I've recommended a few Kuhlau (1786-1832) discs in the past, including his
piano quartets on a 2-cd Dacapo set and the opera Lulu on Kontrapunkt.
At the same time, I was less than enthusiastic about a Chandos disc of
overtures and a disc of violin sonatas on CPO.

What this adds up to is a degree of healthy skepticism concerning Kuhlau's
solo piano music.  It happens that there are two on-going series of his
piano music - Brigandi on Nuova Era and Trondhjem on Rondo Grammofon.  I
have two questions:

1.  What's your opinion of the piano music compared to Kuhlau's other works?

2.  Which series would you recommend, if any?

Don Satz
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