In the summer of 1888 while also working on his tone poem Don Juan Richard Strauss composed this brief Andante for his father Franz Strauss a member of the Munich Court Opera and one of the greatest horn players of his age. The Andante was intended as the slow movement ???of a still unfinished??? sonata that Strauss however never did complete (to the chagrin of all horn players). The piece thus remained unpublished until 1973. For the new Urtext edition by G. Henle Publishers the original autograph manuscript held at the Munich Public Library was able to be examined directly. The Andante is of only moderate difficulty and is ideally suited for teaching purposes and as aneffective Romantic performance piece. In the summer of 1888 while also working on his tone poem Don Juan Richard Strauss composed this brief Andante for his father Franz Strauss a member of the Munich Court Opera and one of the greatest horn players of his age. The Andante was intended as the slow movement ???of a still unfinished??? sonata that Strauss however never did complete (to the chagrin of all horn players). The piece thus remained unpublished until 1973. For the new Urtext edition by G. Henle Publishers the original autograph manuscript held at the Munich Public Library was able to be examined directly. The Andante is of only moderate difficulty and is ideally suited for teaching purposes and as aneffective Romantic performance piece.

As if looking back on his youth toward the end of his life Richard Strauss wrote a second concerto for horn and orchestra again in Eb major around sixty years after his first concerto for horn. This sublimely beautiful late work which gives no indication of the oppressive circumstances of Strauss? poor health and the Second World War was premiered in 1943 by Gottfried von Freiberg under the direction of Karl Böhm. It was not until after Strauss? death that the concerto appeared in print in London making a critical new edition on the basis of the autograph sources and performance material more than overdue. The editor Hans Pizka former principal horn of the BavarianState Opera in Munich learned first-hand about the performance tradition and genesis of the concerto as a pupil of Gottfried von Freiberg. For use in lessons and for performances the especially playable piano reduction by Johannes Umbreit is a great help. As if looking back on his youth toward the end of his life Richard Strauss wrote a second concerto for horn and orchestra again in Eb major around sixty years after his first concerto for horn. This sublimely beautiful late work which gives no indication of the oppressive circumstances of Strauss? poor health and the Second World War was premiered in 1943 by Gottfried von Freiberg under the direction of Karl Böhm. It was not until after Strauss? death that the concerto appeared in print in London making a critical new edition on the basis of the autograph sources and performance material more than overdue. The editor Hans Pizka former principal horn of the BavarianState Opera in Munich learned first-hand about the performance tradition and genesis of the concerto as a pupil of Gottfried von Freiberg. For use in lessons and for performances the especially playable piano reduction by Johannes Umbreit is a great help.

An arrangement of Richard Strauss' richly lyrical Horn Concerto No.2 Op.132 for Horn and Piano with reduction by Harold Perry.

Par STRAUSS RICHARD. Avec son premier concerto pour cor, et étant à peine âgé de 18 ans, Richard Strauss accomplit un coup de génie ravissant. Jusqu'à nos jours, ce concerto est apprécié dans le monde entier par les cornistes (et par d'autres), faisant partie, aux côtés des chefs-d'oeuvre de Mozart, des pièces de répertoire incontournables à l'instrument. Peter Damm, ancien cor solo de l'orchestre de la Sächsische Staatskapelle de Dresde et soliste de renommée mondiale, ne s'est pas contenté de jouer lui-même en public ce concerto plus de 170 fois, mais il a en outre présenté et publié les résultats fondamentaux de ses investigations concernant la genèse de ce concerto. Son édition Urtext prenden considération toutes les sources conservées et peut ainsi être considérée comme une édition de référence. Pour l'étude de la pièce ainsi que pour les auditions, la réduction pour piano réalisée par Johannes Umbreit et particulièrement bien jouable, s'avère d'une grande aide. Avec son premier concerto pour cor, et étant à peine âgé de 18 ans, Richard Strauss accomplit un coup de génie ravissant. Jusqu'à nos jours, ce concerto est apprécié dans le monde entier par les cornistes (et par d'autres), faisant partie, aux côtés des chefs-d'oeuvre de Mozart, des pièces de répertoire incontournables à l'instrument. Peter Damm, ancien cor solo de l'orchestre de la Sächsische Staatskapelle de Dresde et soliste de renommée mondiale, ne s'est pas contenté de jouer lui-même en public ce concerto plus de 170 fois, mais il a en outre présenté et publié les résultats fondamentaux de ses investigations concernant la genèse de ce concerto. Son édition Urtext prenden considération toutes les sources conservées et peut ainsi être considérée comme une édition de référence. Pour l'étude de la pièce ainsi que pour les auditions, la réduction pour piano réalisée par Johannes Umbreit et particulièrement bien jouable, s'avère d'une grande aide./ Répertoire / Cor et Piano

Par STRAUSS RICHARD. Ein Alphorn Hör' Ich Schallen/ Répertoire / Soprano, Cor en Mib et Piano

10 Pieces by 10 Composers Edited by the Horn Virtuoso Barry Tuckwell-This title contains ten pieces by ten revered composers arranged by Horn virtuoso Barry Tuckwell. Barry Tuckwell has had an extensive performing career playing from a young age in the Melbourne andSydney Symphony Orchestra to playing First Horn in the London Symphony Orchestra. Pieces range from C minor to F Major. Composers include Beethoven Cherubini Förster Haydn Mozart Rossini Schumann Strauss Telemann and Von Weber.