Steibelt: The Classical Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

Howard Shelley and the Ulster Orchestra return for a second volume in Hyperion's new Classical Piano Concerto series. Daniel Steibelt - the man who dared to challenge Beethoven and lost -ruled the keyboards of northern Europe for a quarter of a century. His concertos were as sensationally popular as the composer was ostentatious. Howard Shelley, doing double duty as pianist and conductor, leads compelling performances of Piano Concertos Nos.3, 5 and 7.