034571173900

Hummel: Piano Sonatas

Stephen Hough

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67390

Release Date:  01 October 2003

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571173900

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    Once more Hyperion is proud to champion music that has little seen the light of day in the shadow of the greats. Hummel was revered in his lifetime not only ahead of those we call the greats today but by the greats of his day, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin and Mendelssohn among them. Hummel's unjust posthumous neglect lasted until only very recently.
    Never having been content with a repertoire of warhorses, Hough has throughout his career made a point of playing Hummel, whose music of such fresh imagination pre-echoes more familiar music. Chopin in particular was happy to use ideas prompted by Hummel's example. We are at the bridge between the classical and the romantic styles and Hough's instinctively virile elegance brings out the sense of adventure that is at the heart of Hummel's vibrant imagination.
    A disc to explore and re-visit.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Allero
      • 2. Largo Con Molt'espressione
      • 3. Vivace
      • 4. Allegro Moderato, Ma Risoluto
      • 5. Un Scherzo All'antico: Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
      • 6. Larghetto A Capriccio
      • 7. Allegro Vivace
      • 8. Allegro Moderato
      • 9. Adagio Maestoso
      • 10. Presto