Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Quintet, Op. 87 / Henri Jérôme Bertini: Grand Sextuor, Op. 90 - Sestetto Classico
On this CD:
1. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double-bass in E-flat major, Op.87
Composed by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Performed by Laurentius Bonitz, Ichiro Noda, Eric Plumettaz, Bertram Banz, Hiroko Maruko, Gerhard Miesen, Classico Sestetto
2. Sextet for piano, 2 violins, viola, cello & double-bass, Op 87
Composed by Henri Bertini
Performed by Laurentius Bonitz, Ichiro Noda, Eric Plumettaz, Bertram Banz, Hiroko Maruko, Gerhard Miesen, Classico Sestetto
Editorial Reviews
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Hummel's Quintet was the inspiration for Schubert's "Trout" Quintet (written for the same combination of instruments.) It's a pleasant, brief divertimento that sounds like early Mendelssohn--not Hummel's most significant music, but entertaning. Here it is paired with a half hour of mid-Romantic glittering generalities concocted by the obscure British composer Henri Jérôme Bertini (1798-1876). Performances are fine, but for the same price as this brief disc (an LP program) you get the Hummel, the Schubert Quintet, and two Schumann masterpieces on a two-fer from Hyperion (CDD22008), just as well played and obviously a much better buy. --Leslie Gerber
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Quintet, Op. 87 / Henri Jérôme Bertini: Grand Sextuor, Op. 90 - Sestetto Classico, Music, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Henri Bertini, Laurentius Bonitz, Ichiro Noda, Eric Plumettaz, Bertram Banz, Hiroko Maruko, Gerhard Miesen, Sestetto Classico, Chamber, Chamber Music, Classical, Quintet for Keyboard and Four String Instruments
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