The French Romantic Horn

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Label
Ricercar
Release Date
January 26, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ROSSINI DAUPRAT GOUNOD
    • PERFORMER
      Maury, Ricercar Academy
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 26, 2018
    • UPC
      5400439001275
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RIC127
    • LABEL
      Ricercar
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy

      Performer: Claude Maury, Sophie Hallynck

    2. 12 Grands caprices, Op. 32: Caprice No. 10

      Composer: Jacques Francois Gallay

      Performer: Claude Maury

    3. Peches de vieillesse, Vol. 9: Album pour piano, violon, violoncelle, harmonium et cor: No. 8. Prelude

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Claude Maury, Guy Penson

    4. 12 Grands caprices, Op. 32: Caprice No. 12

      Composer: Jacques Francois Gallay

      Performer: Claude Maury

    5. I. Introduction - Allegro

      Composer: Louis-Francois Dauprat

      Ensemble: Ricercar Academy

      Performer: Claude Maury

    6. II. Minuetto

      Composer: Louis-Francois Dauprat

      Ensemble: Ricercar Academy

      Performer: Claude Maury

    7. III. Andante

      Composer: Louis-Francois Dauprat

      Ensemble: Ricercar Academy

      Performer: Claude Maury

    8. IV. Minuetto

      Composer: Louis-Francois Dauprat

      Ensemble: Ricercar Academy

      Performer: Claude Maury

    9. V. Adagio

      Composer: Louis-Francois Dauprat

      Ensemble: Ricercar Academy

      Performer: Claude Maury

    10. VI. Finale: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Louis-Francois Dauprat

      Ensemble: Ricercar Academy

      Performer: Claude Maury

    11. 12 Grands caprices, Op. 32: Caprice No. 1

      Composer: Jacques Francois Gallay

      Performer: Claude Maury

    12. No. 1. Larghetto bien pose

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Performer: Claude Maury, Guy Penson

    13. No. 2. Andantino

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Performer: Claude Maury, Guy Penson

    14. No. 3. Andante

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Performer: Claude Maury, Guy Penson

    15. No. 4. Larghetto

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Performer: Claude Maury, Guy Penson

    16. No. 5. Andante cantabile

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Performer: Claude Maury, Guy Penson

    17. No. 6. Andante ben marcato

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Performer: Claude Maury, Guy Penson


The system of valves that allowed brass instruments to employ all the notes of the chromatic scale was developed between 1810 and 1820. Players of the natural horn, however, were not completely convinced, judging that the valves removed the characteristic timbre of each key and therefore standardized the instrument’s sound. This dispute was particularly intense in France, where virtuoso horn players such as Dauprat and Gallay never ceased to put forward their arguments in favor of the natural horn. This truly titanic struggle is the basis of this recording, with works that lead up to the first pieces to be composed for valve horn. Born in 1956, Claude Maury studied music at the Royal Conservatory of Mons, where he obtained the highest distinctions in modern horn and chamber music. He then perfected his skills with Francis Orval, Vandriessche André, Michel Garcin-Marrou and Hermann Baumann. In 1981 he won the competition for natural horn Gallay in Perpignan and, in 1984, won another international competition for natural horn in Bad Harzburg, Germany. In 1985, he left the Orchestra of Radio Télévision Belge to devote himself almost exclusively to the practice of ancient horns.