Connections - The German Horn

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Label
Willowhayne Records - Label
Release Date
August 2, 2024
Format
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Pianist Helen Davies is the daughter of a Bohemian mother and Anglo-German father and her family has always been acutely aware of their European heritage. Connections was conceived during the COVID-19 UK lockdown in March 2020. Much of the music on this recording was created by German composers, hence the decision to focus on that link, recording music which they felt connected them back to some of their familial roots. Music is an international language, unaffected by boundaries and this is celebrated in this recording. The inclusion of the little Rondo by the British composer Arnold Cooke embodies this continental link: Cooke studied composition with the German composer Paul Hindemith who had a strong influence on his style and whose musical language can be clearly heard in Cooke's short composition. In keeping with the connections theme, Laurence Davies uses a German horn, an Alexander model 103 made in Mainz for this recording.


Product Description:


  • Release Date: August 02, 2024


  • UPC: 5060742690377


  • Catalog Number: WHR084


  • Label: Willowhayne Records - Label


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven, Arnold Cooke, Paul Hindemith, Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss, Franz Strauss


  • Performer: Laurence Davies, Helen Davies