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Article: Piano Concerto in F Major; Theme and Variations in F Major; Piano Concerto in A Major. (Scoping software: more never-ending loose ends).(Hummel, Johann)
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- January 1, 2002
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Hummel, Johann: Piano Concerto in F Major; Theme and Variations in F Major; Piano Concerto in A Major. London Mozart Players, Howard Shelly, piano and conducting. Recorded in 2000, at St. Silas the Martyr, London. Engineer: Jonathan Cooper. 67+ minutes. Chandos 9886. With two-channel playback, this release delivered the usual instrumental excellence and sense of hall space we have come to expect from Chandos. The piano was another matter, and how one feels about the way it sounds will depend on their taste. In terms of stage-perspective realism, the instrument tended to sound too large and close up in relation to the rest of the ensemble. However, those in ...