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Ignaz Pleyel
Person · male · France · Ruppersthal · born 1757 · died 1831 · recording since 1994
Austrian-born French composer and piano builder (1757–1831)
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Also known as Ignaz Pleyel · Ignace Joseph Pleyel · Ignace Pleyel · Ignaz Josef Pleyel · 伊格纳茨·普莱耶尔
Timeline
23 events▣ Album 20◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1750s
1830s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Pleyel: Clarinet Concertos / Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Album: Quartet in B major / Symphony in A major / Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello and Strings in D major
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Album: Serenades for Wind Instuments: in E-flat major K. 375 / in E-flat major, K. Anh. 183
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2000s
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Album: Complete String Concertos, Volume 1: The Cello Concertos (Complete)
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2010s
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Album: Pleyel: Symphony in F / Violin Concerto in D / Vanhal: Symphony in G
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2020s
Biography
English biography1,864 words · 10 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1377018309
Biography
Ignaz (Ignace) Joseph Pleyel (French: [plɛjɛl]; German: [ˈplaɪl̩]; 18 June 1757 – 14 November 1831) was an Austrian composer, music publisher and piano builder of the Classical period. He grew up in Austria (then part of the Holy Roman Empire), and was educated there; in his mid-twenties he moved to France, and was based in France for the rest of his life.
Early years
He was born in Ruppersthal in Lower Austria, the son of a schoolmaster named Martin Pleyl. Despite the fact that some sources claim that he had 37 siblings, he was the eighth and last child of his father's first marriage to Anna Theresia née Forster and he had eight more half siblings from his father's second marriage to Maria Anna née Placho. While still young, he probably studied with Johann Baptist Wanhal, and from 1772 he became the pupil of Joseph Haydn in Eisenstadt. As with Beethoven, born 13 years later, Pleyel benefited in his study from the sponsorship of aristocracy, in this case Count Ladislaus Erdődy (1746–1786). Pleyel evidently had a close relationship with Haydn, who considered him to be a superb student.
Among Pleyel's apprentice work from this time was a puppet opera Die Fee Urgele, (1776) performed in the marionette theater at the palace of Eszterháza and in Vienna. Pleyel apparently also wrote at least part of the overture of Haydn's opera Das abgebrannte Haus, from about the same time.
Pleyel's first professional position may have been as Kapellmeister for Count Erdődy, although this is not known for certain. Among his early publications was a set of six string quartets, his Opus number 1.
In the early 1780s, Pleyel visited Italy, where he composed an opera (Ifigenia in Aulide) and works commissioned by the king of Naples, Ferdinand I.
Strasbourg 1783–1795
Attracted to the benefits associated with an organist position, Pleyel moved to Strasbourg, France, in 1783 to work alongside Franz Xaver Richter, the maître de chapelle at the Strasbourg Cathedral. The cathedral was extremely appealing to Pleyel as it possessed a full orchestra, a choir, and a large budget devoted to performances. After establishing himself in France, Pleyel voluntarily called himself by the French version of his name, Ignace. While he was the assistant maître de chapelle at Strasbourg Cathedral, he wrote more works than during any other period in his musical career (1783–1793). At the cathedral, he would organize concerts that featured his symphonies concertantes and liturgical music. After Richter's death in 1789, Pleyel assumed the function of full maître de chapelle. In 1788, Pleyel married Françoise-Gabrielle Lefebvre, the daughter of a Strasbourg carpet weaver. The couple had four children, the eldest being their son Camille. Marie Pleyel, née Moke (1811–1875), the future wife of Camille, became one of the most accomplished pianists of her time.
French Revolution and the Reign of Terror
In 1791, the French Revolution abolished musical performances in church as well as public concerts. Seeking alternative employment, Pleyel traveled to London, where he led the "Professional Concerts" organized by Wilhelm Cramer. In this capacity Pleyel inadvertently played the role of his teacher's rival, as Haydn was at the same time leading the concert series organized by Johann Peter Salomon. Although the two composers were rivals professionally, they remained on good terms personally.
