Carl Maria von Weber is best-known as a master of Romantic opera, but he was originally a virtuoso pianist who created a substantial amount of piano music for concert use. Next to his four piano sonatas, the five large and brilliant concert pieces brought together in this book, and two final variation cycles, are certainly his most important piano solo pieces. From the early Momento capriccioso op. 12 of 1808 to the dazzling Aufforderung zum Tanz op. 65 and Polacca brillante op. 72, it is possib...

• Momento Capriccioso B flat major op. 12
• Grande Polonaise E flat major op. 21
• Air russe varié (Schöne Minka) c minor op. 40 (37)
• Variations on a Gipsy Song C major op. 55
• Rondo brillante E flat major op. 62
• Invitation to the Dance D flat major op. 65
• Polacca brillante E major op. 72