Mozart / Frank-gemmill / Swedish Chamber Orchestra -Horn Concertos

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Konzert für Horn und Orchester Nr. 1 D-Dur KV 412 (386b)

01. "1. Allegro"

02. "2. Adagio"

03. "3. Rondo: Allegro"
Konzert für Horn und Orchester Nr. 2 Es-Dur KV 417

04. "1. Allegro"

05. "2. Andante"

06. "3. Rondo: Allegro - Pi? allegro"
Konzert für Horn und Orchester Nr. 3 Es-Dur KV 447

07. "1. Allegro"

08. "2. Romanze: Larghetto"

09. "3. Allegro"
Konzert für Horn und Orchester Nr. 4 Es-Dur KV 495

10. "1. Allegro maestoso"

11. "2. Romanze: Andante cantabile"

12. "3. Rondo: Allegro vivace"
Konzert für Horn und Orchester Nr. 0 Es-Dur

13. "1. Allegro KV 370b (rekonstr. von Stephen Roberts)"

14. "2. Rondo: Allegro KV 371 (vervollst. von Stephen Roberts)"

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After Alec Frank-Gemmillâ??s critically acclaimed recordings of nineteenth-century works for horn and piano (BIS-2228), chamber music by Brahms (BIS-2478) and pre-Mozart horn concertos (BIS- 2315), a version of Mozartâ??s famous horn concertos from him has been eagerly awaited. As on his disc of concertante works, he is accompanied here by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra conducted by an expert in 18th-century style, Nicholas McGegan.Mozartâ??s relationship with the Viennese horn player Joseph Leutgeb was both a friendly and a musical one, and most of the works here were written especially for him. Spanning some ten years, from 1781 to the composerâ??s death, the four standard concertos and other fragments follow Mozartâ??s stylistic development, and are thus contemporary with the operatic trilogy with libretti by Da Ponte, the final symphonies and the last piano concertos. Elegant, refined and suave, the horn concertos take advantage of the unique colours of this instrument and do not shy away from the its traditional associations with the postal service and hunting.In addition to Mozartâ??s four â??officialâ?? concertos, this recording also includes movements left in draft form, completed and restored by the composer and horn-player Stephen Roberts, giving us a further work here named â??Concerto No. 0â??. -

After Alec Frank-Gemmill's critically acclaimed recordings of nineteenth-century works for horn and piano (BIS-2228), chamber music by Brahms (BIS-2478) and pre-Mozart horn concertos (BIS-2315), a version of Mozart's famous horn concertos from him has been eagerly awaited. As on his disc of concertante works, he is accompanied here by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra conducted by an expert in 18th-century style, Nicholas McGegan.Mozart's relationship with the Viennese horn player Joseph Leutgeb was both a friendly and a musical one, and most of the works here were written especially for him. Spanning some ten years, from 1781 to the composer's death, the four standard concertos and other fragments follow Mozart's stylistic development, and are thus contemporary with the operatic trilogy with libretti by Da Ponte, the final symphonies and the last piano concertos. Elegant, refined and suave, the horn concertos take advantage of the unique colours of this instrument and do not shy away from the it's traditional associations with the postal service and hunting.In addition to Mozart's four 'official' concertos, this recording also includes movements left in draft form, completed and restored by the composer and horn-player Stephen Roberts, giving us a further work here named 'Concerto No. 0'.

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BISSACD-2635

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