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The Golden Age of the Horn: Concertos for 2 Horns - Hoffmeister, L. Mozart, Pokorný, Witt
The Golden Age of the Horn: Concertos for 2 Horns - Hoffmeister, L. Mozart, Pokorný, Witt in Bloomington, MN
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It is not clear whether there was a "golden age of the horn," as suggested here by
Buffalo Philharmonic
conductor
JoAnn Falletta
(or by
Naxos
marketers). More than four decades elapsed between the
Concerto for two horns and orchestra in E flat major
of
Leopold Mozart
and the later works on the program, which were written for more advanced hand-stopped horns than the ones known to
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
's father. However, this is an attractive release with some little-known music; the
Concerto No. 3 in E flat major for two horns and orchestra
Franz Anton Hoffmeister
here receives its world-recorded premiere. The novelty of the music may have helped propel this music onto classical best-seller charts in the autumn of 2024, but the pieces are highly listenable by any standard. The strongest is the
, with a clever "La Caccia" finale that opens with an orchestral flourish, leaving the listener to wonder how the horns will respond; at first, they offer tonally static lyrical episodes and then move into some fancy trills. The slow movements of the concertos by
Hoffmeister
and
Friedrich Witt
have some lovely duo work, and the most virtuosic is saved for last in the finale of the
Concerto in F major for two horns and orchestra
by the elusive
Franti¿ek Xaver Pokorný
. The performances are all that could be desired, with two
hornists, one of them the appropriately named
Jakob Muzyk
, meaning "musician." He was the teacher of the other soloist,
Daniel Kerdelewicz
. It is nice to hear
Falletta
back with her longtime orchestra and especially nice to hear the warm acoustic of Buffalo's Kleinhans Hall, which is well suited to this music. Nothing here will blow the listener's mind compositionally, but the album expands the horn repertory and can certainly be recommended to lovers of the Classical period and especially of the Mozart family. ~ James Manheim
Buffalo Philharmonic
conductor
JoAnn Falletta
(or by
Naxos
marketers). More than four decades elapsed between the
Concerto for two horns and orchestra in E flat major
of
Leopold Mozart
and the later works on the program, which were written for more advanced hand-stopped horns than the ones known to
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
's father. However, this is an attractive release with some little-known music; the
Concerto No. 3 in E flat major for two horns and orchestra
Franz Anton Hoffmeister
here receives its world-recorded premiere. The novelty of the music may have helped propel this music onto classical best-seller charts in the autumn of 2024, but the pieces are highly listenable by any standard. The strongest is the
, with a clever "La Caccia" finale that opens with an orchestral flourish, leaving the listener to wonder how the horns will respond; at first, they offer tonally static lyrical episodes and then move into some fancy trills. The slow movements of the concertos by
Hoffmeister
and
Friedrich Witt
have some lovely duo work, and the most virtuosic is saved for last in the finale of the
Concerto in F major for two horns and orchestra
by the elusive
Franti¿ek Xaver Pokorný
. The performances are all that could be desired, with two
hornists, one of them the appropriately named
Jakob Muzyk
, meaning "musician." He was the teacher of the other soloist,
Daniel Kerdelewicz
. It is nice to hear
Falletta
back with her longtime orchestra and especially nice to hear the warm acoustic of Buffalo's Kleinhans Hall, which is well suited to this music. Nothing here will blow the listener's mind compositionally, but the album expands the horn repertory and can certainly be recommended to lovers of the Classical period and especially of the Mozart family. ~ James Manheim
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