Magie der Harfe - Harfenkonzerte / Magic of the Harp - Harp Concertos (Inspiration)

Romantic, magical sound: François Adrien Boïeldieu made a name for himself primarily as a composer of opera, yet posterity is also indebted to him for a most elegant harp concerto of compelling melodic opulence. Combining his work with concertos by two great harp virtuosos of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz and Nicholas Bochsa respectively, this CD showcases three of the loveliest concertos in the early-Romantic harp repertoire that all relish the harps’ wide-tone colour palette, from filigree transparency through to blazing brilliance.