Horn Concertos

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Compositore)

Alec Frank-Gemmill (Interprete)

Bis Records, 21 novembre 2024

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 colors of this instrument and do not shy away from its 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’.

• Compositore: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Interpreti: Alec Frank-Gemmill (corno)
• Supporto: SuperAudio CD
• Numero supporti: 1
• Etichetta: Bis Records
• Data di pubblicazione: 21 novembre 2024
• EAN: 7318599926353