Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Beaux Arts Trio Title: Hummel: Piano Trios Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Polygram Records Release Date: 5/12/1998 Genre: Classical Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Symphonies Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 028944607727 |
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Usually when you go looking for obscure classical repertoire like Hummel trios, you have to put up with whatever you can get. What a treat it is to hear this music played by the world's best-known trio! These high-voltag... more » |
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Amazon.com Usually when you go looking for obscure classical repertoire like Hummel trios, you have to put up with whatever you can get. What a treat it is to hear this music played by the world's best-known trio! These high-voltage performers really have a time with Hummel's expert writing (he was, after all, a pupil of Mozart). They bring out all his forecastings of the Romantic era, and his sense of humor as well. (Wait till you hear them scampering through the finale of Op. 65!) Lovely recorded sound, too. I hope this group's celebrity will lead potential listeners to discover this almost first-rate music by an undeservedly forgotten composer. --Leslie Gerber Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsHEAVENLY HUMMEL! Melvyn M. Sobel | Freeport (Long Island), New York | 07/14/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "Here's yet another composer who has remained fairly obscure--- not so obscure as to be unknown, of course--- but, actually, not quite on everyone's "Top Ten" composers list, either. Imagine trying to write music beneath the shadows of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven? You'd have to be crazy, persistent or talented (or any combination of these). What Hummel succeeded in doing was to assimilate--- probably with Mozart's prodding--- and use the musical influence(s) of his contemporaries. This was an intelligent thing to do because Hummel, most assuredly, is not what I would classify as a "great" composer, but his musical output has its gems. And this CD is a perfect example.
Nobody who has not been captured by the piano trios of Haydn and Mozart could fail to be absolutely smitten by these enchanting Hummel works. And, interestingly enough, Hummel is rather his own man. He's not Mozart. He's not Haydn, and he can hardly be accused of writing music too derivative, either. That's the wonder of it all. It should amaze us that these works can hold their own with ease. Hummel charms us with perky melodies throughout, jaunty rondos and lyrical andantes. With the Beaux Arts threesome at their finest, and with good, warm sound, this music is never less than completely delightful. [Running time: 68:55]" |
