Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto E flat Major, Timofei Dokshizer (trumpet)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, Timofei Dokshizer (trumpet), Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai (conductor)
1.Allegro con spirito - 0:00
2-3.Andante – Rondo (Allegro) – 09:35

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. HE was one of the most famous and respected composers and pianists of his day. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.
When the composer made his home in the Habsburg capital, he pursued a freelance career, dividing his time between composing, teaching and giving concerts in which audiences were dazzled by the incredible virtuosity of his playing. The famous Congress of Vienna in 1815 provided him with the opportunity of appearing as both conductor and pianist in front of the cream of the diplomatic world. This was also the period when Hummel was in regular contact with Beethoven, with whom he had a rather complicated relationship of friendship and rivalry. Supporters of the two composers constantly pitted them against each other, but there were many differences between the two men: without entering into the eternal debate of `talent versus genius', the fact is there was little in common between the sophisticated virtuoso at home society salons and the Promethean titan with his powerful playing style, flashes of brilliance and prickly character. Possibly tiring a little of this lifestyle, Hummel took up the post of Kapellmeister to the Duke of Wurttemberg in Stuttgart (1816-1819), but was able to make numerous triumphant tours of Europe as a virtuoso pianist.
Czerny, Friedrich Silcher, Ferdinand Hiller, Sigismond Thalberg, and Adolf von Henselt were among Hummel's most prominent students. He also briefly gave some lessons to Felix Mendelssohn. Robert Schumann also practiced Hummel (especially the Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 81), and considered becoming his pupil.
In 1803 the famed Viennese trumpeter Anton Weidinger requested from Johann Nepomuk Hummel a new concerto for his keyed trumpet, a recently developed instrument that allowed the player to produce far more chromatic notes than had previously been possible.
(From All Music, Chris Morrison: The concerto exists in two different forms. The work was originally written in E flat major, though either Hummel or Weidinger (or possibly both) made a less frequently played version in E major.)