Carl Maria Von Weber is known as thefather of German Romantic opera but isonly really recognised for the opera DerFreischutz. This new disc from Jean-JacquesKantorow and the Tapiola Sinfonietta willdefinitely enhance his reputation as a composer.All the pieces are beautifully writtenand the playing is strong and sympathetic.The ten pieces here range from the overture und seine Nachbarn – composed at the age of15 – to Oberon, written for the Covent Gardenless than two months before his deathfrom tuberculosis, aged 39.