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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Mozart, Hauff, Hoffmeister & Beethoven: Horn Quintets
Nury Guarnaschelli (horn) Signum Quartet The Argentinian horn player Nury Guarnaschelli has played in many well known orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic. She is accompanied by the successful young talented Signum Quartet whose debut album of quartets by Thuille (CAP 5049) was well received. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| | | |  | Mozart - Music for Horn
Of the various wind instruments, it was the natural horn which proved to be the one most favoured by Mozart in his solo instrumental music. Four concertos and a plentiful quantity of chamber scores in which the horn plays the leading role testify to that.Without doubt all this derived from the friendship between the composer and Joseph Leutgeb, a virtuoso player almost 25 years his senior, and who, on a number of occasions, ended up as the target for well-meaning jokes and taunts from Mozart, as is explained in the booklet to this disc. Teunis van der Zwart is one of the world's leading specialists on his instrument today, and here he is joined by other members from the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century for the chamber music (the Quintet, A Musical Joke, the duos), and by the full orchestra conducted by Frans Brüggen for the Horn Concerto, KV477 and for an aria from Mitridate, re di Ponto, which also features the starry vocal talents of North American soprano Claron McFadden. In recordings made between 2006 and 2008 Brüggen and the musicians of his now legendary ensemble once more prove themselves to be on magnificent form in creating a further disc of reference. “Zwart is unafraid to explore the sonorous extremes offered by his natural horn, shaping melodic lines sensitively while also making the most of fruitier long notes (both low and high)...Some entertaining details in the orchestral accompaniment are nicely judged by Franz Brüggen” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Complete Quintets Volume 1
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| |  | Dennis Brain
“This is a marvellous record that does the fullest justice to the art of Dennis Brain, whom Boyd Neel called 'the finest Mozart player of his generation on any instrument'. This 1957 recording of the Mozart Horn Quintet surely bears that out. Brain has warm support from the English String Quartet, particularly in the lovely slow movement, but here his playing consistently dominates the ensemble lyrically, while the closing Rondo is sheer joy. So is Marais's delectable Le Basque.
James Galway has subsequently made this piece his own on record, but Brain uses it as a witty encore, without showing off. Needless to say, the performance of the Brahms Horn Trio is very fine indeed. The infinitely sad, withdrawn atmosphere of the slow movement created by Brain's gentle soliloquy is unforgettable; and the infectious hunting-horn whooping of the finale carries all before it. The recording is distanced in a resonant acoustic and isn't ideally clear, but one soon forgets this.
The Dukas Villanelle is an arch-Romantic piece which all horn players feature for the want of something better, and Brain's ardour all but convinces us that it's fine music. But the highlight of the programme is the Beethoven piano and wind quintet, in which Brain shows himself the perfect chamber music partner. Without wishing to dominate, he can't help making his mark at every entry. And his colleagues join him to make a superb team. The recording is astonishingly real. The blending is so perfect, and Parry's pianism isn't only the bedrock of the performance – the playing itself is very beautiful indeed. In short, this is the performance against which all others must now be judged.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | |
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Wilhelm Bruns (horn) Mannheim Mozart Orchestra, Quadriga Quartet, Thomas Fey | |
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“Performances are again admirable.” Classic CD | | | (also available to download from $5.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | The Fine Arts Quartet at WFMT
Bartók: | String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85 | Beethoven: | String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1 String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 'Rasumovsky No. 1' String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Rasumovsky No. 2' String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3' String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 | Brahms: | String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40 with Barry Tuckwell (horn) | Haydn: | String Quartet, Op. 1 No. 0 in E flat major String Quartet, Op. 2 No. 5 in D major String Quartet, Op. 2 No. 6 in B flat major String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 5 in F minor String Quartet, Op. 64 No. 6 in E flat major String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 4 in B flat major 'Sunrise' String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 6 in E flat major | Hindemith: | String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 (1921) (previously No. 3) | Husa: | String Quartet No. 3 | Martinon: | String Quartet No. 2, Op. 54 | Mozart: | String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 'The Hunt' Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493 Adagio & Fugue in C minor for Strings, K546 Horn Quintet in E flat, K407 with Barry Tuckwell (horn) String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 'Hoffmeister' | Shifrin: | String Quartet No. 4 |
Recorded 1967-1973 | | | (also available to download from $55.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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