Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778—1837) Piano Trios — Gould Piano Trio[
Trios Nos. 1, 4 & 5 |
Trios Nos. 2, 3, 6 & 7 ]
Музыка любимца Гайдна и Моцарта — Хуммеля (Гуммеля), считающегося также одним из переходных композиторов из классического периода в романтический (ещё один такой композитор — Луи Шпор /Louis Spohr/).
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the classical to the romantic musical era.
Hummel was a child prodigy. At the age of eight, he was offered music lessons by the classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was impressed with his ability. Hummel was taught and housed by Mozart for two years free of charge and made his first concert appearance at the age of nine at one of Mozart's concerts.
In 1791 Joseph Haydn, who was in London at the same time as young Hummel, composed a sonata for Hummel, who gave its first performance in the Hanover Square Rooms in Haydn's presence. When Hummel finished, Haydn reportedly thanked the young man and gave him a guinea.
WikipediaThis is a superb disc of relatively rare repertoire. The Gould Piano Trio play these trios with exhilarating gusto and finesse. These are bright, sunny, singing, graceful, fresh, invigorating and positively joyous performances of unjustly neglected repertoire. For those unfamiliar with Hummel's Trios, I find they combine the freshness and joyful discovery of Mozart with the deeper innovation of Haydn and early Beethoven. It is most rewarding and thoroughly enjoyable music. I recommend this disc with the highest enthusiasm.
David RoweThe Gould Trio is making a lot of recordings these days. And that's a good thing: they are one of the very best piano trios working now. (A piano trio is piano, violin, and cello.) The music is, like one of the other reviewers here accurately put it, quite Mozart-like. Very "approachable."
Philip F. Jensen