Like Haydn, Pleyel made a fortune during his time in London. On his return to Strasbourg, he bought a large house, the moated Château d'Ittenwiller, about 35 km south of the city, between nearby Saint-Pierre and Eichhoffen in the Bas-Rhin department.
With the onset of the Reign of Terror in 1793 and 1794, life in France became dangerous for many, including Pleyel. He was brought before the Committee of Public Safety a total of seven times, due to his foreign status, his recent purchase of a château, and his ties with the Strasbourg Cathedral. He was subsequently labeled a "Royalist collaborator". The outcome of the committee's attentions could easily have been imprisonment or even execution. With prudent opportunism, Pleyel preserved his future by composing several pieces in honor of the new republic, all of which were written in Strasbourg around the time of the Terror. Those pieces, with dates of publication and details:
La Prise de Toulon ("The capture of Toulon") for solo and three-voice choir with piano accompaniment. (19 February 1794)
Hymne de Pleyel chanté au Temple de la Raison ("Hymn sung in the Temple of Reason") for choir with piano accompaniment. (1793 or 1794; dates disputed)
Hymne à l'Être Suprême ("Hymn to the Supreme Being") two part cantata (performed 8 June 1794)
La Révolution du 10 août ("The Revolution of August 10") for soloists, choir, and orchestra (10 August 1794)
Most of these compositions debuted at the Strasbourg Cathedral, which was known at the time as the Temple de l'Être Suprême (Temple of the Supreme Being), as churches were outlawed during the Terror. Pleyel became a naturalized French citizen and thus came to be known as Citoyen (citizen) Pleyel. With his involvement in artistic propaganda and loyalism to the new regime, Pleyel can be seen as the ultimate musical champion of Strasbourg republicanism.
In addition to composing the above works for the Strasbourg public, Pleyel also contributed to the Parisian music scene during the Revolution. One example is Le Jugement de Pâris, a pantomime-ballet by Citoyen (Citizen) Gardel and performed with Pleyel's music (along with that of Haydn and Étienne Méhul) on 5 March 1793.
Pleyel as businessman
Pleyel moved to Paris in 1795. In 1797, he set up a business as a music publisher ("Maison Pleyel"), which among other works produced a complete edition of Haydn's string quartets (1801), as well as the first miniature scores for study (the Bibliothèque musicale, "musical library"). The publishing business lasted for 39 years and published about 4,000 works during this time, including compositions by Adolphe Adam, Luigi Boccherini, Ludwig van Beethoven, Muzio Clementi, Johann Baptist Cramer, Johann Ladislaus Dussek, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Georges Onslow.
Pleyel visited Vienna on business in 1805, meeting his now elderly mentor Haydn for a final time and hearing Beethoven play.
In 1807, Pleyel became a manufacturer of pianos; for more on the Pleyel piano firm, see Pleyel et Cie.
Old age
Pleyel retired in 1824 and moved to the countryside about 50 km outside Paris. He died in 1831, apparently quite aware that his own musical style had been fully displaced by the new Romanticism in music. He was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
Pleyel's music
Pleyel was prolific, composing at least 42 symphonies, 70 string quartets, and several operas. Many of these works date from the Strasbourg period; Pleyel's production tailed off after he had become a businessman.
Recent scholarship has suggested that the theme for the Variations on a Theme by Haydn, by Johannes Brahms, Op. 56a, was probably composed not by Haydn, but by Ignaz Pleyel. Double bassist and musicologist Darija Andelic-Andzakovic announced in 2025 that her examination of the manuscript of one of the concerts formerly attributed to Johannes Matthias Sperger, the Double Bass Concerto in E-flat major, was in fact by Pleyel. It may have been performed in Pressburg (now Bratislava) when it was composed, but has not been played since. Its modern premiere was played by double bassist Robert Nairn and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in 2026.
