Out now!
Baroque Album
For this album for challenge records international, Fréderick made a journey to the very beginning of the repertoire for solo horn. From the composers Christoph Förster, Carl Heinrich Graun and Johann Joachim Quantz, he recorded their solo concertos and two trio sonatas together with his colleagues of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
Lund
The library at the University of Lund in Sweden contains one of the largest collections of horn music from the first half of the 18th century, under the name of 'Wenster'. The manuscript contains 18 works, with virtually all of the composers having some sort of connection to the city of Dresden, and it may have been transcribed by a travelling horn player during a visit to that city.
the concertos on this new recording are all from the ‘Lund’ collection.
*links where to buy/listen at the bottom of the page
Get a already a small taste of the album here:
tracklist:
CHRISTOPH FÖRSTER (1693-1745)
[1-3] Horn Concerto in E-flat Major [Concerto ex Dis-dur]*
ANONYMOUS (attr. CARL HEINRICH GRAUN)
[4-7] Concerto in E Major [Concerto ex E-dur]*
CARL HEINRICH GRAUN (1704-1759)
[8-10] Trio sonata in D Major [Trio ex D-dur]*
[11-14] Trio sonata in D Major [Concerto ex D-dur]*
ANONYMOUS
[15-17] Concerto in E-flat Major [Concerto ex Dis]*
JOHANN JOACHIM QUANTZ (1697-1773)
[18-20] Horn Concerto in E-flat Major [Concerto ex Dis]*
the album is available in your favorite record store and on all download and streaming platforms.
➡here you can find a few useful links.
And ➡here you can find high resolution download (recommended!). This means up to DSD256 and stereo up to 5.1 and even 9.1 multi channel and AURO 3D!
“….The program may be “scholarly”, but it’s also a marvelous showcase for Fréderick Franssen, one of the most accomplished hornists I’ve heard..”(MusicWeb international)