Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This new recording presents the Piano Quartet in G major by Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), the Piano Quartet in F minor by Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) and the Adagio & Rondo Concertante by Franz Schubert (1797-1828).
Composers: Franz Schubert, Ferdinand Ries & Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Artists: Van Swieten Society, Heleen Hulst (violin), Elisabeth Smalt (viola), Mátyás Virág (cello) & Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
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Romanticism had many faces. Mozart’s spirit still floated through musical life and Beethoven’s mighty music set the benchmark for every Romantic composer. Mozart’s legacy was carried forward by two great pianists: Hummel, a pupil of Mozart, and Ries, a pupil of Beethoven. They each steered Romanticism in a different direction. Newspapers across Europe wrote of the ‘wild Romanticism’ of the bohemian Ries, now seen as a forerunner of Schumann. Meanwhile, the virtuoso Hummel enchanted and astonished his audiences. Around 1815, at the time of the Congress of Vienna, he was the most famous pianist in the world and Liszt was crazy about his music. Schubert, by contrast, was the creator and embodiment of personal expressiveness in the Romantic era. He performed only in private circles and had no interest in empty virtuosity, even though he was a superb pianist whose instrument, according to contemporaries, would sing under his hands.
Performed on period instrument by the Van Swieten Society, with Heleen Hulst (violin), Elisabeth Smalt (viola), Mátyás Virág (cello) and Bart van Oort (fortepiano).
Tracklist:
Hummel: Piano Quartet in G Major, Op. posth. 4:
00:00 I. Andante cantabile
05:52 II. Allegro con spirito
Ries: Piano Quartet in F Minor, Op. 13:
17:35 I. Adagio – Allegro
29:57 II. Andantino
34:36 III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato
Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F Major, D.487:
41:37 I. Adagio
45:43 II. Rondo. Allegro vivace
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This new recording presents the Piano Quartet in G major by Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), the Piano Quartet in F minor by Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) and the Adagio & Rondo Concertante by Franz Schubert (1797-1828).
Composers: Franz Schubert, Ferdinand Ries & Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Artists: Van Swieten Society, Heleen Hulst (violin), Elisabeth Smalt (viola), Mátyás Virág (cello) & Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
💎 🎵 Purchase, stream or download (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Presto): brilliant-classics.lnk.to/EarlyRomanticPianoQuartetsID
🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing in videos, films, TV shows, games, advertising, and more. For licensing inquiries: info@brilliantclassicslicensing.com
Romanticism had many faces. Mozart’s spirit still floated through musical life and Beethoven’s mighty music set the benchmark for every Romantic composer. Mozart’s legacy was carried forward by two great pianists: Hummel, a pupil of Mozart, and Ries, a pupil of Beethoven. They each steered Romanticism in a different direction. Newspapers across Europe wrote of the ‘wild Romanticism’ of the bohemian Ries, now seen as a forerunner of Schumann. Meanwhile, the virtuoso Hummel enchanted and astonished his audiences. Around 1815, at the time of the Congress of Vienna, he was the most famous pianist in the world and Liszt was crazy about his music. Schubert, by contrast, was the creator and embodiment of personal expressiveness in the Romantic era. He performed only in private circles and had no interest in empty virtuosity, even though he was a superb pianist whose instrument, according to contemporaries, would sing under his hands.
Performed on period instrument by the Van Swieten Society, with Heleen Hulst (violin), Elisabeth Smalt (viola), Mátyás Virág (cello) and Bart van Oort (fortepiano).
Tracklist:
Hummel: Piano Quartet in G Major, Op. posth. 4:
00:00 I. Andante cantabile
05:52 II. Allegro con spirito
Ries: Piano Quartet in F Minor, Op. 13:
17:35 I. Adagio – Allegro
29:57 II. Andantino
34:36 III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato
Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F Major, D.487:
41:37 I. Adagio
45:43 II. Rondo. Allegro vivace
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