Beethoven / China Horn Ensemble - Horn Fusion - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Alteration and transformation, influence and interaction! The horn and the piano have gone through immense changes over the course of time, as this recording with works by Beethoven, Schumann and Klebe intends to illustrate. The natural horn, the Romantic valve horn and the modern horn enter in dialogue with the fortepiano, the Romantic piano and the modern grand. On this , Premysl Vojta and Tobias Koch have embarked on an adventurous musical expedition in the recording studio by dealing with three different types of horns and three different keyboard instruments in the course of three days, thereby attempting to span a wide musical range that depicts the transformation of the historical timbre ideal, condensed as a time lapse. The duo's intention is to show how the language of musical composition itself has undergone profound change on the basis of certain instrumental modifications. The distance covered is immense from Beethoven's Horn Sonata, still entirely immersed in the style of the late 18th century, passing through Robert Schumann's Romantic attitude and leading to Giselher Klebe's Alteration of Beethoven's so-called Moonlight Sonata, thereby creating a technically challenging work with perspectives that mirror a multitude of tendencies. It is no coincidence that this programme, in so doing, returns to Beethoven, albeit experienced in a very different way in Klebe's work, innovative, revolutionary elements of composition and instrumental technique are directly noticeable. Album Tracks 1. Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Horn in F Major Op. 17 (1800) - I. Allegro Moderato 2. Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Horn in F Major Op. 17 (1800) - II. Poco Adagio, Quasi Andante 3. Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Horn in F Major Op. 17 (1800) - III. Rondo. Allegro Moderato 4. Schumann Adagio and Allegro for Pianoforte and Horn Op. 70 - I. Langsam, Mit Innig

Album Tracks 1. Ballade Vom Angenehmen Leben 2. Ballade Von Der Sexuellen Hörigkeit 3. Zuhälterballade 4. Kanonensong 5. Lied Von Der Unzulänglichkeit Menschlischen Strebens 6. Zweites Dreigroschenfinale, 'Wovon Lebt Der Mensch' 7. Alabama Song 8. Bilbao Song 9. Zu Potsdam Unter Den Eichen 10. Muschel Von Margate 11. Je Ne T'aime Pas 12. Complainte de la Seine 1. Song of Ruth 2. It Never Was You 3. September Song 4. My Ship 5. This Is New 6. Foolish Heart 7. Speak Low 8. Lonely House 9. Here I'll Stay 10. The Little Gray House 11. Thousands of Miles 12. Stay Well 13. Lost in the Stars 14. Apple Jack

Album Tracks 1. Kodama 1 2. Kodama 2 3. Kodama 3 4. Kodama 4 5. Kodama 5 6. Kodama 6 7. Mizumari (Part 1) 8. Mizumari (Part 2)