Cover Mozart: Horn Concertos

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Album-Release:
2024

HRA-Release:
08.11.2024

Label: BIS

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Concertos

Artist: Alec Frank-Gemmill, Swedish Chamber Orchestra & Nicholas McGegan

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, K. 412 & 514:
  • 1 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, K. 412 & 514: I. Allegro, K. 412 04:47
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 211:
  • 2 Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 211: II. Adagio (Arr. for Horn & Orch by Alec Frank-Gemmill and Stephen Roberts) 06:43
  • Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, K. 412 & 514:
  • 3 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, K. 412 & 514: II. Rondo. Allegro, K. 514 04:07
  • Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 417:
  • 4 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 417: I. Allegro 06:22
  • 5 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 417: II. Andante 03:14
  • 6 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 417: III. Rondo 03:51
  • Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, K. 447:
  • 7 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, K. 447: I. Allegro 07:13
  • 8 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, K. 447: II. Romance 03:55
  • 9 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, K. 447: III. Allegro 03:51
  • Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495:
  • 10 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: I. Allegro maestoso 08:20
  • 11 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: II. Romance 04:20
  • 12 Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E Flat Major, K. 495: III. Rondo 04:02
  • Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major, K. 370b & K. 371 “No. 0”:
  • 13 Mozart: Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major, K. 370b & K. 371 “No. 0”: I. [Allegro], K. 370b (Reconstr. by Stephen Roberts) 05:05
  • 14 Mozart: Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major, K. 370b & K. 371 “No. 0": II. Rondeau. Allegro, K. 371 (Compl. by Stephen Roberts) 06:11
  • Total Runtime 01:12:01

Info for Mozart: Horn Concertos

Nach Alec Frank-Gemmills von der Kritik hochgelobten Einspielungen von Werken für Horn und Klavier aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Kammermusik von Brahms und Hornkonzerten aus der Zeit vor Mozart wurde eine Version von Mozarts berühmten Hornkonzerten von ihm mit Spannung erwartet. Wie bei seinen konzertanten Werken wird er auch hier vom Schwedischen Kammerorchester begleitet, das von einem Experten für den Stil des 18. Jahrhunderts, Nicholas McGegan, geleitet wird.

Mozarts Beziehung zu dem Wiener Hornisten Joseph Leutgeb war sowohl freundschaftlich als auch musikalisch, und die meisten der vorliegenden Werke wurden speziell für ihn geschrieben. Die vier Standardkonzerte und andere Fragmente, die sich über einen Zeitraum von etwa zehn Jahren, von 1781 bis zum Tod des Komponisten, erstrecken, folgen Mozarts stilistischer Entwicklung und sind somit zeitgleich mit der Operntrilogie mit Libretti von Da Ponte, den letzten Sinfonien und den letzten Klavierkonzerten. Die eleganten, raffinierten und geschmeidigen Hornkonzerte machen sich die einzigartigen Farben dieses Instruments zunutze und schrecken auch nicht vor seinen traditionellen Assoziationen mit dem Postdienst und der Jagd zurück.

Zusätzlich zu den vier „offiziellen“ Konzerten Mozarts enthält diese Aufnahme auch Sätze, die in Form von Entwürfen hinterlassen wurden, die vom Komponisten und Hornisten Stephen Roberts vervollständigt und restauriert wurden, so dass wir hier ein weiteres Werk mit der Bezeichnung „Concerto No. 0“ hören.

Alec Frank-Gemmill, Horn
Schwedisches Kammerorchester
Nicholas McGegan, Dirigent




Alec Frank-Gemmill
Half-German, half-English, Alec Frank-Gemmill grew up in the United Kingdom and studied in Cambridge and Berlin. He is widely recognised for pushing the boundaries of the French horn, whether by commissioning new music, making transcriptions of chamber music or through historically-informed performance practice. Alec now divides his time between orchestral playing, chamber music, concertos and conducting.

Alec was a member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist scheme from 2014–16, often appearing as a soloist with the BBC orchestras, including in performances of rarely-heard repertoire by Ethel Smyth, Malcolm Arnold and Charles Koechlin. He was Principal horn of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for ten years and took up the same position with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in October 2019.

With the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alec performed concertos by Mozart (on the natural horn), Ligeti, Strauss and Schumann. His recording of Strauss’s First Concerto was named Disc of the Week on the BBC’s Record Review programme. He has also recorded four albums for the BIS label, thanks to the support of the Borletti–Buitoni Trust.

Often invited as a guest principal horn, Alec has frequently appeared with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He also performs as part of period-instrument groups and is director of Odin Ensemble, a Gothenburg-based group which plays on instruments from around 1900.

In 2023 Alec was soloist with the Deutsches Sinfonieorchester in Berlin's Philharmonie. He also received a scholarship from Sweden's Stena Stiftelse in recognition of "an artistry in constant development and deepening". For the last few years Alec has been shifting focus to conducting. He is currently studying for a Master's degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. After a highly successful debut in the north of Sweden with the Norrbotten Chamber Orchestra, he will direct concerts next season in Italy, Finland and the UK.

"A stunning performance... Alec Frank-Gemmill made the instrument dart, wail and flutter as if those were normal things for a French horn to do". (The Herald)

"I especially enjoyed Alec Frank-Gemmill's cheeky handling of the runs and decorations in the Horn Concertino." (Gramophone)

"a wonderfully characterful account of Schumann's Adagio and Allegro, with phrasing and tonal control so evocative that it made me sit up and take note." (The Scotsman)



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