℗ 2015 Hyperion Records Limited
Released | February 16, 2024 |
Originated | January 4, 2015 |
Duration | 1h 12m 44s |
Record Label | Hyperion |
Genre | Classical |
Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4; Horn Quintet
Pip Eastop
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 417
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1.1
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I. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Anthony Halstead |
8:19 | |||
1.2
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II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Anthony Halstead |
2:51 | |||
1.3
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III. Rondo. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Pip Eastop |
3:49 | |||
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495
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1.4
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I. Allegro maestoso
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; The Hanover Band |
8:36 | |||
1.5
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II. Romance. Andante cantabile
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Anthony Halstead |
3:47 | |||
1.6
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III. Rondo. Allegro vivace
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Pip Eastop |
4:16 | |||
Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, K. 447
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1.7
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I. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Pip Eastop |
7:41 | |||
1.8
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II. Romance. Larghetto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; The Hanover Band |
3:55 | |||
1.9
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III. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Anthony Halstead |
3:41 | |||
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, K. 412/K. 514
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1.10
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I. Allegro, K. 412
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; The Hanover Band |
5:07 | |||
1.11
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II. Rondo. Allegro, K. 514
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Stephen Roberts; The Hanover Band |
3:52 | |||
Horn Quintet in E-Flat Major, K. 407
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1.12
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I. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Pip Eastop |
6:40 | |||
1.13
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II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Eroica Quartet |
5:34 | |||
1.14
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III. Rondo. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Eroica Quartet |
4:36 | |||
Digital Booklet
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"Pip Eastop plays a natural horn akin to the type available to the virtuoso for whom Mozart wrote the four concertos, Joseph Leutgeb. Mozart clearly did not feel in any way hidebound by the horn’s limited range of easily attainable notes … with lucid input from The Hanover Band and from the Eroica Quartet in the Quintet, these performances have a musical integrity over and above historical interest."
- Gramophone
Mozart’s Horn Concertos are perhaps the most popular works ever written for the instrument. This new album is a collection of all the works Mozart wrote for his lifelong friend, the horn player Joseph Leutgeb (1732–1811), one of the foremost players of his day.
In these five works Mozart captures the public persona of an instrument most readily associated with all things hunting, but he also brings it indoors: lyrical episodes, and especially the slow movements, show the very soul of the instrument, despite any perceived limitations of the valveless horn. Leutgeb must indeed have been a worthy recipient of these fine works.
His modern successor is natural horn player Pip Eastop, whose technical ability and musical inventiveness are palpable in these hugely enjoyable renditions. He is accompanied by The Hanover Band and Tony Halstead (who has also provided an ending for the unfinished K417, Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major).
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hyperion Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.98 -4.56 to -0.60 | -22.19 -24.60 to -21.05 | -18.96 -21.50 to -18.00 | 12 11 to 14 | |
1 | I. Allegro | -1.25 | -22.90 | -19.5 | 13 |
2 | II. Andante | -4.21 | -22.68 | -19.4 | 11 |
3 | III. Rondo. Allegro | -2.21 | -21.12 | -18.0 | 12 |
4 | I. Allegro maestoso | -0.75 | -21.62 | -18.2 | 13 |
5 | II. Romance. Andante cantabile | -3.24 | -22.70 | -19.4 | 11 |
6 | III. Rondo. Allegro vivace | -1.35 | -21.54 | -18.5 | 14 |
7 | I. Allegro | -1.85 | -22.81 | -19.2 | 13 |
8 | II. Romance. Larghetto | -4.56 | -24.60 | -21.5 | 11 |
9 | III. Allegro | -1.48 | -22.59 | -19.4 | 13 |
10 | I. Allegro, K. 412 | -0.72 | -22.60 | -19.3 | 13 |
11 | II. Rondo. Allegro, K. 514 | -0.60 | -21.25 | -18.1 | 14 |
12 | I. Allegro | -1.84 | -21.05 | -18.0 | 12 |
13 | II. Andante | -2.21 | -21.76 | -18.4 | 11 |
14 | III. Rondo. Allegro | -1.37 | -21.46 | -18.5 | 13 |