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HUMMEL, Johann Nepomuk - Composers

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Composer: HUMMEL, Johann Nepomuk ((1778-1837))
HUMMEL, Johann Nepomuk His/her music:
Concertos for Piano
Septets for Piano, Winds & Strings
Sonatas for Piano
Trumpet concerto

His/her life:
Jan (Johann) Nepomuk Hummel, born in Bratislava (Pressburg) on November 14, 1778 was the son of Josef Hummel, Director of the Imperial School of Military Music and Conductor of the Theater Orchestra. Josef selected the violin as Jan's first musical instrument, but this led to failure; the boy chose the pianoforte.
Jan immediately displayed a most remarkable ability and at age 7 when his father moved to Vienna, Mozart was so impressed with the child's playing that he offered to give him music lessons. Hummel then lived with Mozart for 2 years and in spite of informal and irregular lessons, he made immense progress, and Mozart predicted a brilliant future for him.
At age 9, Hummel made his first appearance at a concert given by Mozart. So successful was this performance that his father decided to take the boy on a European tour a year later through Bohemia, Germany and Denmark which continued to progress through the British Isles and ended in London where the boy received instruction from Clementi. At age 10, he gave a concert at Oxford which included an original piano quartet. Hummel remained in London until the age of 14 and toured his way home to Vienna in 1793.
When he was 15 years of age, he devoted himself to study composition under the senior master Albrechtsberger and with the suggestion of Haydn sought dramatic compositional advice from Salieri. His performance tours took him into Russia.
At age 26, he accepted the revered post of Kappelmeister to Prince Esterhazy at Eisenstadt, formerly famed by Haydn. Hummel remained here until 1811. It was during this time that an unusual estrangement came between him and Beethoven. This circumstance remained throughout Beethoven's lifetime, and it was not until Beethoven's last days that the old misunderstanding faded away.
Hummel was dismissed from this post because of neglect of duties and then moved back to Vienna. His career then embraced a great deal of touring as a performer and also conductor through-out all of Europe and Russia. From 1819, he lived in Weimar where he was a close friend of Goethe and often performed at the poet’s house. Together they were considered one of Weimar's most popular tourist attractions. "Without seeing Goethe and hearing Hummel play, no visit [to Weimar] was complete." During his stay at Weimar, Hummel composed many of his greatest works, including Piano Sonata, Op. 81; Grande Sonata, Op. 92 as well as his piano method: "A Complete Theoretical and Practical Course of Instruction on the Art of Playing the Piano Forte" (1828). This method sold thousands of copies within days of its publication and brought about a new style of fingering and ways of playing ornaments. Hummel was an astute businessman and was instrumental in establishing European copyrights for musical compositions.
In appearance, Hummel was a large man and rather ungainly. His face was that of a healthy business man with an abundance of common sense and savoir-faire. He married Elisabeth Röckel, an opera singer, in 1813.
Hummel was considered a brilliant virtuoso and wherever he appeared, he achieved very distinct success. He had the gift of improvisation, rivaling that of Beethoven, and was highly respected not so much for the performance of his own compositions, but rather for the interpretation of other composers. It is interesting to note that the symphonies of Beethoven became known to many people through the medium of Hummel's piano duet arrangements of his colleague.
It was this element of interpretation that altered the system of musical ornamentation. Prior to Hummel, trill notes began upon the auxiliary note, a style attributed to C.P.E. Bach. Hummel's suggestion was to start the ornamentation upon the principle note and that has remained with us to this day.
It should also be noted that Czerny was a pupil of both Beethoven and Hummel and that the playing of Hummel was a "revelation to him," and that he, in turn, was a teacher of Liszt. Therefore, much indebtedness to our modern piano school was born out of Hummel's activities. Not only pianists, but composers felt Hummel's influence which is clearly evident in the early works of Chopin and Schumann. He was considered in his time to be one of Europe's greatest composers and perhaps its greatest pianist.
Grove's Dictionary of Music lists over 175 compositions and stage works, church music, orchestral works, piano and orchestral works, chamber music, a host of solo instruments with piano, and a very impressive repertoire of piano solos. Clearly he is to be considered one of the world's most impressive musicians.
In 1827, the Hummel and his student Ferdinand Hiller hastily made their way to Vienna to visit the dying Beethoven. Their meeting saw a final reconciliation; Hummel was a pall-bearer at the funeral, and at the memorial concert, following Beethoven's wishes, improvised on themes from the dead composer's works. During this stay Hummel met Schubert and delighted him with improvisations on Schubert's compositions. Schubert dedicated his three last piano sonatas to Hummel, presumably hoping he would perform them, but because they were not published until after the death of both men, the publisher changed the dedication to Schumann.
In the remaining three years of Hummel's life, illness reduced his activity to almost nothing. His death was regarded as the passing of an era and was appropriately marked in Vienna by a performance of Mozart's Requiem. As pianist and a conductor, just as a composer, Hummel was one of the most representative personalities of his time. Together with Ignaz Moscheles he is considered the last important representative of the Viennese school of the piano play started by Mozart.

