Johann Nepomuk Hummel was considered one of Europe’s finest pianist-composers. His music occupies the fascinating interim period between the Haydn–Mozart era and the great German romantic composers. While the often virtuosic piano writing of the Piano Quartet in G major has all the power of a concerto, the two Piano Trios and the Cello Sonata demonstrate Hummel’s facility for writing graceful, lyrical melodies that made him especially popular with Viennese audiences during the last 25 years of his life.