MOZART: Horn Concertos - Tuckwell, Maag, London Symphony

Barry Tuckwell has recorded the Mozart Horn Concertos several times as soloist and soloist/conductor. The first and third of the Horn Concertos marked his recording debut and in notes he has written for this CD – a stunning new remaster from original tapes, catching the spatial depth of Kingsway Hall and the mellowness yet clarity of the Minshull/Wilkinson team – he remembers how young wind players of the London Symphony Orchestra, like himself, were encouraged to take solo parts by the legendary Decca producer John Culshaw. The reissue is rounded out by the delicious ‘Notturno’ for four orchestras, complete with antiphonal and echo effects, for which sessions Barry Tuckwell was also one of the members of the LSO.

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, KV412
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, KV417
Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, KV447
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, KV495
Notturno in D major for four orchestras, KV286

Barry Tuckwell, horn
London Symphony Orchestra
Peter Maag