Duo Savingi / Touch The Sound Ensemble
Serenade - J.n. Hummel Chamber Music With Guitar Vol.2
The compositions by Hummel featured on this album represent not only a musical culture but also a distinctive social way of experiencing music. Far removed from the concerns of interpretative authority that would characterise later generations, music by other composers served in this period as a means for each performer to reveal both their own individuality and that of their instrument, an essential opportunity for musical dialogue. Like the original instruments used for this recording, which challenge musicians to adapt and respond to both their strengths and vulnerabilities, these works invite the discovery of sounds that are at once historical and perpetually new. As organological and sonic documents, they tell the story of a musical practice driven by the twin desires to astonish and be astonished.