Mozart: (4) Horn Concertos

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..., Op.49 Richard Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure - Der Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2) Maurice Ravel Bolero (conclusion) (Bolero, Poeme choregraphique) Giuseppe Verdi Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) (Nabucco (1853)) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo (Allegro vivace) (Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat Major, K.495) Thomas Hampson Baritone Ernest Blanc Baritone James Morris Bass Gerald Finley Cantor Sabine Meyer Clarinet Dennis Brain Horn Anne Sofie von Otter Mezzosoprano Daniele Millet Mezzosoprano Dame Moura Lympany Piano Horacio Gutierrez Piano Cecile Ousset Piano Stephen Hough Piano Maksim Mrvica Piano Maria Tipo Piano Wayne Marshall Piano Anne Queffelec Piano Mady Mesple Soprano Angela Gheorghiu Soprano Maria Callas Soprano Roberto Alagna Tenor Nicolai Gedda Tenor Jose Carreras Tenor Timothy Beasley... Read review

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Advantages: a new take on a familiar warhorse
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...It's unlikely that any music lover who has a good recording of Beethoven's violin concerto on CD (say: Perlman, Grumiaux or Szigeti) would ever say to him or herself: 'boy, I wonder what that sounds like on the clarinet'. In fact, the only people who might would be clarinetists, for they tend to feel (mistakenly, as it happens)that there just isn't enough original repertoire written for their instrument. So here, spanking new, is a Deutsche Grammophon CD offering us an original work in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and an arrangement of the Beethoven prepared by Russian pianist/conductor Mikhail Pletnev. The soloist is Michael Collins, who plays the familiar Mozart on his basset horn with all the joy and panache we expect. The Beethoven is a different cup of tea. It's difficult to listen to the famous melodies without hearing the fiddle (or... Read review

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Advantages: Everything you could ever want from a classical CD
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...I have purchased and listened to many types of music and as a classical pianist always like to explore new CD's. This album has so many classics on it and is delightful to listen to. Did you know that opening music in 2001 - A Space Odyssey was from Also Sprach Zarathustra by Strauss or that the background music in the British Airways TV commercial was the Flower Duet from the opera Lakme? This compilation album is perfect whether you are a lover of classical music or just interested to find out what it is all about. The track listing shows what can be expected on this wonderful CD. 1. Canon and Gigue in D Composed by Johann Pachelbel 2. 12 Concertos for Violin and Strings Composed by Antonio Vivaldi 3. Adagio in G minor Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni 4. Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral' in F Composed by Ludwig van... Read review

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