Kalkbrenner/ Shelley/ Tasmanian Sym Orch - Romantic Piano Concerto 56

While Kalkbrenner was not afraid to write big, bold orchestral introductions, it is when the pianist makes his entry that you realize what a jaw dropping player he must have been, with writing of such glittering, glistening panache that it must have had those polite salon ladies reaching for their smelling salts.