Probst of Leipzig and Birchall & Cº of London with a dedication to Ignaz Moscheles.
[1][2] According to Allen Badley, Ries completed the concerto around 1809, before embarking on his European tours.
[a] Badley further comments that compared with the Piano Concerto in C Major, Op.
120, 123 & 132, this concerto was published at a time Ries was retiring from being a touring performer and no longer needed to keep these works, which formed the basis of his performing repertoire secret.
The concerto follows the traditional three-movement structure: To date the concerto has only been recorded once, by Uwe Grodd with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and soloist Christopher Hinterhuber, this was released by Naxos Records[b] in conjunction with a publication of the score in a critical edition prepared by Allen Badley.