Around 1800 Ignaz Pleyel was regarded, next to Haydn and Mozart, as Europe's most successful and popular instrumental composer of music; his numerous works circulated from Scandinavia to Southern Italy in countless printed editions. His star began to fade during the 1820s; Pleyel came to be regarded merely as an epigone of his esteemed teacher Haydn. This new release demonstrates that his music really has not deserved to be forgotten. Moesusconducts the Stuttgart Radio Symphony.