In the realms of oblivion - The Classical Period

       The Classical Period, as stated in Wiki, are generally accepted as being between about 1730 and 1820, ranging about 90 years, often regarded as a bridging gap between the Baroque and Romantic periods. 
Often mentioned in the piano world, names such as Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven had dominated over 20 years, their works remained or a must be included in almost every repertoire nowadays. Over a thousand of recordings of the "3" sonatas, piano concertos made a laid-out point for every rising pianist. Such dominance, as what I called, overpowering has made lots of classical sonatas fell out of the pedagogical world. For example, friend and pupil of Mozart, Anton Eberl wrote magnificent piano sonatas that will overrate his teacher's works in terms of technique and complexity. Ferdinand Ries, friend and pupil of L.V.Beethoven, wrote 14 piano sonatas which unearthed these few years, showed a similarity in style of Beethoven. These 2 composers, whom overshadowed by the dominance of Mozart-Beethoven, fell into oblivion that simply wiped out off a pianist's mind. Someone even classified some Eberl's piano sonatas as Mozart's because of his overpopularity. Franciszek Lessel, in the other hand, pupil of Haydn, composed an elegant Grand Concert op.14 in C major which now been played frequently because of its rising popularity (This piece will be mentioned in the later posts). Stylistically classical, a masterpiece from a Polish composer suffered the same fate decades ago. Franz Schubert, classified as a transitional composer, had only 3 piano sonatas published during his lifetime (due to the declining trend of piano sonatas at that period and somehow overshadowed by Beethoven's last sonatas) is getting an uprising trend today in the piano world. His 20-odd sonatas are being frequently played and published in many editions (standard repertoire in exam as well as concerts). There is no luck to Eberl and Ries for a decent edition of their complete piano sonatas ALTHOUGH their sonatas are all published during their lifetime. As a rival of Mozart (legendary), Leopold Kozeluch wrote 50-odd piano sonatas which also suffered the fate of being forgotten. Thanks to Hogwood and a group of scholars who revived his music nowadays, a decent Urtext edition is being published by Barenreiter. The problem is there is simply no pianist dare to include these sonatas to their recordings (2 cds of sonatas has been recorded). Regarding piano concertos, only 5 out of 20 has been recorded so far. This is such an injustification to a classical master whom fame spread across Europe that time. Naxos is now issuing more classical period music than ever. A complete piano concertos and sonatas for Ferdinand Ries has been recorded.  I am now obtaining copies of music of forgotten classical composers and will make reviews on every single piece. I will focus more on piano works and works for piano and orchestra.