This disc of four of Johann Nepomuk Hummel's works for piano and orchestra is part of a joint project of Naxos and Artaria Editions, the publishing company revived by musicologist Allan Badley and Naxos' Klaus Heymann to bring back some forgotten works from the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century. For those who already know and like the music of Hummel, this recording will be of interest just to compare to the series made by Howard Shelley for Chandos in the early 2000s. In those recordings, Shelley was soloist and ...
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This disc of four of Johann Nepomuk Hummel's works for piano and orchestra is part of a joint project of Naxos and Artaria Editions, the publishing company revived by musicologist Allan Badley and Naxos' Klaus Heymann to bring back some forgotten works from the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century. For those who already know and like the music of Hummel, this recording will be of interest just to compare to the series made by Howard Shelley for Chandos in the early 2000s. In those recordings, Shelley was soloist and conductor, and used scores prepared by himself and Stephen Hogger. Here pianist Christopher Hinterhuber and conductor Uwe Grodd use scores prepared by Badley. For those who are less familiar with Hummel, this Naxos release is a great budget alternative to the Chandos series. The similarities in these works of Hummel's to both Mozart's late piano concertos and Beethoven's early ones are obvious. The way he develops themes, modulates through keys, uses Alberti bass, references minuets and...
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