FLAC (tracks +Booklet) | Classical | 73:48 | 1CD | 258 MbKnown in his lifetime as ‘the north German Schubert’, Carl Loewe (1796–1869) is remembered today chiefly as a composer of ballads.

Yet there is a considerable body of piano music that is strikingly innovative in content, expression and harmony, containing the germs of ideas later taken up by composers such as Wagner and Liszt.

Loewe was unquestionably a brilliantly original talent, a major figure in ushering in the Romantic era.

Tracklist:01. Le printemps, Op. 47: I. L’aube de jour02. Le printemps, Op. 47: II. Grand jour03. Le printemps, Op. 47: III. Vie champêtre04. Le printemps, Op. 47: IV. Le crépuscule05. Biblische Bilder, Op. 96: I. Bethesda06. Biblische Bilder, Op. 96: II. Gang nach Emmahus07. Biblische Bilder, Op. 96: III. Martha und Maria08. Grande sonate brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 41: I. Allegro09. Grande sonate brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 41: II. Andantino – Allegro agitato – Adagio non troppo lento10. Grande sonate brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 41: III. Scherzo. Allegro11. Grande sonate brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 41: IV. Finale. Allegro grazioso12. Abendfantasie, Op. 11