Early Romantic Horn Sonatas

Kristin Fossheim, Steinar Granmo Nilsen

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In the early romantic period, struggling with the aftermath of absolutism’s collapse, people had to find new solutions in all realms of communal life. Because old certainties vanished, another vision of society emerged, shaped by artists: poets, painters and musicians. They viewed a higher world order in nature, to be felt by the individual, and expressed in a synthesis of all arts.

Especially in music, these ideas were embodied with a new freedom of stylistic decisions. The sonatas for natural horn and fortepiano by Franz Danzi, Ferdinand Ries und Nikolaus von Krufft are virtuosic compositions with stunning dialogues between the horn and piano parts. They explore the full range of timbres, flamboyantly surpassing classical structures in search of new modes of expression.

The verve and profusion of colors in the performance of Steinar Granmo Nilsen and Kristin Fossheim incorporate the early romantic idea that music was the most royal of all arts.

 

Tracklist

Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.
1.
Ferdinand Ries - Grande Sonate in F-Dur op. 34, I. Larghetto. Allegro molto
12:33
2.
Ferdinand Ries - Grande Sonate in F-Dur op. 34, II. Andante
03:18
3.
Ferdinand Ries - Grande Sonate in F-Dur op. 34, III. Rondo Allegro
07:53
4.
Franz Danzi - Sonate Es-Dur op. 28, I. Adagio. Allegro
11:10
5.
Franz Danzi - Sonate Es-Dur op. 28, II. Larghetto
06:12
6.
Franz Danzi - Sonate Es-Dur op. 28, III. Allegretto
04:29
7.
Nicolaus von Krufft - Sonata E-Dur, I. Allegro moderato
11:11
8.
Nicolaus von Krufft - Sonata E-Dur, II. Andante espressivo
04:57
9.
Nicolaus von Krufft - Sonata E-Dur, III. Rondo alla Polacca
05:52

Total time: 01:07:35

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SKU

2L113

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Digital Converters

Horus, Merging Technologies

Editing Software

Pyramix, Merging Technologies

Instruments

Instruments: the Natural Horn is a copy of Lausmann (Bohemia ca. 1800) made by Andreas Jungwirth (2000), the Fortepiano is a copy of Walter (Wien 1805) made by Kenneth Bakeman (1983)

Mastering Engineer

Morten Lindberg

Microphones

DPA

Notes

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Original Recording Format

Recording Engineer

Morten Lindberg, Beatrice Johannessen

Recording location

Jar Church, Akershus, Norway, June 2014

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DXD

Release DateSeptember 5, 2019

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