Hummel stands as the last in the great Viennese line which embraced Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. He lived and studied with Mozart in his youth and, despite a career which saw him triumph as a conductor, composer and virtuoso pianist, Hummel never lost his reverence for his celebrated teacher. Intensified through changes in dynamics and the addition of extra accents, these stunningly effective arrangements preserve the integrity of Mozart's masterpieces while demonstrating a heartfelt appreciation and understanding of the greatest symphonies of his “immortal master”.

Composers

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91)

Works

Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague'
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550

Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Saulius Sondeckis

Composers

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91)
Saint-Saëns, Charles Camille (1835-1921)
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)

Works

Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 75

Hae Won Chang (piano)
Budapest Chamber Orchestra, Tamas Pal

Composers

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)

Works

Hummel, J: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op. 85
Hummel, J: Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 89

Composers

Auric, Georges (1899-1983)
Durey, Louis Edmond (1888-1980)
Honegger, Arthur (1892-1955)
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974)
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Tailleferre, Germaine (1892-1983)

Works

Auric: Pastorales (3) à Darius Milhaud
Auric: Prélude
Durey: Romance sans paroles, Op. 21
Honegger: Pièces brèves (7)
Honegger: Sarabande
Milhaud: Mazurka
Milhaud: Printemps (Premier cahier), Op. 25
Poulenc: 15 Improvisations, No. 5 in A minor
Poulenc: 3 Novelettes: No. 3 in E minor
Poulenc: Mélancolie
Poulenc: Valse
Tailleferre: Impromptu
Tailleferre: Partita pour Piano
Tailleferre: Pastorale
Tailleferre: Reverie
Tailleferre: Romance

Orchestre National de France, Lorin Maazel

Composers

Holst, Gustav Theodore (1874-1934)
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)

Works

Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
Ravel: Boléro

Beauty, purity, and expressivity mark out music for upper voice choirs. On this recording, performed by one of the UK's leading vocal ensembles, the repertoire embraces classics of the genre such as Gustav Holst's sublime Ave Maria and his third group of Hymns from the Rig Veda, as well as contemporary music. James MacMillan and Sir John Tavener are represented by works that explore their unique musical language, whilst Bob Chilcott's technically demanding The Song of the Stars offers richly approachable pleasures.

Awards
Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue 2015 Editor's Choice

British Music for Upper Voice Choir

Eleanor Turner (harp) & Elliot Launn (piano)
Wells Cathedral School Choralia, Christopher Fi

Composers

Chilcott, Robert (b.1955)
Holst, Gustav Theodore (1874-1934)
MacMillan, James (b.1959)
McDowall, Cecilia (b.1951)
Mealor, Paul (b.1975)
O'Regan, Tarik (b.1978)
Tavener, John (1944-2013)
Whitbourn, James (b.1963)

Works

Chilcott: The Song of the Stars
Holst: Ave Maria, H49, Op. 9b
Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26: 3rd Group, H99
MacMillan: New-made for a King
MacMillan: Nova! Nova! Ave fit ex eva
McDowall, C: Regina Caeli
Mealor: Lux Benigna
O'Regan: A Light Exists in Spring
O'Regan: Alleluia, laus et gloria
O'Regan: Columba aspexit
Tavener: Missa Brevis
Tavener: Missa brevis: Agnus Dei
Tavener: Theotoke
Whitbourn: Festival Alleluia

Patrick Summers/Houston Grand Opera Orchestra/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Measha Brueggergosman/Michael Sumuel/Beau Gibson/Richard Bado/Frederica von Stade/Austin Dean/Cullen King/John Packard/Cheryl Parrish/Susanne Mentzer/Jon Kolbet/Care, Patrick Summers/Houston Grand Opera Orchestra/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Michael Sumuel/Beau Gibson/Hector Vásquez/Boris Dyakov/Richard Bado/John Packard/Cheryl Parrish/Susanne Mentzer/Jon Kolbet/Carey Michael O'Rarden/Bradley Blunt/Wesle, Patrick Summers/Houston Grand Opera Orchestra/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Measha Brueggergosman/Brittany Wheeler/Kiri Deonarine/Michael Sumuel/Beau Gibson/Hector Vásquez/Frederica von Stade/Richard Bado/John Packard/Cheryl Parrish/Susanne, James Jennings (lead vocals), Larry Kimpel (bass), Austin Dean (lead vocals), John Packard (lead vocals), Kiri Deonarine (lead vocals), Susanne Mentzer (featured vocalist), Michael Sumuel (lead vocals), Measha Brueggergosman (lead vocals), Wesley Landry (lead vocals), Mike Thompson (electric guitar), Brittany Wheeler (lead vocals), Cheryl Parrish (lead vocals), James R. Jennings (featured vocalist), Mike Thompson (acoustic guitar), Zander Shepeard (lead vocals), Leslie Biffle (lead vocals), Todd Sucherman (drums), Frederica von Stade (lead vocals), Laurelle Gowing (lead vocals), Jon Kolbet (lead vocals), Rahki DeShon Marcelous (lead vocals), Todd Sucherman (percussion), Suzanne Mentzer (vocals), Brian Culbertson (performed by), Kathleen Manley (lead vocals), Nancy Hall (lead vocals), Bradley Blunt (lead vocals), Dave Koz (saxophone), Carey Michael O'Rarden (lead vocals), Brian Hamlin (lead vocals), Tollak Ollestad (harmonica), Hector Vásquez (featured vocalist), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Cullen King (lead vocals), Heather Sanders (lead vocals), Jimmy Demers (featured vocalist), Beau Gibson (lead vocals), Philip Cutlip (lead vocals), Matt Hune (lead vocals), Brian P. Hamlin (featured vocalist), Boris Dyakov (lead vocals)
Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Richard Bado
Patrick Summers
Recorded: 2011-01-01
Recording Venue: Houston Grand Opera

