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Ben Goldscheider: Arnold, Schönberger & Gipps - Horn Concertos - 17-25% discount for IHS Members
This recording not only celebrates multiple centenaries of Malcolm Arnold, Ruth Gipps and Dennis Brain (the dedicatee of the Arnold concerto) who were all born in 1921 - but also three composers whose musical language and worlds bear striking similarities. Both Arnold and Gipps were writing at a time when the grain of musical fashion was going against them. It was composers such as Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono and Karlheinz Stockhausen from the Darmstadt school who were the intellectual fashion of the time, the music much more experimental, serialist and philosophical in its makeup. In contrast to this, Arnold and Gipps were much more concerned with the listener, the stark reality being that the majority of the public could not love or appreciate music they did not understand. Their resulting musical language, whilst of course unique in their own right, places euphony higher on the priority list than that of the aforementioned composers. With the Horn Concerto in F by Christoph Schönberger, we have a similar situation for the 21st century. The composer describes his work as being in the neo-romantic style, the structure and harmony of the work traditional in nature with a definitively unique and modern aesthetic.
This recording sheds fresh light on works that are in dire need of more performances, as well as highlighting the wonderful potential of the horn as a solo instrument for the 21st century. Log in to your member account to claim this discount
"From Dennis Brain's Library" - free shipping worldwide for IHS Members
From the personal collection of the legendary horn player Dennis Brain, a collection of largely unknown musical gems for horn and piano
beautifully performed by Stephen Stirling (Horn) and Tony Halstead (Piano). also with Christian Halstead (Violin) and Kathron Sturrock (Piano).
Works by Alexander Ecklebe, Alan Bush, Arnold Cooke, Peter Racine Fricker, Henri Büsser, Paul Vidal, Charles Tournemmire, Raoul Pugno, Jean-Baptiste Senaillé and Camille Saint-Saëns. Log in to your member account to claim this discount
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