Dieter Klöcker, Florian Uhlig, Consortium Classicum - Hummel: Septets, Opp. 74 & 114 (2014)

Tracklist

01. Septet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 114 "Military": I. Allegro con brio
02. Septet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 114 "Military": II. Adagio
03. Septet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 114 "Military": III. Menuetto. Allegro
04. Septet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 114 "Military": IV. Finale. Vivace
05. Septet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 74: I. Allegro con spirito
06. Septet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 74: II. Menuetto o scherzo
07. Septet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 74: III. Andante con variazioni
08. Septet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 74: IV. Finale. Vivace

Hummel studied with Mozart (piano and composition) and was a friend of Beethoven – and we can hear all this in his septets. We can hear, too, why Schumann’s generation praised him highly. Here is a Classical master on the cusp of the Romantic era, original in instrumentation and technique and subtle in his harmonies. For several decades now, the Consortium Classicum has been recognised as one of the outstanding chamber ensembles of a variable formation. They are joined in each septet by pianist Florian Uhlig and in Op. 114 by the ensemble’s 'spiritus rector' of many years, Dieter Klöcker on clarinet. His colleagues match him here in their good humour, technical brilliance and their love of musical detail – qualities that this new recording possesses from first note to last.

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