Mention the words "horn concerto," and the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will immediately spring to mind, since his four horn concertos are high points in the genre and universally popular. Yet before him, a number of composers dabbled at producing concertante works for the horn, laying out the form that Mozart would later perfect. Virtuoso hornist Alec Frank-Gemmill is the soloist on this hybrid SACD on BIS, and he is joined by Nicholas McGegan and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in thoroughly engaging performances that ...
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Mention the words "horn concerto," and the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will immediately spring to mind, since his four horn concertos are high points in the genre and universally popular. Yet before him, a number of composers dabbled at producing concertante works for the horn, laying out the form that Mozart would later perfect. Virtuoso hornist Alec Frank-Gemmill is the soloist on this hybrid SACD on BIS, and he is joined by Nicholas McGegan and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in thoroughly engaging performances that show how appealing these second-tier horn concertos can be in the right hands. Included here are concertos by Christoph Förster, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, and Franz Joseph Haydn, as well as a delightful work by Leopold Mozart, the Symphony in D major, which has the intimate feeling of a divertimento. While these rococo works are cheerful and uplifting in their major key tonalities, they bypass bucolic scene painting and the expected hunting calls, and tend...
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Christoph Förster; Franz Joseph Haydn; Georg Philipp Telemann; Johann Baptist Georg Neruda; Leopold Mozart. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
Add this copy of BEFORE MAZART EARLY HORN CONCERTOS to cart. $31.90, good condition, Sold by MYBOOKSNME rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from MIAMI GARDENS, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by BIS.
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Good. No packaging as issued. Originally released: 2018. MUSIC IN CD. (AMOF99VB112918) UPC#: 7318599923154 PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY: This sale is for a (SET OF 1 DISC). This DISC (s) Contains visible Scratches) Case is (Good) Tab s Cover (good) DISCs Holding tab is (Good). Missing Cover pamphlet (no) DISC IS contains Marking on the Discs and on the case