Pleyel also wrote music for masonic rituals.
Reputation and assessment
Pleyel is one instance of the phenomenon of a composer (others include Cherubini, Meyerbeer, and Thalberg) who was very famous in his own time but currently is obscure. Keefe (2005) describes a "craze for his music c. 1780–1800", and quotes a number of contemporary witnesses to this surge. For instance François-Joseph Fétis wrote, "What composer ever created more of a craze than Pleyel? Who enjoyed a more universal reputation or a more absolute domination of the field of instrumental music? Over more than twenty years, there was no amateur or professional musician who did not delight in his genius."
Pleyel's fame even reached the then-remote musical regions of America. There was a Pleyel Society on the island of Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts, and tunes by Pleyel made their way into the then-popular shape note tunebooks. Pleyel's work is represented in the principal modern descendant of these books, The Sacred Harp.
In his own time, Pleyel's reputation rested at least in part on the undemanding character of his music. A reviewer writing in the Morning Herald of London (1791) said that Pleyel "is becoming even more popular than his master [Haydn], as his works are characterized less by the intricacies of science than the charm of simplicity and feeling." In the mid twentieth century, the harpsichord builder Wolfgang Zuckermann reminisced about playing Pleyel in his childhood in the 1930s: "When I was ten years old, my family string quartet played a lot of Pleyel since it was the only thing easy enough to keep us going. My cello part consisted of unending stretches of quarter notes played on open strings." Pleyel continues to be known today as a composer of didactic music. Generations of beginning violin and flute students, for example, learn to play the numerous duets he wrote for those instruments.
Pleyel pianos and Salle Pleyel
The piano firm Pleyel et Cie was founded by Ignace Pleyel and continued by Pleyel's son Camille (1788–1855), a piano virtuoso who became his father's business partner as of 1815. The firm provided pianos used by Frédéric Chopin, who considered Pleyel pianos to be non plus ultra. It also ran a concert hall, the Salle Pleyel, in which Chopin performed his first—and also his last—Paris concerts. In September 2009 a replica of the 1830 model of Pleyel's piano was built by Paul McNulty which is now in the collection Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw and was used in the 1st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments.
Recordings
Yuan Sheng. Frederic Chopin. Ballades Nos 1–4/Impromptus Nos 1–4. Played on the 1845 Pleyel piano. Label: Piano Classics
Freddy Eichelberger. Beranger. Chansons. Pleyel 1845 piano. Early Piano series. CD 5. Label: Alpha Classics.
Ronald Brautigam. Felix Mendelssohn. Piano Concertos. Played on a copy of the 1830 Pleyel piano made by Paul McNulty. Label: BIS Records
Janusz Olejniczak ASIN B000026D1L, Chopin Evening Around 1831 Pleyel. Label: Opus 111
Alexei Lubimov. "Chopin, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven: at Chopin's home piano", played on the original 1843 upright Pleyel piano. Label: NIFCCD
Dina Yoffe. Fryderyk Chopin. Piano Concertos No 1 & 2. Version for one piano. Played on the 1848 Pleyel and the 1838 Erard pianos. Label: Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Viviana Sofronitsky, Sergei Istomin. Frederyk Chopin. Complete works for cello and piano. Played on a copy of the 1830 Pleyel piano made in 2010 by Paul McNulty. Label: Passacaille
Kevin Kenner. Fryderyk Chopin. 4 Impromptus. Played on the 1848 Pleyel piano. Label: Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Patrick Schneyder. Franz Liszt. Mazeppa. Early piano series. CD 10. Played on Pleyel piano 1846. Label: Alpha Classics.
Arthur Schoonderwoerd. Fryderyk Chopin. Mazurkas, Valses & other dances. Early Piano series. CD 7. Played on Pleyel piano 1836. Label: Alpha Classics.
