A master of the Vienna Horn reveals the secrets of his instrument and of the famous Viennese sound. Wolfgang Tomboeck has served as first horn with the Vienna Philharmonic since 1980, having played under such famous conductors as Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm, Leonard Bernstein, Lorin Maazel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, André Previn and Simon Rattle. In his booklet notes, Wolfgang Tomboeck writes about the history of his instrument, how a horn works, which horns are in use today and its rôle in the orchestra. This is the second release in a series which features leading players of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.