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Mahler — Symphony No. 5
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – I. Trauermarsch: In gemessenem Schritt
ms. 61-89 (3 – 4)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – I. Trauermarsch: In gemessenem Schritt
ms. 181-195 (9 after 8 – 9)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – III. Scherzo: Kräftig, nicht zu schnell
ms. 1-40 (beginning – 2)
Horn obligato in F
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez
Excerpt 4
Excerpt 4 – III. Scherzo: Kräftig, nicht zu schnell
ms. 218-307 (18 after 8 – 11)
Horn obligato in F
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez
Excerpt 5
Excerpt 5 – III. Scherzo: Kräftig, nicht zu schnell
ms. 337-360 (15 before 12 – 9 after 12)
Horn obligato in F
Audio Files
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez
Excerpt 6
Excerpt 6 – III. Scherzo: Kräftig, nicht zu schnell
ms. 559-628 (4 before 21 – 24)
Horn obligato in F
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez
Excerpt 7
Excerpt 7 – III. Scherzo: Kräftig, nicht zu schnell
ms. 764-end (9 after 30 – end)
Horn obligato in F
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez
Haydn — Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal"
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – I. Allegro
ms. 1-16 (beginning – 3 after A)
Horn 1 in D
Horn 2 in D
Horn 3 in D
Horn 4 in D
Audio Files
Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sir Charles Mackerras
Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Ernst Marzendorfer
Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (period instruments)
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – II. Adagio
ms. 1-20 (beginning – 8 after A)
Horn 1 in D
Horn 2 in D
Horn 3 in G
Horn 4 in G
Audio Files
Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sir Charles Mackerras
Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Ernst Marzendorfer
Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (period instruments)
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – II. Adagio
ms. 36-41 (D – 5 after D)
Horn 1 in D
Horn 2 in D
Horn 3 in G
Horn 4 in G
Audio Files
Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sir Charles Mackerras
Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Ernst Marzendorfer
Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (period instruments)
Excerpt 4
Excerpt 4 – III. Minuet: Trio
ms. 41-76 (D – 10 after G)
Horn 1 in D
Horn 2 in D
Horn 3 in D
Horn 4 in D
Audio Files
Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sir Charles Mackerras
Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Ernst Marzendorfer
Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (period instruments)
Excerpt 5
Excerpt 5 – IV. Finale: Moderato molto
ms. 65-80 (Var. 4)
Horn 1 in D
Horn 2 in D
Horn 3 in D
Horn 4 in D
Audio Files
Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sir Charles Mackerras
Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Ernst Marzendorfer
Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (period instruments)
Mahler — Symphony No. 1
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – I. Langsam. Schleppend.
ms. 28-44 (8 before 2 – 3)
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter
Saint Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin
Vienna Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – I. Langsam. Schleppend.
ms. 207-226 (15 – 12 after 15)
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter
Saint Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin
Vienna Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – I. Langsam. Schleppend.
ms. 344-end (25 – end)
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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter
Saint Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin
Vienna Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
Excerpt 4
Excerpt 4 – II. Kraftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
ms. 133-175 (13 – 4 after 16)
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, Sir Georg Solti
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter
Saint Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin
Vienna Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
Excerpt 5
Excerpt 5 – III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppend
ms. 113-132 (13 – 15)
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter
Saint Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin
Vienna Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
Excerpt 6
Excerpt 6– IV. Stürmisch bewegt
ms. 615-end (8 before 52 – end)
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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter
Saint Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin
Vienna Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
Franck — Symphony in D minor
Excerpt 1 – II. Allegretto
ms. 29-48 (9 before B – C)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernst Ansermet
Vienna Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Dvořak — Symphony No. 9, Op. 95
Randy Gardner discusses Dvořak — Symphony No. 9 (VIDEOS FOR IHS MEMBERS ONLY)
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – I. Adagio – Allegro molto
sixteenth = 126 – quarter = 136
ms. 16-27
Horn 3 in C
Audio Files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wofgang Sawallisch
Vienna Philharmonic, Kirill Kondrasin
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – I. Allegro molto
quarter = 136
ms. 189-225 (13 after 6 – 6 before 8)
Horn 1 in E
Audio Files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wofgang Sawallisch
Vienna Philharmonic, Kirill Kondrasin
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – II. Largo
quarter = 52
ms. 39-46 (7 before 2 – 2)
Horn 1 in E
Horn 2 in E
Audio Files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wofgang Sawallisch
Vienna Philharmonic, Kirill Kondrasin
Excerpt 4
Excerpt 4 – IV. Allegro con fuoco
quarter = 152
ms. 1-25
Horn 3 in E
Audio Files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wofgang Sawallisch
Vienna Philharmonic, Kirill Kondrasin
Excerpt 5
Excerpt 5 – IV. Allegro con fuoco
quarter = 152
ms. 267-265
Horn 1 in E
Horn 2 in E
Audio Files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wofgang Sawallisch
Vienna Philharmonic, Kirill Kondrasin
Dvořak — Concerto for Cello, Op. 104
Randy Gardner discusses Dvořak — Concerto for Cello (VIDEOS FOR IHS MEMBERS ONLY)
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – I. Allegro
ms. 51-64 (7 after 2 – 11 before 3)
Horn 1 in E
Audio Files
Berlin Philharmonic, George Szell
London Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini
New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wofgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – I. Allegro
quarter = 116
ms. 170-186 (6 before 7 – 6 before 8)
Horn 1 in E
Horn 2 in E
Horn 3 in D
Audio Files
Berlin Philharmonic, Geroge Szell
London Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini
New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wofgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – I. Allegro
ms. 192-209 (8 – 9)
Horn 3 in D
Audio Files
Berlin Philharmonic, Geroge Szell
London Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini
New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wofgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)
Excerpt 4
Excerpt 4 – II. Adagio
ms. 95-107 (6 – 13 after 6)
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3 in C
Audio Files
Berlin Philharmonic, Geroge Szell
London Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini
New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wofgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)