Am I the only one who loves french horns?


What are your favorite recordings?
erik_squires

Showing 3 responses by lowrider57

Forgot to add Mozart's Horn Quintet in E flat major.

Re: Mozart horn concertos, I highly recommend Karajan/Philarmonia Orchestra,
recorded 1953.

Love the sound of "the horn." Off the top of my head, favorites are Stauss's horn concertos 1 & 2 and Mozart's horn concertos.

I could listen to the VPO's horns all day long. They use Vienna horns which are smaller and use different valves than the typical French horn.
So mellow and smooth.


@brownsfan ,
I know what you mean. Listening to 3 or 4 movements of a horn piece can be overwhelming. Mozart did it well, but best suited in a symphony.

I saw Bruckner's 7th & 8th live which featured 8 French horns and they had the sweetest sound I've ever heard from a brass instrument.
4 of them doubled as Wagner tubas to accompany the French horns which sounded heavenly. 
The Wagner horn when used by Strauss and Wagner has the familiar brassy sound, intentional of course.