Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) - Piano Trios (1997)
Cover Front Album
Composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Orchestra / Ensemble I Beaux Arts Trio
Length 68:57
Format CD
Genre Chamber; Piano Trio
Index 274
Out of Print Yes
Credits
Producer Max Wilcox
Label Philips
Track List
01 Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 12: I. Allegro agitato 08:52
02 Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 12: II. Andante 05:54
03 Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 12: III. Finale: Presto 04:46
04 Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 65: I. Allegro con spirito 07:28
05 Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 65: II. Andante grazioso 05:01
06 Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 65: III. Rondo: Vivace assai e scherzando 03:42
07 Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 96: I. Allegro con spirito 08:43
08 Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 96: II. Andante quasi allegretto 04:05
09 Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 96: III. Rondo alla Russa: Allegro vivace 05:49
10 Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 35: I. Allegro con brio 07:16
11 Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 35: II. Tempo di menuetto 03:50
12 Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 35: III. Rondo: Vivace e scherzando 03:31
Personal
Purchase Date 7/6/1999
Value $16.50
Store BMG
Condition 100%
Nationality Austrian
Period Classical
Details
Studio American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
Catalog Number 446 077-2
Live No
Recording Date 6/1/1996
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Menahem Pressler: Piano
Ida Kavafian: Violin
Peter Wiley: Violincello

Hummel's career spanned six countries and the bridge between Classicism and Romanticism. He was a pupil of Mozart in Vienna in 1786. He composed eight piano trios.

Essay: "Dancing to a Classical Tune" by John Warrack