Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, op. 64
Excerpt 1 – II. Andante cantibile, con alcuna licenza
dotted quarter = 54
ms. 9-28 (7 before A – 8 after A)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti (Dale Clevenger, horn)
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, George Szell (Myron Bloom, horn)
Leopold Stokowski and his Orchestra (James Chambers, horn)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Andreas Delfs (live recording--William Barnewitz, horn)
Morton Gould Orchestra, Morton Gould (John Barrows, horn)
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (Philip Myers, horn)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (Jeffrey Lang, horn)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, Op. 36
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – I. Andante sostenuto
ms. 1-20 (beginning – 6 after A)
Horn 1 — 2
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3 — 4
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4 in F
Audio Files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – I. Moderato con anima
ms. 169-201 (I – L)
Horn 1 — 2
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3 — 4
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4 in F
Audio Files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – I. Moderato con anima
ms. 295-307 (12 before R – R)
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Audio Files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – Danse Infernal
quarter = 168
(beginning – 3)
Horn 1 in F
Audio files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewsky
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – Finale: Lento maestoso
half = 54
(11 – 12)
Horn 1 in F
Audio files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewsky
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Strauss — Till Eulenspiegel, op. 28
Randy Gardner discusses Till Eulenspiegel (VIDEO FOR IHS MEMBERS ONLY)
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – Gemächlich
(beginning – 1)
Horn 1 in F
Audio files
BBC Symphony, Fritz Busch (Aubrey Brain, horn)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Minnesota Orchestra, Edo de Waart
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)
Excerpt 2
Horn 1
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4
Horn 4 in F
Audio files
BBC Symphony, Fritz Busch (Aubrey Brain, horn)
28 — 31
31— 37
37 — 38
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
28 — 31
31— 37
37 — 38
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
28 — 31
31— 37
37 — 38
Minnesota Orchestra, Edo de Waart
28 — 31
31— 37
37 — 38
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
28 — 31
31— 37
37 — 38
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)
28 — 31
31— 37
37 — 38
Strauss — Ein Heldenleben, op. 40
Randy Gardner discusses Ein Heldenleben (VIDEO FOR IHS MEMBERS ONLY)
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – Lebhaft bewegt
(beginning – 6)
Horn 1 — 2
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3 — 4
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4 in F
Audio Files
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)
San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – Festes Zeitmas (sehr lebhaft)
(74 – 80)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
74 — 77
77 — 80
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
74 — 77
77 — 80
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)
74 — 77
77 — 80
San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
74 — 77
77 — 80
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – Langsam
(107 – end)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)
San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Strauss — Don Quixote, op. 35
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – Introduction/Theme: Ruhig
(7 – 12)
Horn 1 in F
Audio files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Vienna Philharmonic, André Previn
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – Variation VII: ein wenig ruhiger als vorher
(57 – 5 after 58)
Horn 1 — 2
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3 — 4
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4 in F
Audio files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Vienna Philharmonic, André Previn
Strauss — Don Juan, op. 20
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – Tranquillo
(20 after D – 1 after F)
Horn 1 — 2
Horn 1 in E
Horn 2 in E
Horn 3 — 4
Horn 3 in E
Horn 4 in E
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Vienna Philharmonic, André Previn
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – Allegro molto con brio
half = 84
(11 after N – P)
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Vienna Philharmonic, André Previn
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – Allegro molto con brio
half = 84
(10 before W – AA)
Horn 1
Horn 1 in E
Horn 2
Horn 2 in E
Horn 3
Horn 3 in E
Horn 4
Horn 4 in E
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Vienna Philharmonic, André Previn
