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Alec Frank-Gemmill, Svenska Kammarorkestern & Nicholas McGegan - Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos (2018) [Hi-Res]

Alec Frank-Gemmill, Svenska Kammarorkestern & Nicholas McGegan - Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos (2018) [Hi-Res]
  • Title: Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos
  • Year Of Release: 2018
  • Label: BIS
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +booklet
  • Total Time: 01:06:06
  • Total Size: 1.2 gb
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Tracklist
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01. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major: I. Con discretione
02. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major: II. Adagio
03. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major: III. Allegro
04. Horn Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D8: I. Vivace
05. Horn Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D8: II. Largo
06. Horn Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D8: III. Allegro
07. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major: I. Allegro
08. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major: II. Largo
09. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major: III. Vivace
10. Sinfonia da camera in D Major, LMW VII:D5: I. Allegro moderato
11. Sinfonia da camera in D Major, LMW VII:D5: II. Menuet-Trio
12. Sinfonia da camera in D Major, LMW VII:D5: III. Andante
13. Sinfonia da camera in D Major, LMW VII:D5: IV. Allegro
14. Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Hob. VIId:3: I. Allegro
15. Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Hob. VIId:3: II. Adagio
16. Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Hob. VIId:3: III. Allegro

Mozart’s horn concertos are so well-known that for many listeners the sound of the horn and Mozart are virtually synonymous. Mozart was not the first composer to write solo concertos for the horn, however, and works from earlier on in the eighteenth century give a quite different perspective on the instrument. With this release soloist Alec Frank-Gemmill provides insights into some of these early horn concertos, by composers ranging from Telemann to Haydn, by way of Mozart’s own father, Leopold. In the seventeenth century, when the horn first appeared in classical music, it was in the context of hunting scenes in operas by Lully, Cavalli and others. But the instrument’s true adoption into art music really began the following century in the German-speaking world, where Dresden for a while became the most important centre for performing on, and composing for, the horn. Around 1750, both Christoph Förster and Johann Baptist Georg Neruda wrote extremely demanding and virtuosic concertos – Neruda’s Concerto in E flat major is in such a high register that it has sometimes been assumed to be composed for the trumpet. Through modern innovations in horn design it is once more possible to perform all of these early horn concertos, including parts previously considered ‘impossibly high’. Alec Frank-Gemmill is recognised internationally for the exceptional breadth and depth of his music-making. His interest in historical performance informed his previous, highly acclaimed release for BIS – a traversal of the horn repertoire throughout some 140 years, performed on four different 19th-century instruments. On the present album he plays on modern horns, but draws heavily on his familiarity with 18th-century horn technique and style, with the support of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra under period performance expert Nicholas McGegan.



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  • olga1001
  •  wrote in 03:58
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Haydn is little known masterpiece !
Beautiful and perfect :)
Nicholas McGegan is also excellent, please his Linn album :)

https://www.linnrecords.com/recording-hommage-trois

Many thanks