An extensive collection of horn concertos from several centuries. This set includes horn concertos by Telemann, Förster, Haydn, Beer, Vivaldi, Quantz, Zelenka, Heinichen, Fick, Reicha, Sperger, Von Weber, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Lortzing, Fasch, Mozart, Fiala, Pokorny, Rosetti, R. Strauss, Schoeck, Pflüger: a true “Cornucopia”!

The horn as a musical instrument has developed considerably since its first use many centuries ago, when man blew on animal horns as signal or ritual. The many technical improvements led to the use of the horn as a versatile solo instrument in the baroque: its festive and jubilant character could be set off against a smooth and dolce cantabile.

Excellent performances by a.o. Peter Damm, Felix Klieser, Herman Jeurissen.

The booklet contains new liner notes, written by Philip Borg-Wheeler specially for this release.

Artists

Peter Damm (horn), István Vince (horn), Klaus Pietzonka (horn), Dieter Pansa (horn), Johannes Friemel (horn), Felix Klieser (horn), Herman Jeurissen (horn), Giorgio Mereu (narrator), Teunis van der Zwart & Erwin Wieringa (horns), Rémy Baudet & Sayuri Yamagata (violins), Ivo Hadermann, Johan van Neste, Rik Vercruysse & Bart Cypers (horns), Elisabeth Schollaert & Jan Maebe (oboes), Koen Coppé (bassoon), Ivo Hadermann & Alex van Aeken (horns), Zdenek Tyslar & Bedrich Tyslar (horns), Zdenek Divoký (horn), Andrew Joy (horn)

Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Staatskapelle Dresden, Cappella Sagittariana, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Cordia, Musica Amphion, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Capella Istropolitana, Czech Chamber Orchestra, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Hartmut Haenchen, Siegfried Kurz, Eduard Melkus, Ruben Gazarian, Roy Goodman, Stefano Vegetti, Pieter-Jan Belder, Patrick Peire, František Vajnar, Ondrej Kukal, Werner Andreas Albert, Wolf-Dieter Hauschild