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Before Mozart - Early Horn Concertos / Frank-Gemmill, McGegan, Swedish Chamber Orchestra

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Composer
FORSTER HAYDN TELEMANN
Artist
Frank-Gemmill, Mcgegan
Format
SACD
Discs
1
Label
BIS
Released
Apr 06, 2018
Catalog #
BIS-2315
UPC
7318599923154

About

Mozart’s horn concertos are so well-known that for many listeners the sound of the horn and Mozart are virtually synonymous. Mozart was not the first composer to write solo concertos for the horn, however, and works from earlier on in the eighteenth century give a quite different perspective on the instrument. With this release soloist Alec Frank-Gemmill provides insights into some of these early horn concertos, by composers ranging from Telemann to Haydn, by way of Mozart’s own father, Leopold.

Around 1750, both Christoph Förster and Johann Baptist Georg Neruda wrote extremely demanding and virtuosic concertos – Neruda’s Concerto in E flat major is in such a high register that it has sometimes been assumed to be composed for the trumpet. Through modern innovations in horn design it is once more possible to perform all of these early horn concertos, including parts previously considered ‘impossibly high’. Alec Frank-Gemmill is recognised internationally for the exceptional breadth and depth of his music-making. His interest in historical performance informed his previous, highly acclaimed release for BIS – a traversal of the horn repertoire throughout some 140 years, performed on four different 19th-century instruments. On the present album he plays on modern horns, but draws heavily on his familiarity with 18th-century horn technique and style, with the support of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra under period performance expert Nicholas McGegan.

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REVIEW:

Nicholas McGegan is equally at home in this repertory, meanwhile. The Swedish Chamber Orchestra play with wonderful freshness and finesse, and there’s a flawless sense of ensemble between Frank-Gemmill and the solo strings in the Sinfonia da camera. An exceptional disc that confirms and consolidates his reputation as one of today’s finest horn players, it makes for compelling and essential listening.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 I. Con discretione 05:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Con discretione
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Christoph Förster
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan
  2. 2 II. Adagio 02:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Christoph Förster
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan
  3. 3 III. Allegro 04:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Christoph Förster
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan
  4. 4 I. Vivace 02:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Vivace
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan
  5. 5 II. Largo 02:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan
  6. 6 III. Allegro 03:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan
  7. 7 I. Allegro 05:28
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Georg Neruda
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan
  8. 8 II. Largo 04:23
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Georg Neruda
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan
  9. 9 III. Vivace 04:22
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Georg Neruda
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan
  10. 10 I. Allegro moderato 05:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    Leopold Mozart
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill, Urban Svensson, Göran Fröst, Linn Elvkull, Mats Levin, Peter Nitsche, Björn Gäfvert
  11. 11 II. Menuetto 03:02
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Menuetto
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Leopold Mozart
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill, Urban Svensson, Göran Fröst, Linn Elvkull, Mats Levin, Peter Nitsche, Björn Gäfvert
  12. 12 III. Andante 03:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Leopold Mozart
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill, Urban Svensson, Göran Fröst, Linn Elvkull, Mats Levin, Peter Nitsche, Björn Gäfvert
  13. 13 IV. Allegro 02:14
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Leopold Mozart
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill, Urban Svensson, Göran Fröst, Linn Elvkull, Mats Levin, Peter Nitsche, Björn Gäfvert
  14. 14 I. Allegro 06:15
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan
  15. 15 II. Adagio 06:16
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan
  16. 16 III. Allegro 03:41
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Alec Frank-Gemmill
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Nicholas McGegan