Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 20

[@emmanuelsales149]

La citation de la 41e de Mozart dans le fugato du dernier mouvement est extraordinaire.

[@emmanuelsales149]

C'est magnifique ! Le trio de l'adagio est extraordinaire. Le dernier mouvement fait penser à celui de la 1ere sonate de Beethoven.

[@danielhughes441]

This pianist’s phrasing and articulations are PERFECTION! Ever item in the score executed flawlessly, yet still organically!

[@empireentertainmentevents1353]

what a beautiful surprise from Hummel! Thx for uploading this.

[@RomanticScores]

Of course! I thought so too :)

[@christophedevos3760]

Galant, brilliant music with occasionally highly original approach. The performance is magnificent. Thanks for sharing.

[@AulicExclusiva]

Lovely work, enthusiastically played!

[@khomo12]

Beautiful! Thank you!

[@AlkanLove]

素晴らしい

[@dorette-hi4j]

I really enjoyed this, beautifully played, but I would love to hear this on a piano of the period, for the greater clarity and sparkliness of tone, and for the greater contrast between bass and treble. The sonority of a modern piano muffles it.

[@SCRIABINIST]

Quite good!

[@Luffy_solador-z7q]

17:46 lembra muito a sinfonia 41 de Mozart kakakak, fabuloso

[@r.i.p.volodya]

Enjoyable performance of a lesser known sonata. Thank you. (I am wondering why Antonio chose to ignore the "fp" markings in the first movement, though...)

[@gerardbedecarter]

Thanks for uploading this.

[@RomanticScores]

Thank you for your comment! Your organ playing is lovely, by the way!

[@brianbernstein3826]

17:48 jupiter symphony!! No way that’s a coincidence…. Mozart was his teacher afterall

[@RomanticScores]

Good catch!

[@nathanbarnes4740]

And the fact that he turned it into a little fugato must have been a reference to Symphony 41?

[@strcopy]

I love it when he quotes Mozart ❤

[@albertwong4516]

Sublime. The more Hummel I listen to, the more I realize his music is totally under appreciated, as is his contribution to the romantic era. He was Mozart's star pupil after all and imo crosses the lines into romantic harmonies like a time machine for his time, hinting the Chopin, Liszt etc to come- I would argue more so even than Beethoven (listen to the Hummel piano concertos) and certainly more than Mendelssohn, who imo is harmonically sterile in comparison.

[@JLeeGraham]

Agreed about Beethoven and Hummel. Beethoven took Classicism absolutely as far is it could possibly go, but Hummel fully embraced the bud of Romanticism, and did so fairly early, as much I think as Schubert did. Agreed about Mendelssohn too, who was relatively conservative harmonically and effectively remained a lifelong Classicist in accordance with his early training; still, I adore Mendelssohn.

[@RomanticScores]

Agreed on everything you said but it sounds like you're throwing shade at my favorite composer, Mendelssohn. He was definitely harmonically conservative as the previous comment said but I think he was genuinely one of the most unique composers we've seen. He so effortlessly blended a classical foundation and principles with romantic themes and ideas and in turn created very conservative music yet packed with so much emotional intensity. You may call him harmonically sterile, but simply listen to the yearning, sentimental opening theme of his first quartet or the absolutely tragic, grief-stricken fourth movement of his sixth quartet, and compare that to the emotional intensity of, let's say a Mozart string quartet? It's quite literally a perfect blend of classicism and romanticism. There's nothing particularly "experimental" about his music, and yet I genuinely believe it reaches a level of emotional intensity rivaled by few composers. I think the way I would sum it up, Mendelssohn was such a fantastic classicist that it made him a fantastic romanticist. He found his style and didn't need to go anywhere beyond that.

[@DeeCeeHaich]

The more you listen to him, the more you delude yourself into enjoying his music

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[@AlkanLove]

perfect❤❤❤

[@tarikeld11]

The first movement is beautiful! Although the 3rd movement is titled presto, but it sounds too fast for me... I can't really hear melodies, it's rather chaotic

[@DeeCeeHaich]

0:40 that Eb is so terrible. How do you fail like that?

[@sabersalsh1200]

What's so bad about it?

[@DeeCeeHaich]

@@sabersalsh1200 E-natural is the more natural option, (no pun intented), it would create a Gminor6 chord, rather than retroactively changing the G minor chord into an Ebmajor7 chord. It also would allow for a natural sequence to develop and enter the next part of the piece, the sequence consisting of F, E - G, F - Ab, G - Bb, Ab, - C, Bb - F

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[@TheLifeisgood72]

You don’t know what music is. The e flat doesn’t sound bad, probably sounded better in whatever well temperature Hummel used back then.

[@DeeCeeHaich]

@@TheLifeisgood72 temoeraments don't do anything. There is no discernable difference between something like 12 tet and well temperament. It's just pseudoscience.

[@metteholm4833]

Hummel is far better, han I expected!

[@MrInterestingthings]

Really fine music played with ideal sensitivity to the era and thir pianos shallow key bed but Pompa-Baldi gets so much color out of his instrument . He is the finest musician Ive heard in these cuz the concerti of Hummel sounded empty . But I must now find other Sonatas and music of Hummel-it must have been me ! This was instantly fetching and I've always hoped I would find something by this best known of Mozart's pupils . Dont know when Mozart had time to teach but his resources lacking he had to do everything hecould . This is so well played here . Oh imagine if only Ingrid Haebler had recorded some of these !

[@DeeCeeHaich]

If he was mozart's pupil he clearly learned nothing from him when it came to composition. This is more akin to CPE bach and his successors than mozart.

[@DeeCeeHaich]

Humell is great when compared to Beethoven, sub-mediocre when compared to anyone competent however...

[@themobiusfunction]

This person is a troll, just ignore them

[@DeeCeeHaich]

Y'all should listen to wölfl instead, this music is so mediocre.

[@christianwouters6764]

Undoubtedly H was a good musician but there is always the feeling that sth is missing amidst the tons of notes he wrote. This sonata is way to long for the ideas it contains. The main theme f.i.is just a basic harmonical cliché.

[@DeeCeeHaich]

​@@christianwouters6764who cares if it's a harmonic cliche, the theme is good.

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[@gerardbedecarter]

Thanks for uploading this.