Mozart - Horn Concertos & Quintet
£15.68
In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day
Despatch Information
This despatch estimate is based on information from both our own stock and the UK supplier's stock.
If ordering multiple items, we will aim to send everything together so the longest despatch estimate will apply to the complete order.
If you would rather receive certain items more quickly, please place them on a separate order.
If any unexpected delays occur, we will keep you informed of progress via email and not allow other items on the order to be held up.
If you would prefer to receive everything together regardless of any delay, please let us know via email.
Pre-orders will be despatched as close as possible to the release date.
Label: Supraphon
Cat No: SU42072
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 23rd September 2016
Contents
Works
Horn Concerto no.1 in D major, K412Horn 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
Horn Quintet in E flat major, K407
Artists
Radek Baborak (French horn)Baborak Ensemble
Works
Horn Concerto no.1 in D major, K412Horn 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
Horn Quintet in E flat major, K407
Artists
Radek Baborak (French horn)Baborak Ensemble
About
An artist with a penchant for seeking out the new, he has joined forces with other outstanding musicians (including Štěpán Kratochvíl, from the Münchner Philharmoniker and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and Vilém Kionka, from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) so as to interpret the pieces as arranged for horn and string quartet: “I liked the idea of presenting the concertos in the form they may have been heard when Mr. Leutgeb would visit the Mozarts’ home, get together with Mr. Michael Haydn and Mr. Süssmayr, and make music.”
In Mozart’s time, such treatments were quite common (Michael Haydn, for instance, transcribed the Rondo from Concerto No.3), with their serving to pinpoint the dialogue between the virtuoso parts of the first violin and the horn. According to the preserved correspondence, Mozart tried his hand at the horn, which he found highly amusing. The composer wrote most of his horn works for his older friend, the far-famed virtuoso Joseph Leutgeb.
His mocking comments in the score (“Wolfgang Amadé Mozart takes pity on Leutgeb, ass, ox, and simpleton”), as well as writing Concerto No.4 in inks of four colours, bear witness to the close relationship between the two artists. This playfulness and the sheer joy of making music together are duly reflected in this inspiring album, recorded by Radek Baborák and friends.
Error on this page? Let us know here
Need more information on this product? Click here