Martin Owen, Francesca Dego & Alessandro Taverna - Brahms, Ligeti, Mozart, Schumann: Horn Trios (2024) [24/96]

The renowned horn player Martin Owen is joined by the violinist Francesca Dego and pianist Alessandro Taverna in this varied and compelling programme. Mozart's Horn Quintet, KV 407 is one of the earliest examples of the horn in chamber music - although this partnership was embraced by Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, and Schumann among many others. The Quintet is unusually scored for horn, violin, two violas, and cello, but the majority of the melodic interplay in the work occurs between the horn and the violin, so replacing the lower strings with piano works very well. Brahms's Horn Trio was the first major work for this instrumentation, and remains one of the finest in the repertoire. The horn is often seen as symbolic of the forest - an important entity in German culture - and Brahms commented that his inspiration for the piece came to him whilst out walking though woodland. Ligeti's Hommage a Brahms was very much inspired by Brahms's Trio, although influences of Bartok and Hungarian folk music also play their part. In the final piece, Schumann's 'Duet' from Phantasiestucke, the horn simply replaces the original cello part in this ultra-romantic miniature.

Tracklist:
01. Brahms- Trio, Op. 40- I. Andante
02. Brahms- Trio, Op. 40- II. Scherzo
03. Brahms- Trio, Op. 40- III. Adagio mesto
04. Brahms- Trio, Op. 40- IV. Finale
05. Ligeti- Trio -Hommage à Brahms– I. Andante
06. Ligeti- Trio -Hommage à Brahms– II. Vivacissimo
07. Ligeti- Trio -Hommage à Brahms– III. Alla marcia
08. Ligeti- Trio -Hommage à Brahms– IV. Lamento
09. Mozart- Quintet, KV. 407 (Arr. for Horn Trio by Ernst Naumann)- I. Allegro
10. Mozart- Quintet, KV. 407 (Arr. for Horn Trio by Ernst Naumann)- II. Andante
11. Mozart- Quintet, KV. 407 (Arr. for Horn Trio by Ernst Naumann)- III. Rondo
12. Schumann- Phantasiestücke, Op. 88- No. 3, Duett (Arr. for Horn by Martin Owen)


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