Timofey Dokshitser - Trumpet Concertos - Haydn - Neruda - Hummel

Timofey Dokshitser - Trumpet Concertos - Haydn -  Neruda  - Hummel
ID: ART187
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Russian Virtuosos 21th century
Subcollection: Trumpet

1-3 Moscow Chamber Orchestra - Rudolf Barshai, conductor
4-6 Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra - Saulius Sondeckis, conductor
7-9 Lion Chamber Orchestra - Phillippe Fournier, conductor
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Piano Concertos by Rachmaninoff and Hummel - Felicja Blumental, piano

Piano Concertos by Rachmaninoff and Hummel - Felicja Blumental, piano
ID: BR0012
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Piano

Felicja Blumental demonstrates her skill and dexterity performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, one of the most challenging works for pianists worldwide. This CD also includes the rarely heard Rondo Brilliant on a Russian Folk Theme by Hummel.
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Mozartiana - Works for cello & fortepiano

Mozartiana - Works for cello & fortepiano
ID: CC1011
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano and Cello

The works on this recording reflect the richness of the cello repertoire from the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.

Mozart's unfinished Sonata movement in B flat is here, having been completed by Annette Isserlis. The disc also includes works by Mozarts's pupils: J N Hummel's "Variations à la Monférine" Op.54 and Wölfl's Sonata in D Op. 31 are both beautifully crafted and make virtuoso demands on the performers. Together with the exquisite Mozart inspired sonata by Hélène Liebmann, this is a CD of exhilarating and unjustly neglected masterpieces.

Cello Classics' founder Sebastian Comberti and fortepianist Maggie Cole play on instruments of the period, bringing these works to light in all their true colours.
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Alyabyev - Mozart - Hummel - Orchestral Works - Moscow State Symphony Orchestra - A. Korneev

Alyabyev - Mozart - Hummel - Orchestral Works - Moscow State Symphony Orchestra - A.  Korneev
ID: MELCD1001016
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Piano and Orchestra

(1, 5 - 7) - Moscow State Symphony Orchestra - Alexander Korneev, conductor / (4)- Arbo Valdmaa (piano)
(3) - Arbo Valdmaa (piano) / Chamber Orchestra- Alexander Korneev, conductor
(2) - Flute Quartet: Alexander Korneev


Alyabyev:
Quartet for four flutes
Overture in F minor for orchestra

Hummel, J:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op. 85
Dmitry Ratser (piano)

Mozart:
Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in D major, K382
Arbo Valdmar (piano)

Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in A major, K386
Arbo Valdmar (piano)

(1, 5 - 7) - Moscow State Symphony Orchestra - Alexander Korneev, conductor / (4)- Arbo Valdmaa (piano) / (5 - 7) - Dmitry Ratser (piano)
(3) - Arbo Valdmaa (piano) / Chamber Orchestra- Alexander Korneev, conductor
(2) - Flute Quartet: Alexander Korneev
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Vivaldi - Concerto for Mandolin and Strings in C major , Trio Sonata for Violin, Lute and Continue in C major / Hummel - Concerto for Mandolin and Strings in G major - Northen Crown Sololsts Ensemble

Vivaldi - Concerto for Mandolin and Strings in C major , Trio Sonata for Violin, Lute and Continue in C major / Hummel - Concerto for Mandolin and Strings in G major - Northen Crown Sololsts Ensemble
ID: MKM162
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Mandolin

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Nikolai Petrov, piano: D. Scarlatti / A.Soler / L. Van Beethoven / J.N. Hummel / F.P. Schubert / F. Liszt

Nikolai Petrov, piano: D. Scarlatti / A.Soler / L. Van Beethoven / J.N. Hummel / F.P. Schubert / F. Liszt
ID: RCD16364
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Russian Piano School
Subcollection: Piano

Nikolaj Petrov (1943 - 2011), byl vynikající hudebník, jeden z nejznámějších světových představitelů moderní ruské klavírní školy, zaslouženě zaujímá své místo mezi nejpozoruhodnějšími hudebníky současnosti.
Již od počátků jeho koncertní činnosti si kritici všímali skutečně silného hudebního talentu, který dokáže zprostředkovat lyrická odhalení i mohutné emocionální úlety; „monumentální virtuozita“ jeho klavírní hry; snadná a bezplatná produkce zvuku a neposkvrněný vkus. Petrovovi tleskali diváci nejprestižnějších koncertních sálů, jako jsou Carnegie Hall a Albert Hall, Lincoln Center a Kennedy Center, Concertgebouw, Colon Theater a mnoho dalších.
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WEBER - DEBUSSY - BARTOK - HUMMEL - Sonata per piano n.2

WEBER - DEBUSSY - BARTOK - HUMMEL - Sonata per piano n.2
ID: STR10015
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Historical Recordings

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Hummel - Concerto in G Major for Mandolin & Orchestra

Hummel -  Concerto in G Major for Mandolin & Orchestra
ID: TUXCD1026
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Subcollection: Violin

15.00 eur Buy

 
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