The Consortium Classicum On this recording premiere the members of the Consortium Classicum present the virtuosic chamber music of Johann Nepomuk Hummel. Hummel had more in common with Mozart than just being a child prodigy; he also became his pupil and even lived in his house for two years. In Hummel’s original Potpourri op.53 the fictitious opera figures Bluebeard, Jean de Paris, Vestalin, and Don Giovanni return to life in a most highly animated and spirited medley. The Consortium Classicum, one of the most prominent wind ensembles of our times, is represented on MDG with more than thirty exemplary recordings.