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“Thompson has established himself at once among my favorite exponents of these irresistible compositions.” Fanfare “This isn't just an excellent bargain version of the horn concertos, superbly played and recorded, but a valuable example of Mozartian scholarship on disc. Michael Thompson, directing the Bournemouth Sinfonietta with point and flair, plays the four regular concertos in revised texts prepared by John Humphries, as well as offering reconstructions by Humphries of two movements, designed as the outer movements, an Allegro, K370b and a Rondo, K371, for an earlier horn concerto written soon after Mozart arrived in Vienna. The Rondo played here as the second- movement finale of K412 is Humphries' reconstruction from recently discovered sources, and is much more imaginative than the Süssmayr version. It's a revelation too in the most popular of the concertos, No-4, to have extra passages, again adding Mozartian inventiveness.
For example, the tutti in the first movement before the development section is extended in a charming few extra bars. Thompson, for 10 years the Philharmonia's first horn, isn't only technically brilliant, but plays with delectable lightness and point, bringing out the wit in finales, and the tenderness in slow movements.
As conductor and director, he also draws sparkling and refined playing from the Sinfonietta, very well recorded in clear, atmospheric sound.
An outstanding issue for both specialist and newcomer alike.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “Michael Thompson plays with delectable lightness and point, bringing out the wit in the finales, as well as the tenderness in slow movements. He also draws sparkling playing from the Bournemouth Sinfonietta...an ideal modern successor to the vintage Dennis Brain versions.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart: Horn ConcertosRecorded 20–23 November 1996, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam.
Herman Jeurissen (horn) Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Roy Goodman Mozart excelled in all areas of composition, and his horn concertos – despite making up a very modest part of his total output – still reside among the finest achievements in the horn literature. The composer became acquainted with the mellow sonorities of the instrument from an early age, courtesy of his friend Joseph Leutgeb, who had been employed by the Hofkapelle in Salzburg. It was not until the remaining 10 years of his life, however, that Mozart finally set to work on his six concertos for horn. 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. 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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| | | |  | A Portrait of Mozart
Mozart: | Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter' Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 Serenade No. 6 in D major, K239 'Serenata Notturna' Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, K417 Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K495 Fragment in E, K494a Reconstructed by John Humphries and Roy Goodman Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K447 Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K412 (K386b) Second movement reconstructed by John Humphries Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622 Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218 Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish' Misero! O sogno…Aura che intorno spiri, K431 Requiem in D minor, K626 |
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Albinoni: | Concerto Op. 9 No. 2 for oboe & strings in D minor Concerto Op. 7 No. 2 for two oboes & strings in C major Concerto Op. 7 No. 6 for oboe & strings in D major Concerto Op. 9 No. 9 for two oboes & strings in C major Concerto Op. 7 No. 8 for two oboes & strings in D major Concerto Op. 9 No. 5 for oboe & strings in C major Concerto Op. 7 No. 3 for oboe & strings in B flat major Concerto Op. 9 No. 3 for two oboes & strings in F major Concerto Op. 9 No. 11 for oboe & strings in B flat major Concerto Op. 7 No. 11 for two oboes & strings in C major Concerto Op. 9 No. 8 for oboe & strings in G minor Concerto Op. 7 No. 5 for two oboes & strings in C major Concerto Op. 7 No. 9 for oboe & strings in F major Concerto Op. 9 No. 6 for two oboes & strings in G major Concerto Op. 7 No. 12 for oboe & strings in C major Concerto Op. 9 No. 12 for two oboes & strings in D major Concerto Op. 9 No. 5 for oboe & strings in C major | Bellini: | Oboe Concerto in E flat major | Crusell: | Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3 | Kozeluch: | Clarinet Concerto in E flat major | Krommer: | Clarinet Concerto in E flat major Op. 36 | Lebrun, L: | Oboe Concerto No. 3 in C major | Marcello, A: | Oboe Concerto in D Minor | Molter: | Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete) | Mozart: | Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 (complete) Fragment in E, K494a Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622 Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K299 | Rosetti: | Oboe Concerto in D major, Murray C33, Kaul III:28 | Spohr: | Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 26 | Vivaldi: | Bassoon Concerto, RV 467 in C major Bassoon Concerto, RV 491 in F major Bassoon Concerto, RV 500 in A minor Bassoon Concerto, RV 499 in A minor Bassoon Concerto, RV 466 in C major Bassoon Concerto, RV 486 in F major Bassoon Concerto, RV 474 in C major Bassoon Concerto, RV 487 in F major Concerti per molti strumenti |
Daniel Smith (bassoon), Stefan Schilli (oboe), Giovanni Deangeli (oboe), Tanja Becker-Bender (violin), Henk de Graaf (clarinet), Francesco Quaranta (oboe), Burkhard Glaetzner (oboe), Robin Williams (oboe), Lajos Lencsés (oboe), Herman Jeurissen (horn), Harmen de Boer (clarinet), Marc Grauwels (flute), Giselle Herbert (harp), Emma Johnson (clarinet) Musica ad Rhenum, Ensemble Florilegium, English Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Amadeus Ensemble Rotterdam, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Les Violons du Roy, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philip Ledger, Nicol Matt, Marien van Staalen, Roy Goodman, Lev Markiz, Bernard Labadie, Gerard Schwarz, Günther Herbig | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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