Tomasz Ritter. Fryderyk Chopin. Sonata in B minor, Ballade in F minor, Polonaises, Mazurkas. Karol Kurpinski. Polonaise in D minor. Played on the 1842 Pleyel piano, the 1837 Erard piano and a copy of Buchholtz piano from ca 1825–1826 made by Paul McNulty. Label: Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 29 | 89.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 24 | 88.5th |
| Studio albums | 22 | 97th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 23 | 95th |
| Recording span (years) | -163 | 4th |
| Genres | 9 | 95.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (24 release groups · 22 studio albums)
Albums · 22
Pleyel: Clarinet Concertos / Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:07:33
1Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in B-flat major: I. Allegro vivace11:432Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in B-flat major: II. Adagio5:453Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in B-flat major: III. Allegro6:084Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in C major: I. Allegro13:465Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in C major: II. Adagio5:546Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in C major: III. Rondo, Allegro molto4:287Sinfonia Concertante for Flute and Clarinet in B-flat major, op. 41: I. Allegro moderato9:268Sinfonia Concertante for Flute and Clarinet in B-flat major, op. 41: II. Larghetto4:279Sinfonia Concertante for Flute and Clarinet in B-flat major, op. 41: III. Polonaise, Allegretto5:561994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:05:45
1Quartet in B major: I. Allegro8:252Quartet in B major: II. Andante3:143Quartet in B major: III. Presto4:204Symphony in A major: I. Allegro con spirito11:265Symphony in A major: II. Andante8:586Symphony in A major: III. Menuetto6:037Symphony in A major: IV. Allegro molto5:398Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello and Strings in D major: I. Allegro6:099Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello and Strings in D major: II. Menuetto - Trio - Trio5:0510Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello and Strings in D major: III. Adagio2:4611Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello and Strings in D major: IV. Allegro3:40Serenades for Wind Instuments: in E-flat major K. 375 / in E-flat major, K. Anh. 183
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:12:39
1Serenade in E-flat major, K. 375: I. Allegro maestoso14:512Serenade in E-flat major, K. 375: II. Menuetto4:353Serenade in E-flat major, K. 375: III. Adagio5:444Serenade in E-flat major, K. 375: IV. Menuetto3:395Serenade in E-flat major, K. 375: V. Finale. Allegro3:426Sextet in E-flat major, K. Anh. 183: I. Allegro6:097Sextet in E-flat major, K. Anh. 183: II. Andantino6:088Sextet in E-flat major, K. Anh. 183: III. Menuetto. Allegretto3:339Sextet in E-flat major, K. Anh. 183: IV. Rondo. Allegro4:0410Sextet in E-flat major: I. Allegro moderato7:4811Sextet in E-flat major: II. Romance. Moderato4:2512Sextet in E-flat major: III. Menuetto4:0513Sextet in E-flat major: IV. Rondo. Allegro3:561997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:10:28
1Symphony in C major, op. 66, B. 154: I. Adagio - Allegro10:202Symphony in C major, op. 66, B. 154: II. Adagio4:243Symphony in C major, op. 66, B. 154: III. Menuetto e trio: Allegretto3:284Symphony in C major, op. 66, B. 154: IV. Tempo giusto5:045Symphony in G major, op. 68, B. 156: I. Allegro vivace assai7:046Symphony in G major, op. 68, B. 156: II. Adagio7:267Symphony in G major, op. 68, B. 156: III. Menuetto e trio3:458Symphony in G major, op. 68, B. 156: IV. Rondo: Allegro6:109Symphony in D minor, B. 147: I. Maestoso - Allegro con spirito quasi presto8:2410Symphony in D minor, B. 147: II. Adagio4:4111Symphony in D minor, B. 147: III. Menuetto e trio: Allegretto5:2212Symphony in D minor, B. 147: IV. Rondo: Allegro4:202000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:14:05
