Hummel: Piano Concertos, Volume 1

Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play): Available for licensing: More Information: Social media: Brilliant Classics Facebook: Brilliant Classics Instagram: Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: New Classical Releases: The Best of Liszt: The Best of Bach: Most Popular Piano Music: Beautiful Classical Music: Classical Music For Dinnertime: Composer: Johann Nepomuk Hummel Artists: Alessandro Commellato (fortepianos), Solamenti Naturali, Didier Talpain (conductor) As the vibrant works on this new recording demonstrate, the music of Johann Nepomuk 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 parallel career as a concert pianist is evident from the sparkling virtuosity of the works heard on this disc, all for fortepiano and orchestra: they span his development from a young composer in the thrall of his mentor Mozart (heard in the charming Piano Concertino in G) to the drama and supreme virtuosity of his final period of creativity (Introduction & Rondo brillant in F minor). It is clear that Romanticism was beginning to take root during his lifetime; the Piano Concerto in A minor, for example, prefigures Chopin in its delicacy, and it is unsurprising that Hummel’s music proved an inspiration to the younger composer. 00:00:00 Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 85: I. Allegro moderato 00:16:12 Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 85: II. Larghetto 00:20:39 Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 85: III. Rondo: Allegro moderato 00:31:34 Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Concertino in G, Op. 73: I. Allegro moderato 00:39:51 Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Concertino in G, Op. 73: II. Andante grazioso 00:43:31 Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Concertino in G, Op. 73: III. Rondo 00:47:45 Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Introduction & Rondo brillant in F Minor, Op. 127 ‘Le retour de Londres’: I. Introduction (Largo) 00:51:26 Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Introduction & Rondo brillant in F Minor, Op. 127 ‘Le retour de Londres’: II. Allegretto vivace Thanks for watching! Feel free to subscribe and visit our channel for the best classical music from the greatest composers like: Bach, Satie, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Chopin, Haydn, Ravel, Debussy, Verdi, Vivaldi, Handel, Brahms, Liszt, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Wagner, Strauss, Handel, Dvorak, Schubert and many more! We upload complete albums, music for relaxing, working, studying, meditating, concentrating, instrumental music, opera, violin, classical piano music, sonatas and more! #BrilliantClassics #Music #Composer #ClassicalMusic #JohannNepomukHummel, #DidierTalpain #fortepiano #SolamentiNaturali #DidierTalpain #conductor #hummel