiak914]

Outside piano, Weber writes amazing clarinet music.  His two clarinet concertos, concertino, and duo concertante are second only to the Mozart concerto.   All true masterpieces of the instrument.  Check it out.

[Bouter Boogie]

the perpetuum mobile rocks, especially hofmann's recording. Haven't really heard of lot of Webers other pieces though.

Yeah, that piece is awesome I tried to play it, but it's very hard to speed it up

[mrchops10]

Speaking of clarinet music, check out Weber's clarinet quintet. It's really glorious. Be careful, though. All his music is very accomplished, but mostof it sounds really soulless to me. Most of the things mentioned already are the thread are happy exceptions. (I just learned the other day that he was Mozart's nephew-in-law, i.e. Constanze's brother's son. The Bachs proved that genius can run in families, but I didn't know it could be transmitted through marriage!)