Various - Robert Schumann: Konzerst�ck for Four Horns and Orchestra, Op. 86, Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70, Camille Saint-Sa�ns: Morc

Markus Maskuniitty�s debut recording together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra together with its chief conductor Sakari Oramo, showcases four concertante works for horn and orchestra covering a period of one hundred years (from 1849 to 1951). The most substantial of Schumann�s works featuring the horn is the Konzertst�ck for four horns and orchestra, Op. 86. Schumann considered the work as one of his best achievements as a composer. During 1849, Schumann wrote a total of three works featuring the valve horn. The Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano, Op. 70 may be considered a precursor to the Konzertst�ck and is a central work in the Romantic horn repertoire. This recording includes an orchestration by conductor Ernest Ansermet. Camille Saint-Sa�ns wrote a large number of concertante works, including a masterfully crafted concert piece for horn and orchestra in 1887. Final piece of the recording is Reinhold Gli�re�s Horn Concerto. Completed in 1951, it was the composer�s swansong. In this romantic concerto one can hear echoes of Tchaikovsky and other great masters of Russian classical music.