Joyce DiDonato (Sister Helen Prejean), Philip Cutlip (Joseph de Rocher), Frederica von Stade (Mrs de Rocher), Measha Brueggergosman (Sister Rose), Cheryl Parrish (Kitty Hart), Susanne Mentzer (Jade Boucher), Jon Kolbet (Howard Boucher)
Houston Grand Opera & Chorus, Patrick Summers

Composers

Heggie, Jake (b.1961)

Works

Heggie: Dead Man Walking

Viviane Chassot (accordion)
Kammerorchester Basel

Composers

Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)

Works

Haydn: Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in F major with French horns and strings, Hob.XVIII:3
Haydn: Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in G major, Hob.XVIII:4
Haydn: Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in F major, Hob. XVIII:7
Haydn: Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D major, HobXVIII:11

Discs: 8 CDs Box Set

Today Haydn is viewed mainly in the light of his string quartets and symphonies, yet his first and last compositions were Mass settings. They encompassed an extraordinary musical output, within which his Masses shine as uplifting and deeply satisfying sacred works.

Whilst acknowledging the Viennese traditions of church music, these Masses are infused with the kind of inspiration and originality that make Haydn an undisputed master in so many genres.

This collection by Trinity Choir includes all the complete and authenticated Masses by Haydn as well as his early Stabat Mater.

Trinity Choir & REBEL Baroque Orchestra, J. Owen Burdick & Jane Glover

Composers

Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)

Works

Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 1 in F major 'Missa brevis'
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 4 in E flat major 'Große Orgelmesse'
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 5 in C major 'Cäcilienmesse'
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 6 in G major 'Nicolaimesse'
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 7 in B flat major 'Kleine Orgelmesse'
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 8 in C major - Missa Cellensis 'Mariazellermesse'
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 9 in C major 'Paukenmesse'
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:10 in B flat major 'Heiligmesse'
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:11 in D minor 'Nelsonmesse'
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:12 in B flat major 'Theresienmesse'
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:13 in B flat major 'Schöpfungmesse'
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:14 in B flat major 'Harmoniemesse'
Haydn: Stabat Mater
Haydn: Stabat Mater H XXBIS

Heidelberger Sinfoniker, Thomas Fey

Composers

Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)

Works

Haydn: Symphony No. 82 in C major, 'The Bear'
Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major
Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C minor
Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D major 'Miracle'

Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Janos Ferencsik, Claudio Abbado

Composers

Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)
Schubert, Franz Peter (1797-1828)

Works

Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:11 in D minor 'Nelsonmesse'
Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G major, D167

Northern Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Ward
Recorded: 27 October 1992
Recording Venue: Concert Hall of New Broadcasting House, Manchester

Composers

Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)

Works

Haydn: Symphony No. 22 in E flat major 'The Philosopher'
Haydn: Symphony No. 29 in E major
Haydn: Symphony No. 60 in C major 'Il distratto'

Discs: 2 CDs

Judith Blegen, Lucia Popp, Thomas Moser, Kurt Moll, Kurt Ollmann
Chor & Symphonieorchester des
Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonard Bernstein

Composers

Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)

Works

Haydn: The Creation

Joseph Haydn claimed to have discovered the string quartet form by accident. His Op.1 no.1 has the cheerful five-movement form of a Divertimento, while the glorious and harmonically daring Op.77 no.1 was among the last he completed in the genre. Falling between the two, Op.33 no.5 is full of rhythmic surprises and a theme that gives it the nickname, 'How do you do?'

Today, the Goldmund Quartet is considered one of the most exciting young string quartets in Europe. Since their début at Munich's Prinzregententheater, the quartet has appeared at international festivals such as the Festival Aix-en-Provence, Festival de Música y Danza Granada, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele and Heidelberger Frühling. The quartet has been awarded several prizes, including a Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now scholarship, and recently a scholarship from the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb as well as the 2015 Bavarian Young Artist Award. Concert recordings have been made by the Bavarian Radio, ARD, Deutschlandradio and Einsfestival.

Goldmund Quartet
Recorded: 18-21 April 2016
Recording Venue: Gabrielkirche Ismaning, Germany

Composers

Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)

Works

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 1 No. 1 in B flat major
Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 5 in G major
Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major

This enthralling recital by the young American pianist George Li, silver medallist at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, marks his recording debut and launches a new relationship with Warner Classics. Captured at a live performance in the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St Petersburg, it presents a dramatically conceived programme of works by Haydn, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Liszt: a descent into deep darkness; re-emergence into the light, and a concluding, boisterous celebration.

George Li (piano)

Awards
Presto Recordings of the Year Finalist 2017
Opus Klassik Awards 2018 Winner - Solo Recording - piano (19th century)

Composers

Chopin, Frédéric François (1810-49)
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)
Liszt, Ferencz (1811-86)
Rachmaninov, Sergey Vassilievich (1873-1943)

Works

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47 in B minor, Hob.XVI:32
Liszt: Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor
Rachmaninov: Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42