1Symphony in C major, Ben. 128: I. Allegro molto spiritoso6:292Symphony in C major, Ben. 128: II. Adagio6:593Symphony in C major, Ben. 128: III. Minuetto: Allegretto2:524Symphony in C major, Ben. 128: IV. Rondeau: Allegro5:565Symphony in F minor, Ben. 138: I. Allegro con spirito7:566Symphony in F minor, Ben. 138: II. Andante grazioso8:257Symphony in F minor, Ben. 138: III. Minuetto: Allegretto2:518Symphony in F minor, Ben. 138: IV. Finale: Rondo4:389Symphony in C minor, Ben 121: I. Adagio - Allegro molto10:2010Symphony in C minor, Ben 121: II. Adagio5:1711Symphony in C minor, Ben 121: III. Minuetto: Trio4:1012Symphony in C minor, Ben 121: IV. Finale: Presto8:12Complete String Concertos, Volume 1: The Cello Concertos (Complete)
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 2:09:07
Disc 11Cello Concerto in C major, B. 104: I. Allegro vivace11:442Cello Concerto in C major, B. 104: II. Adagio4:593Cello Concerto in C major, B. 104: III. Rondo. Allegro5:504Concerto for clarinet (or flute or cello) & orchestra in C major, B. 106: I. Allegro13:225Concerto for clarinet (or flute or cello) & orchestra in C major, B. 106: II. Adagio5:246Concerto for clarinet (or flute or cello) & orchestra in C major, B. 106: III. Rondo. Allegro molto5:467Cello Concerto in C major, B. 108: I. Allegro9:388Cello Concerto in C major, B. 108: II. Adagio8:519Cello Concerto in C major, B. 108: III. Allegro molto6:40Disc 21Cello Concerto in C major, B. 101: I. Allegro13:112Cello Concerto in C major, B. 101: II. Adagio9:263Cello Concerto in C major, B. 101: III. Rondo6:294Cello Concerto in D major, B. 105: I. Allegro moderato11:265Cello Concerto in D major, B. 105: II. Adagio poco andante10:166Cello Concerto in D major, B. 105: III. Rondo. Allegro6:05String Quartets, op. 2 nos. 1-3
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 55:38
1String Quartet in A major, op. 2 no. 1: I. Allegro8:472String Quartet in A major, op. 2 no. 1: II. Andante grazioso5:213String Quartet in A major, op. 2 no. 1: III. Menuetto3:134String Quartet in C major, op. 2 no. 2: I. Allegro moderato7:245String Quartet in C major, op. 2 no. 2: II. Adagio cantabile4:586String Quartet in C major, op. 2 no. 2: III. Finale: Allegro5:307String Quartet in G minor, op. 2 no. 3: I. Adagio6:468String Quartet in G minor, op. 2 no. 3: II. Allegro assai7:279String Quartet in G minor, op. 2 no. 3: III. Grazioso6:12String Quartets, op. 2 nos. 4-6
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 56:36
1String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 2 no. 4: Allegro7:002String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 2 no. 4: Adagio5:003String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 2 no. 4: Tempo di minuetto1:234String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 2 no. 4: Finale: Allegro assai5:185String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 2 no. 5: Allegro9:316String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 2 no. 5: Andante cantabile4:237String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 2 no. 5: Rondo: Grazioso4:118String Quartet in D major, op. 2 no. 6: Allegro / Allegretto / Presto10:339String Quartet in D major, op. 2 no. 6: Allegretto6:5910String Quartet in D major, op. 2 no. 6: Presto2:18String Quartets op. 11 nos. 1-3
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:01:44
1Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello in G major, Op. 11 No. 1, B. 340: I. Allegro10:092Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello in G major, Op. 11 No. 1, B. 340: II. Adagio molto con sordini4:453Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello in G major, Op. 11 No. 1, B. 340: III. Rondo: Allegro5:404Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello in C minor, Op. 11 No. 2, B. 341: I. Moderato12:045Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello in C minor, Op. 11 No. 2, B. 341: II. Tempo di Minuetto: Moderato6:166Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello in D major, Op. 11 No. 3, B. 342: I. Allegro molto12:537Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello in D major, Op. 11 No. 3, B. 342: II. Adagio: Espressivo con sordini5:088Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello in D major, Op. 11 No. 3, B. 342: III. Rondo: Moderato4:49Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2 / Sinfonia Concertante
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:08:22
1Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat major: Allegro13:282Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat major: Adagio5:173Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat major: Rondo5:154Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major: Allegro vivace11:425Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major: Adagio5:316Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major: Rondo8:127Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major: Allegro12:008Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major: Rondo moderato6:57The Pulse of an Irishman - Songs from the British Isles
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:12:06
1The pulse of an irishman2:252Hide not thy anguish2:073The morning air2:264No more, my mary1:155Our bugles sung5:446Musing on the roaring ocean1:277Sunset2:498English bulls2:279Faithfu' johnie4:4110Good night1:2711When far from the home2:1212Put round the bright wine1:3813Gramchree2:4614Donald4:0615Oh, open the door3:4716The bonny bucket lassie2:0017The slave's lament1:4718Duncan gray1:1119Greensleeves0:4620O can you sew cushions1:2621The blue bell of scottland4:2122Bannocks o'barleymeal4:5123Killiecrankie3:1924Maggie Lauder4:1625Saw ye my father4:4626My love she's but a lassie yet2:06Symphonies Concertantes / Violin Concerto in D
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:19:32
1Symphonie Concertante in B-flat, Ben. 112: I. (Allegro)12:542Symphonie Concertante in B-flat, Ben. 112: II. Rondo. Moderato8:243Symphonie Concertante in A, Ben 114: I. Allegro14:204Symphonie Concertante in A, Ben 114: II. Adagio4:245Symphonie Concertante in A, Ben 114: III. Rondo. Moderato8:556Violin Concerto in D, Ben. 103/103A: I. Allegro15:417Violin Concerto in D, Ben. 103/103A: II. Adagio. (Cantabile)8:348Violin Concerto in D, Ben. 103/103A: III. Rondo. Allegro (Ben. 103A)6:202012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 58:43
1String Quartet in C major B 334: I. Allegro con spirito11:232String Quartet in C major B 334: II. Adagio. Cantabile3:233String Quartet in C major B 334: III. Rondeau. Allegro4:464String Quartet in A major B 335: I. Allegro non troppo9:435String Quartet in A major B 335: II. Romance cantabile5:186String Quartet in A major B 335: III. Rondeau. Allegro4:567String Quartet in E-flat major B 336: I. Allegro10:348String Quartet in E-flat major B 336: II. Variazione. Tempo di Menuetto - Presto8:40Symphonies in B flat and in G / Flute Concerto in C
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:18:55
1Symphony in B flat major, Ben. 125: I. Allegro assai10:082Symphony in B flat major, Ben. 125: II. Andantino un poco allegro6:493Symphony in B flat major, Ben. 125: III. Minuetto3:514Symphony in B flat major, Ben. 125: IV. Finale. Allegro5:465Symphony in G major, Ben. 130: I. Allegro assai8:066Symphony in G major, Ben. 130: II. Andante9:187Symphony in G major, Ben. 130: III. Minuetto: Allegretto4:528Symphony in G major, Ben. 130: IV. Rondo. Presto6:169Flute Concerto in C major, Ben. 106: I. Allegro13:2010Flute Concerto in C major, Ben. 106: II. Adagio5:1511Flute Concerto in C major, Ben. 106: III. Rondo. Allegro molto5:14Music for Two Fortepianos in the XVIII Century
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 58:32
1Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448: I. Allegro con spirito9:162Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448: II. Andante9:103Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448: III. Molto allegro7:164Duo for Two Pianos in F major, op. 11: I. Allegro con espressione8:315Duo for Two Pianos in F major, op. 11: II. Romance. Larghetto2:516Duo for Two Pianos in F major, op. 11: III. Rondò. Allegro3:287Duo for Two Pianos: I. Allegro11:138Duo for Two Pianos: II. Tempo di minuetto6:47Pleyel: Symphony in F / Violin Concerto in D / Vanhal: Symphony in G
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:07:34
1Symphony in G major, Bryan G8: I. Allegro5:242Symphony in G major, Bryan G8: II. Andante cantabile4:223Symphony in G major, Bryan G8: III. Allegro4:094Symphony in F major, op 136: I. Allegro assai6:445Symphony in F major, op 136: II. Andante grazioso4:206Symphony in F major, op 136: III. Minuetto. Allegretto3:057Symphony in F major, op 136: IV. Rondo5:128Violin Concerto in D major: I. Allegro15:309Violin Concerto in D major: II. Adagio cantabile8:3810Violin Concerto in D major: III. Allegro finale10:102017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:07:33
1Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major: I. Allegro spiritoso4:292Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major: II. Andante grazioso4:103Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major: III. Allegro spiritoso4:334Sinfonia Concertante in F major, B. 113: I. Allegro12:385Sinfonia Concertante in F major, B. 113: II. Adagio espressivo3:526Sinfonia Concertante in F major, B. 113: III. Tema con variazioni10:447Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K. 297b: I. Allegro9:418Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K. 297b: II. Adagio6:249Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K. 297b: III. Andante con variazioni11:022021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 54:22
1String Quartet in G major, B. 340: Allegro8:142String Quartet in G major, B. 340: Adagio molto4:173String Quartet in G major, B. 340: Rondo: Allegro5:334String Quartet in C minor, B. 341: Moderato11:505String Quartet in C minor, B. 341: Tempo di minuetto: Moderato6:176String Quartet in D major, B. 342: Allegro molto8:527String Quartet in D major, B. 342: Adagio espressivo4:318String Quartet in D major, B. 342: Rondo: Moderato – Presto assai4:482025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:21:03
1Duetto 2 B-Dur, op. 44 (Benton 530): Allegro8:502Duetto 2 B-Dur, op. 44 (Benton 530): Menuetto poco allegretto4:5334me livre 1ere suite: Duo 2 Es-Dur (Benton 545): Adagio non troppo – Allegro vivace7:5244me livre 1ere suite: Duo 2 Es-Dur (Benton 545): Rondo. Allegretto3:065Duetto 1 G-Dur, op. 44 (Benton 529): Allegro8:556Duetto 1 G-Dur, op. 44 (Benton 529): Rondo. Allegretto7:027Duetto 3 c-moll, op. 44 (Benton 531): Andante3:378Duetto 3 c-moll, op. 44 (Benton 531): Allegro espressivo7:079Duetto 3 c-moll, op. 44 (Benton 531): Tempo di menuetto3:11104me livre 1ere suite: Duo 3 C-Dur (Benton 546): Allegro non troppo7:17114me livre 1ere suite: Duo 3 C-Dur (Benton 546): Finale. Presto6:05124me livre 1ere suite: Duo 1 D-Dur (Benton 544): Allegro8:18134me livre 1ere suite: Duo 1 D-Dur (Benton 544): Rondo. Allegro4:502026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 56:15
1String Quintet in C major, B. 273: I. Moderato9:502String Quintet in C major, B. 273: II. Adagio1:553String Quintet in C major, B. 273: III. Rondo5:494String Quintet in E‐flat major, B. 271: I. Allegro spiritoso11:495String Quintet in E‐flat major, B. 271: II. Adagio4:186String Quintet in E‐flat major, B. 271: III. Rondo. Allegro4:407String Quintet in G minor, B. 272: I. Moderato8:438String Quintet in G minor, B. 272: II. Andante grazioso2:339String Quintet in G minor, B. 272: III. Presto6:38— · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 58:13
