Paul McNulty fortepianos. Part 4/4 (I.Pleyel, 1831)

S.Istomin (violoncello), V.Sofronitsky (fortepiano by Paul McNulty after Ignaz Pleyel (1831) performing Largo from Chopin's Sonata g minor, Op.65. Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831) was born in Ruppersthal (lower Austria). He studied with J.Haydn and, according the 1791 review in Londons Morning Herald, became even more popular than his teacher. He lived in Strassburg from 1783 and came to Paris in 1795. In 1797 he founded the music publishing firm, Pleyel, which for years published more than 4000 compositions by such composers as L.Boccherini, L.v Beethoven, M.Clementi, J.N.Hummel, F.Kalkbrenner and F.Chopin. Pleyel started piano making in 1805, aged 52.The McNulty instrument is built after Pleyel op.1555, 1831, from the Paris Museum of musical instruments.

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