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Early romantic pno quartets by hummel ries &

Romanticism had many faces. Mozart's spirit still floated through musical life, and Beethoven's mighty music set the benchmark for every Romantic composer. Mozart's legacy was carried forward by two great pianists: Hummel, a pupil of Mozart, and Ries, a pupil of Beethoven. They each steered Romanticism in a different direction. Newspapers across Europe wrote of the 'wild Romanticism' of the bohemian Ries, now seen as a forerunner of Schumann. Meanwhile, the virtuoso Hummel enchanted and astonished his audiences. Around 1815, at the time of the Congress of Vienna, he was the most famous pianist in the world, and Liszt was crazy about his music.Schubert, by contrast, was the creator and embodiment of personal expressiveness in the Romantic era. He performed only in private circles and had no interest in empty virtuosity, even though he was a superb pianist whose instrument, according to contemporaries, would sing under his hands.This new recording presents the Piano Quartet in G major by Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), the Piano Quartet in F minor by Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838), and the Adagio & Rondo Concertante by Franz Schubert (1797-1828).

Country of Pressing	US
Artist	Van Swieten Society
Released	2026
Music Genre	Classical
Label	BRILLIANT CLASSICS
Condition	New
UPC	5063758977050
SKU	al-5063758977050

1.1 Piano Quartet in G Op. posth. 4~I. Andante cantabile
1.2 Piano Quartet in G Op. posth. 4~II. Allegro con spirito
1.3 Piano Quartet in F minor Op. 13~I. Adagio
1.4 Piano Quartet in F minor Op. 13~II. Andantino
1.5 Piano Quartet in F minor Op. 13~III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato
1.6 Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F D.487~Adagio
1.7 Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F D.487~Rondo: Allegro vivace