Mozart: Horn Concertos – Ab Koster · Tafelmusik · Bruno Weil CD

UPC: 8718247711604 

MPN: 8802160 

Brand Name: Newton Classics

Overview

In this superb Newton Classics release, Dutch horn virtuoso Ab Koster joins the renowned Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra under Bruno Weil to perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s complete Horn Concertos and the Rondo in E-flat major, K.371.

Recorded in Haarlem, Netherlands (1992) and Toronto, Canada (1993), these interpretations capture the warmth, wit, and nobility of Mozart’s writing for the horn—music written for his close friend, the eccentric horn player Joseph Leutgeb. Koster’s impeccable phrasing and brilliant tone, paired with Tafelmusik’s period-instrument clarity, make this performance one of the most distinguished in modern Mozart discography.

Product Features

• Format: 1 Compact Disc (DDD Stereo)
• Total Duration: 62′55″
• Recording Dates: September 1992 & May 1993

• Recording Locations:

  Producer: Wolf Erichson
  • Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands
  • Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Canada
• Director: Jeanne Lamon
• Genre: Classical / Concerto
• Style: Classical Era / Period Instruments
• Label: Newton Classics B.V. (licensed from Sony Music Entertainment)
• Country of Manufacture: Netherlands
• Art Direction & Design: Jan Martin Wilschut BNO, Amsterdam Hotsprings
• Cover Image: Arnold van Westerhout (1651–1725), Man Playing French Horn — engraving from Filippo Bonanni’s Gabinetto Armonico (1723), courtesy of Lebrecht/HH.

Interesting Facts

• Authentic Sound on Period Instruments Ab Koster performs with a natural horn, restoring Mozart’s brilliant writing to its original color and expressive freedom.

• Tafelmusik’s Excellence One of the world’s leading period-instrument orchestras, Tafelmusik under Bruno Weil provides crisp, elegant phrasing and historically sensitive accompaniment.

• A Personal Tribute to Mozart’s Horn Friend Each concerto was written for Joseph Leutgeb, whose warm tone and playful humor inspired Mozart’s blend of lyric grace and sparkling virtuosity.

Track Listing

1. Rondo in E-flat, K.371 – Allegro (5′50)  Cadenza (Ab Koster) – (0′42)

Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, K.417

1. I. Allegro maestoso – 6′31
2. II. Andante – 3′16
3. III. Rondo: Allegro – 3′58

Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K.447

1. I. Allegro – 6′32  Cadenza (Ab Koster) – (1′17)
2. II. Romance: Larghetto – 4′38
3. III. Allegro – 3′55

Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat, K.495

1. I. Allegro maestoso – 7′33  Cadenza (Ab Koster) – (0′50)
2. II. Romance: Andante cantabile – 4′59
3. III. Rondo: Allegro vivace – 4′00

Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K.412/386b

1. I. Allegro – 5′14
2. II. Rondo: Allegro – 3′40

Publishers

© 1993 Sony Music Entertainment © 2012 Newton Classics B.V. under license to STEMRA. Manufactured and printed in the Netherlands. All rights reserved.

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