Hummel: Potpourri - Adagio & Rondo alla Polacca - Variations - Violin Concerto - J.Ehne, H.Shelley, London Mozart Players - 2004

Hummel: Potpourri - Adagio & Rondo alla Polacca - Variations - Violin Concerto

J.Ehne, H.Shelley, London Mozart Players - 2004
James Ehnes: Violin / Viola
London Mozart Players
Howard Shelley: Piano
Recording: Blackheath Halls, London, 12 & 13 June 2004
Total Playing Time: 66min 20 sec
Year: 2004
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Potpourri (mit Fantasie), Op.94 for Viola and Orchestra in G Minor
(Edited by Franz Beyer)
Premiere Recording: Adagio and Rondo alla Polacca For Violin and Orchestra in A Major
(Edited by Stephen Hogger and Howard Shelley)
Premiere Recording: Variations, Op.115 On a theme from the Berlin 'Singspiel' Das Fest der Handwerker for Piano and Orchestra
(Edited by Stephen Hogger and Howard Shelley)
Premiere Recording: Violin Concerto in G Major
(Edited and completed by Stephen Hogger and Howard Shelley)



Gramophone Editor's Choice / Awards-2004: 'More Hummel uncovered, bringing some dazzling playing from violinist and pianist'

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Published in Vol. 10 No. 5 of La Scena Musicale : W.S. Habington
Johann Nepomuk Hummel was born in Pressburg (now Bratislava) in 1778 and died in Weimar in 1837. He was a pupil of Mozart, Albrechtsberger, Salieri and Haydn and could claim the friendship of Beethoven and Schubert. His music is essentially of the High Classical period but it can embrace the threshold of Romanticism. Hummel's compositions typically display warmth, tunefulness and often striking originality. Virtually forgotten outside of music conservatories a generation ago, Chandos has led the Hummel revival with an excellent series of discs. This latest one offers sheer delight from beginning to end. It is true that all four pieces are acts of musical salvage (the Potpourri is edited by Franz Beyer and the remainder by Stephen Hogger and Howard Shelley for these premiere recordings) and that the attribution of the Violin Concerto may be doubtful (at least it sounds just like Hummel in the Hogger/Shelley completion). James Ehnes is the impressive viola soloist for Potpourri with its humorous quotations of Mozart and Rossini and he reverts to the violin with accustomed success for the Adagio and Rondo and the concerto. Howard Shelley directs the variations from the keyboard. It is gratifying to follow his progress as a conductor.

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Tracklist:

01. Potpourri (mit Fantasie) Op. 94 in G Minor [0:18:47.39]
02. Adagio and Rondo alla Polacca : Adagio Con Moto [0:02:08.28]
03. Ronda alla Polacca [0:08:33.60]
04. Variations Op. 115 : Larghetto [0:01:53.01]
05. Allegretto - Larghetto [0:09:10.53]
06. Finale, Vivace [0:04:07.42]
07. Violin Concerto in G Mjor: I. Alegro Risoluto - Rallantando [0:10:46.69]
08. II. Adagio [0:02:40.33]
09. III.Rondo [0:08:15.05]

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