Concertos for 2 Horns / Zdeněk & Bedřich Tylšar French horns / Dvořák Chamber Orch. (2CD)

CD 1

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Sextet for string quartet and 2 French horns in E flat major, Op. 81 b 00:16:42

1. Allegro con brio 00:07:28

2. Adagio 00:03:24

3. Rondo. Allegro 00:05:43

Josef Rejcha (1752-1795) - Concerto for Two French horns and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 5 00:18:16

1. Concertante. Allegro 00:08:50

2. Romance. Cantabile 00:05:11

3. Rondo. Allegretto 00:04:06

František Antonín Rossler-Rosetti (1746-1792) - Concerto for Two French Horns, Orchestra and Harpsichord No. 3 in E flat major 00:20:00

1. Allegro con brio 00:09:11

2. Romanza. Adagio non troppo 00:05:09

3. Rondo. Englisch. Allegretto 00:05:38

František Antonín Rossler-Rosetti (1746-1792) - Concerto for Two French horns and Orchestra in E flat major No. 5 00:17:15

1. Allegro 00:08:16

2. Romance. Adagio 00:04:33

3. Rondo. Allegro 00:04:20

CD 2

František Xaver Pokorný (1729-1794) - Concerto for Two French Horns, Orchestra and Harpsichord in E flat major 00:14:21

1. Allegro 00:06:39

2. Larghetto poco andante 00:04:41

3. Finale. Presto assai 00:02:56

Josef Fiala (1748-1816) - Concerto for Two French Horns and Orchestra No. 1 in E flat major 00:19:15

1. Allegro assai 00:08:03

2. Adagio 00:06:44

3. Rondo. Andante 00:04:20

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) - Concerto for Two French horns and Orchestra in E flat major 00:19:53

1. Allegro maestoso 00:09:58

2. Romance 00:04:43

3. Rondo. Allegretto 00:05:04

Josef Hanisch (18th century) - Concerto for Three French Horns, Orchestra, Timpani and Harpsichord in E flat major 00:19:32

1. Allegro 00:08:13

2. Adagio 00:05:12

3. Finale. Thema con variazioni. Rondo. Allegro 00:06:07

In the French horn world, the names of brothers Zdenek (d. August 18, 2006) and Bedrich Tylsar, former soloists of the Czech Philharmonic, are a mark of excellent artistic performance. On this double album the Tylsars perform these freshly released recordings of double French horn concertos of the second half of the 18th century. The anthology is rounded out by the inclusion of the unique triple concerto by Hanisch, a brilliant hornist who was active in the late 18th century in Prague and in Germany (little else of his life is known). Beethoven's Sextet also showcases the Tylsar brothers as outstanding chamber players.

(Supraphon 2007)