The disc features a wonderful variety of horns including an 18th century trompe de chasse by Carlin, Paris, a cor de chasse by Bennett, London of c.1700, an 18th century cor de chasse by Haas, Nurnberg, an 18th century anonymous German hand horn, two 19th century hand horns by Courtois neveu ainie, Paris, a cor solo by Marcel-Auguste Raoux (Paris, 1823), a radius omnitonic horn by Callcott (London, 19th c.), a hand horn with additional two Stölzel valve block by Thomas Key (London, 19th c.), a hand horn by Halari (Paris, 19th c.), a rotary single F valve horn by Sachsische Musikinstrumenten Fabriken, (Klingenthal, early 20th c.), Périnet valved horn by Couesnon (Paris, early 20th c.) and one mute.
Its a great opportunity to hear a great selection of historic instruments in music of their period. And after all, who can resist the sound of a period French hunting horn!
The music includes Marc Antoine Dampierre's Fanfares, an anonymous arrangements of Handel from Forrest Harmony and the Compleat Tutor, Haydn's Divertimento a tre, duos by Mozart, Heinrich Simrock's Theme and Variations, Ignaz Moscheles Introduction et Rondo, Franz Schubert's Aur dem Strom, Saint-Saens Romance, Richard Strauss' Andante and Paul Dukas' Villanelle. Scott is joined on the disc by Joseph Walters (horns), Marcus Barcham-Stevens (violin), Robin Michael (cello), Frances Kelly (harp), Steven Devine (pianos) and James Gilchrist (tenor).
The disc is available on-line from the Bate Collection shop and from Devine Music.
Elsewhere on this blog:
- Janet Baker 80th birthday tribute
- Vivienne - a second view
- The Romantic Cello - Philip Handy - CD review
- Tete a Tete:the Opera Festival - a third helping
- En travestie - the curious tradition of the breeches role
- Dazzling - Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage at the Proms
- Rather suprising - CD review, Richard Harwood in Composing without Pictures - Concert works by film composers
- New music director for Temple Church
- Is melody enough? - Review of CD of Christopher Wood Requiem
- Too many words? - Mike Christie's The Miller's Wife at the Grimeborn Festival
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