Since you are interested in Hummel: Ballet Suites / Twelve Waltzes and Coda, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hummel: Potpourri, Op. 94 / Adagio and Rondo alla Polacca / Variations, Op. 115 / Violin Concerto in G James Ehnes (violin & viola) / London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley, piano & conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Aug/2004 ] "One of the most highly regarded composers during his life (1778-1837), Hummel's reputation has suffered neglect ever since...f you like Mendelssohn's concertos, the charm of this one should captivate you." - Editor's Choice - Gramophone 2004 |
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Mandolin Concerto, Trumpet Concerto, Ballet Music 'Das ZauberglAckchen' Alison Stephens (mandolin) Urban Agnes (trumpet), London Mozart Players, Shelley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 19/Jun/2001 ] the first recording of the newly discovered Mandolin Concerto. |
VIVALDI / TURINA / HUMMEL ETC
Captain Corelli's Mandolin & the Latin Trilogy: the novels of Louis de BerniAres Craig Ogden, guitar, Alison Stephens, mandolin [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] Music to compliment the novels of Louis de Bernières |
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Piano Works (Incls Sonata Op 13) Howard Shelley (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2000 ] Unusual and rare repertoire from Hummel! |
FAURE
Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2 / Nocturne No 4 Kathryn Stott (piano) / The Hermitage String trio [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Stott and the Heritage Trio imbue the hushed sections with a sense of eerie menace, refusing to smooth the edges, which is certainly not to say they are rough and ready elsewhere...the exquisite account by Stott of the fourth Nocturne is the icing o |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concertos in A and F major / Theme and Variations in F major London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2001 ] 'And it receives eloquent advocacy from Howard Shelley, with his aristocratic command of the glittering Keyboard pyrotechnics'. Fanfare |
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Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 34 / Rondo brillant, Op. 56 in A major (premiere recording) / Rondo brillant, Op. 98 in B flat major London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano and director) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] '...this one is every bit as fine as its predecessors, with full, open, well-balanced sound nand sparkling performances... These are rarities well worth sampling, unlikely to be performed or recorded better.' Gramophone |
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L'Enchantment d'Oberon, Op. 116 / Piano Concerto in A major / etc London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 'Shelley's sparkling playing is winning… As ever in this Chandos series, the first-rate recording is clear and vivid, warm and full.' Gramophone.. |
JOHANN CHRISTIAN CANNABICH
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 'As in the previous issues of Chandos' Contemporaries of Mozart series, Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players provide polished and stylish performances.' BBC Music Magazine |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake, Op. 20 (complete ballet) Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor) [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "This is a performance that ballet lovers and Tchaikovsky fans alike can appreciate and enjoy without hesitation." (9/9 ClassicsToday.com) |
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Hummel: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Stephen Hough (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "In Stephen Hough's virtuosic hands, the coruscating final coda of the A minor Concerto is one of the most exciting things I've heard for years. Bravo!" - Lionel Salter (Gramophone) |
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Complete Piano Trios (Rec 1980s) Trio Parnassus [ MDG / 2 CD - released 20/May/2007 ] "This is a splendid set covering some of Hummel's most rewarding music in performances that cannot be improved upon." (MusicWeb Feb 2005) |
W.A. MOZART
Requiem Mass, K.626 Yvonne Kenny (sop) Sarah Walker (mezzo) William Kendall (tenor) / Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra/ George Guest [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'George Guests new recording is distinguished by its deliberate tempos but also its very powerful rhythmic momentum and an expressive intensity of a kind one might not expect from a conductor and choir who belong to the English cathedral tradition.... |