Alec Frank-Gemmill, Svenska Kammarorkestern & Nicholas McGegan - Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos (2018)
Classical | WEB FLAC (tracks) & d. booklet | 308 MB
Label: BIS | Tracks: 16 | Time: 65:57 min
Classical | WEB FLAC (tracks) & d. booklet | 308 MB
Label: BIS | Tracks: 16 | Time: 65:57 min
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.
Tracklist:
1. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major : I. Con discretione 05:05
2. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major : II. Adagio 02:33
3. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major : III. Allegro 04:16
4. Horn Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D8 : I. Vivace 02:05
5. Horn Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D8 : II. Largo 02:43
6. Horn Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D8 : III. Allegro 03:18
7. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major : I. Allegro 05:31
8. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major : II. Largo 04:24
9. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major : III. Vivace 04:35
10. Sinfonia da camera in D Major, LMW VII:D5 : I. Allegro moderato 05:53
11. Sinfonia da camera in D Major, LMW VII:D5 : II. Menuetto 03:03
12. Sinfonia da camera in D Major, LMW VII:D5 : III. Andante 03:17
13. Sinfonia da camera in D Major, LMW VII:D5 : IV. Allegro 02:21
14. Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Hob. VIId:3 : I. Allegro 06:22
15. Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Hob. VIId:3 : II. Adagio 06:19
16. Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Hob. VIId:3 : III. Allegro 04:12
Personnel:
Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
Svenska Kammarorkestern
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
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