Since you are interested in Hummel: Three String Quartets, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
RICHARD STRAUSS / GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: R. Strauss: String Quartet / Verdi: String Quartet in E minor The Delme Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2004 ] 'An eminently recommendable issue' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Keyboard Concertos (Nos 1, 5, 7 & Triple) Angela Hewitt (Piano) / Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "Her playing is absolutely captivating: she decorates the solo part with playful, come-hither ornamentation-twirls, flutters, arabesques-and yet it never disturbs the clear, logical path she forges through the course of each work." Gramophone Magazine |
HUMMEL
Piano Septets Aya Okuyama (fortepiano), Allessandro Commellato (fortepiano) / Solamente Naturali, Bratislava [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Johann Nepomuk Hummel has lived for a long time in the shadow of Beethoven. Only in recent years has his true importance become apparent: a dramatic style, a great sense of musical structure and craftsmanship, alternating drama and charm. |
HUMMEL
Hummel: Septets Capricorn [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'As so often with Hyperion, the engineering is quite simply beyond reproach. A wonderful disc!' - CDReview |
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Victoria: Requiem Mass Choir of Westminster Cathedral / David Hill (Master of the Music) [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] 'Glorious. A rich, luminous acoustic halo seems to surround the music as it soars ever upward. Under David Hill's expert direction this choir has achieved a depth and body of tone totally appropriate to this full-blooded Iberian music' |
J. S. BACH
The Art of Fugue The Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] "Music of extraordinary beauty and poise. Strongly recommended." (Fanfare) |