Conductor(s): Falletta, JoAnn
Label: Naxos
Genre: Concerto
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: 8.574646
Barcode: 747313464678
Release Date: 10/2024

Concertos for 2 Horns - HOFFMEISTER, F.A. / MOZART, L. / POKORNÝ, F.X. / WITT, F. (The Golden Age of the Horn) (Muzyk, Kerdelewicz, Falletta)

The 18th century established the horn as a solo instrument, with virtuoso players commissioning concertos throughout Europe. The technical demands required to play hand-stopped instruments meant that many such concertos have not surfaced until recently. An exact contemporary of Beethoven, Friedrich Witt makes athletic use of the horn’s range in his Concerto in F major, which is also a feature of the cat-and-mouse interplay in Hoffmeister’s Concerto No. 3 in E flat. Expressive lyricism is present in such works as Leopold Mozart’s elegant and refined Concerto for Two Horns in E flat major, while the graceful Larghetto in Pokorný’s Concerto for Two Horns in F major is framed by two exuberant outer movements.

Tracklist

Witt, Friedrich
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
1I. Allegro09:39
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
2II. Romance04:02
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
3III. Rondo: Allegro03:59
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Hoffmeister, Franz Anton
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
4I. Allegro13:34
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
5II. Romance: Poco adagio04:54
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
6III. Allegretto08:16
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Mozart, Leopold
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
7I. Allegro04:13
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
8II. Andante05:32
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
9III. La Caccia: Allegro02:42
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Pokorný, František Xaver
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
10I. Allegro06:32
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
11II. Larghetto poco andante05:06
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
12III. Finale: Presto assai02:37
Muzyk, Jacek (horn)
Kerdelewicz, Daniel (horn)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:11:06