Mozart - Horn Concertos
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 94644
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 20th May 2013
Contents
Works
Horn Concerto in E flat major, K370b/371 (completed Herman Jeurissen)Horn Concerto movement in E major, K494a
Horn Concerto no.1 in D major, K412
Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major, K417
Horn Concerto no.3 in E flat major, K447
Horn Concerto no.4 in E flat major, K495
Artists
Herman Jeurissen (horn)Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Conductor
Roy GoodmanWorks
Horn Concerto in E flat major, K370b/371 (completed Herman Jeurissen)Horn Concerto movement in E major, K494a
Horn Concerto no.1 in D major, K412
Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major, K417
Horn Concerto no.3 in E flat major, K447
Horn Concerto no.4 in E flat major, K495
Artists
Herman Jeurissen (horn)Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Conductor
Roy GoodmanAbout
Apart from K370b/371, which represents the composer's first attempt at writing a horn concerto and whose musical content differs markedly from that of the later ones (there are no 'hunting effects' in the rondo and the first movement is more declamatory in style than lyrical), it seems that all of the works were composed for Leutgeb, who was often a target of Mozart's mockery and teasing.
Though the numerous points of harmonic, melodic and structural correspondence between the pieces suggest that Mozart did not take this genre especially seriously, the works still delight the listener for their gaiety, lightness of touch and warmth of orchestration. It is therefore a shame that only three of the six pieces remain complete, a resulting combination of more pressing work, lost manuscripts and the composer's untimely death.
Herman Jeurissen, the soloist on this recording and principal horn player of the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague, has taken it upon himself, based on analyses of similar passages in other works by Mozart, to work up all of these fragments into playable, practical versions. The results are laudable, and Jeurissen's passion for the works is evident from his highly accomplished, charismatic playing.
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