1String Quartet in D major, B. 337: I. Allegro9:202String Quartet in D major, B. 337: II. Amoroso3:133String Quartet in D major, B. 337: III. Rondo: Presto3:584String Quartet in F major, B. 338: I. Allegro moderato11:145String Quartet in F major, B. 338: II. Variazione moderato10:446String Quartet in G minor, B. 339: I. Allegro9:117String Quartet in G minor, B. 339: II. Adagio non troppo4:038String Quartet in G minor, B. 339: III. Allegro moderato - Menuetto cantabile - Allegro6:30— · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 59:37
1Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in D major, B. 436: I. Allegro9:272Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in D major, B. 436: II. Rondo: Allegro molto4:463Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B-flat major, B. 440: I. Allegro vivace8:224Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B-flat major, B. 440: II. Adagio espressivo4:455Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B-flat major, B. 440: III. Rondo: Allegro4:326Sonata for Piano and Violin in B-flat major, B. 573: I. Allegro8:337Sonata for Piano and Violin in B-flat major, B. 573: II. Rondo: Allegro4:338Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in F minor, B. 442: I. Allegro espressivo8:169Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in F minor, B. 442: II. Tempo di Menuetto6:23
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | SinfonienSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 59:001Sinfonia concertante in F-Dur, Ben 113: Allegro12:58 2Sinfonia concertante in F-Dur, Ben 113: Adagio espressivo3:40 3Sinfonia concertante in F-Dur, Ben 113: Thema (Andante grazioso) con Variationi Presto7:05 4Sinfonie in C-Dur (Bryan C17): Allegro5:34 5Sinfonie in C-Dur (Bryan C17): Andante4:55 6Sinfonie in C-Dur (Bryan C17): Menuet (Menuetto ma Allegretto)1:36 7Sinfonie in C-Dur (Bryan C17): Allegro molto2:59 8Sinfonie n a-Moll/A-Dur, Ben 155: Adagio. Allegro con spirito9:45 9Sinfonie n a-Moll/A-Dur, Ben 155: Adagio5:13 10Sinfonie n a-Moll/A-Dur, Ben 155: Rondo. Grazioso5:15 | Live | 20 February 2008 | |
| 2014 | Nonett & SymphonienSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:19:571Serenade in G major, Ben. 285, "Nonett": I. Allegro moderato (arr. for chamber ensemble)6:38 2Serenade in G major, Ben. 285, "Nonett": II. Menuett - Trio (arr. for ensembleensemble)4:36 3Serenade in G major, Ben. 285, "Nonett": III. Adagio (arr. for ensembleensemble)6:41 4Serenade in G major, Ben. 285, "Nonett": IV. Menuett - Trio (arr. for ensembleensemble)5:40 5Serenade in G major, Ben. 285, "Nonett": V. Rondo (arr. for ensembleensemble)6:40 6Symphony in B-flat major, Ben. 135: I. Allegro assai6:56 7Symphony in B-flat major, Ben. 135: II. Adagio3:43 8Symphony in B-flat major, Ben. 135: III. Minuetto - Allegetto - Trio3:07 9Symphony in B-flat major, Ben. 135: IV. Rondo. Allegro assai5:08 10Symphony in C minor, Ben. 142: I. Allegro assai12:47 11Symphony in C minor, Ben. 142: II. Adagio con sordino6:13 12Symphony in C minor, Ben. 142: III. Minuetto poco allegretto - Trio5:14 13Symphony in C minor, Ben. 142: IV. Finale. Presto6:34 | Live | 4 February 2014 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ignaz Pleyel head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 29 | 89.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 24 | 88.5th |
| Studio albums | 22 | 97th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 23 | 95th |
| Recording span (years) | -163 | 4th |
| Genres | 9 | 95.7th |
Awards & honours
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Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 29 language versions)
Image: William Nutter / After Thomas Hardy · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q314019 · MusicBrainz: 9b937242-0492-4056-b430-137eff78f194
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