Composer: Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Performer: Alessandro Commellato, Stefano Barneschi
Orchestra: La Galante
Conductor: Didier Talpain
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Brilliant Classics
Release: 2019
Size: 1.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Major, WoO 24a S.5
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Romanze. Adagio
03. III. Rondo
Concerto for Piano, Violin & Orchestra in G Major, Op. 17
04. I. Allegro con brio
05. II. Andante con variazioni
06. III. Rondo
• The second installment of the complete Hummel piano concertos recoding on period instruments!
• Hummel (1778–1837) deserves to be far better known today than it is.
While he was one of the most famous and celebrated composers of the Classical period, his popularity declined rapidly after his death, with the onset of Romanticism, and it is only now that musicians have begun to effect a serious revival of his repertoire.
• Hummel’s fame as a concert pianist is evident from the sparkling virtuosity of the works heard on this disc, all for fortepiano and orchestra: the A major Concerto and the Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra Op. 17. Both works were written in his twenties and obviously show the influence of the Classical Viennese style of Mozart’s piano concertos: elegant, melodious and overflowing with brilliant virtuosity.