CD-1103(1) HUMMEL: FORTEPIANO WORKS. John Khouri
Johann Nepomuk Hummel [1778-1837]: Two Sonatas for Fortepiano: Sonata No. 5 in f sharp minor Op. 81 (1819); Sonata No. 6 in D major Op. 106 (1824); La Contemplazione Op. 107, No. 3 (c.1825). John Khouri, Six Octave Fortepiano by Jacob Pfister, Würzburg, c.1820. CD total time: 57:14. UPC# 017685-11032-0.
"With this disc, dedicated to the major sonatas by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a great pianist and composer to the era, contemporanious with Beethoven, Schubert, Weber, Clementi etc, Khouri demonstrates yet again --and I presume he will again confirm himself with Cramer and the Chopin Etudes -- to be an authentic virtuoso of the fortepiano. What more is there to say? Khouri has delighted us [and] he fully convinces us."
-Riccardo Risaliti, Compact Disc Classics (Italy)
Sound Clips (MP3):
1. Piano Sonata No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 81- I. Allegro2. Piano Sonata No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 81- II. Largo con molt'espressione
3. Piano Sonata No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 81- III. Finale- Vivace
4. Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, Op. 106- I. Allegro moderato
5. Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, Op. 106- II. Un Scherzo all'antico- Allegro, ma non troppo
6. Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, Op. 106- III. Larghetto a capriccio
7. Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, Op. 106- IV. Finale- Allegro vivace
8. Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 107- La Contemplazione Op. 107-3