HUMMEL Piano Trios Vol. 2 / Gould Piano Trio

Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778 – 1837) Piano Trios Volume 2

Piano Trio No. 1 In E Flat Major, Op. 12 (19:12)

1 Allegro Agitato 9:08
2 Andante 5:30
3 Finale: Presto 4:34

Piano Trio No. 4 In G Major, Op. 65 (16:18)

4 Allegro Con Spirito 8:15
5 Andante Grazioso 4:10
6 Rondo: Vivace Assai E Scherzando 3:53

Piano Trio No. 5 In E Flat Major, “Grand Trio Concertante”, Op. 83 (25:59)

7 Allegro 13:50
8 Andante 4:13
9 Rondo 7:56

Gould Piano Trio:
Violin – Lucy Gould
Cello – Alice Neary
Piano – Benjamin Frith

Recorded June 20 & 21, 2013.

Label: Naxos – 8.573261
Barcode: 747313326174
Format: CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 2015
Genre: Classical
Style: Classical Piano Trio

Trained by Mozart and Haydn, Johann Nepomuk Hummel enjoyed the highest reputation as a composer and virtuoso performer of his day. His piano trios are characterised by their richness of sonority, good humour and flowing melodic inventiveness. While the influence of Beethoven can be heard, Hummel’s own creative voice is highly distinctive. The early Piano Trio, Op. 12 exudes the atmosphere of Vienna at the turn of the 19th century, and the Grand Trio is a concerto in all but name, the demands on the pianist expressly designed for its dedicatee Johann Baptist Cramer.