Chamber, Trios, Piano Trios, Hummel, J (composer)

These… splendid works… bridge the gap between Hummel's early teacher Mozart, and Mendelssohn, whom Hummel briefly taught in turn, and show classical restraint, Italian lyricism and great clarity... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

If your musical tastes err towards the sunny, optimistic and playful rather than the heavyweight, gloomy and probing, let me direct you to the (seven) piano trios of Hummel...I guarantee you... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 More…

These… splendid works… bridge the gap between Hummel's early teacher Mozart, and Mendelssohn, whom Hummel briefly taught in turn, and show classical restraint, Italian lyricism and great clarity... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…these are really impressive and vibrant accounts that bring out all the abrupt contrasts that so shocked the works' Beethoven first audiences… If you prefer these pieces on period instruments,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Played with a fine sense of period style, and admirably recorded but for a slightly recessive piano behind closer strings, this is a charming addition to Hummel on disc. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Trio Chausson's interpretation...abounds in harmonic pointing and expressive detail, the brighter lights of the exposition running into a sombre development with a dark-hued fugato...Never trivial,... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2015 More…