Adolf von Henselt: Piano Concerto in F Minor, , Michael Ponti (piano)

Adolf von Henselt - Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op. 16, Michael Ponti, Philharmonia Hungarica, Othmar Maga (conductor) I. Allegro patetico – 0:00 II. Larghetto – 13:20 III. Allegro agitato – 20:40 Georg Martin Adolf von Henselt (9 or 12 May 1814 – 10 October 1889) was a German composer and virtuoso pianist. Henselt was born at Schwabach, in Bavaria. At the age of three he began to learn the violin, and at five the piano under Josephe von Flad (1778-1843). His concert debut was at the Odeon in Munich, where he played the opening Allegro to one of Mozart’s C Major concertos, a free fantasy with variations on a theme from Weber’s Der Freischütz, and a rondo by Kalkbrenner. „Henselt studied in Weimar with Hummel and had developed an original style of playing to the point where many considered him the equal of Liszt. Wilhelm von Lenz wrote that “Liszt, Chopin and Henselt are continents, Tausig, Rubinstein and Bülow are countries.“ In 1838 von Henselt went to St. Petersburg