Mozart and his friend Joseph Leutgeb spent a lot of time trying to one-up each other. And it's a good thing they did, because it caused Mozart to write some amazing music for horn. Sergei Nakariakov ...

(4) Concertos for Horn and Orchestra Alec Frank-Gemmill, Horn Swedish Chamber Orchestra Nicholas McGegan, Conductor Fragment for Horn and Orchestra (Concerto Movement Alec Frank-Gemmill, Horn Swedish ...

This is partly because of the wealth of sumptuous orchestral writing which allows the horn to shine from the back of the orchestra at key moments without requiring it to carry the entire performance, ...

Rollicking - no word better describes Mozart's last concerto for horn. In the final movement we're seated on a horse bounding over hedges; we almost feel the animal leap and fly. Composer: Wolfgang ...

The concertos for solo horn and orchestra by Mozart fall into this latter category, although not all are as familiar to audiences as (the wrongly numbered) No 4 (K495) of Flanders and Swann "An Ill ...