Schumann: Konzertstück für 4 Hörner und Orchester ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Alain Altinoglu

Robert Schumann:
Konzertstück für 4 Hörner und Orchester F-Dur op. 86 ∙
hr-Sinfonieorchester - Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙
Marc Gruber, Horn ∙
Kristian Katzenberger, Horn ∙
Maciej Baranowski, Horn ∙
Charles Petit, Horn ∙
Alain Altinoglu, Dirigent ∙
Festkonzert 40 Jahre Alte Oper Frankfurt ∙
Alte Oper Frankfurt, 28. August 2021 ∙
Website: www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de ∙
Facebook: / hrsinfonieorchester ∙
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#4K
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Hessischer Rundfunk (hr)

[@seuradu8065]

The most beautiful concerto ever written for brass instruments.

[@adude394]

Fabulous job!!! As a horn player, I know from the inside just how difficult the Konzertstück is, for each part, not just the lead. These guys performed it brilliantly, and let's not forget the orchestra's fine playing as well. The tempos were quite brisk, yet the ensemble playing was dead on and everyone made it seem effortless. Bravo, bravissimo!

[@ChrisHessert]

That was fantastic! Well done by the Horn section, top to bottom!

[@classicaloracle]

I don't think I've ever heard a better performance!

[@magik_wand]

Incredible work and musicianship. 🎉🎉🎉

[@xArQuiLx]

That’s what I call perfection 👌Marvellous!

[@joachimziemen7805]

Sie haben mir eine große Freude gemacht! An Leib und Seele gestärkt, kann ich jetzt meinen Weg durch den Tag getrost fortsetzen.

[@richardschnaitl1924]

Großartiges Werk ! Großartige Interpreten ! Tolles Orchester ! Top Performance ! Einfach wunderbar !

[@johndeal4381]

I don't speak German, but I agree!

[@MoosikofMaine]

The best rendition I‘be ever heard. The first horn is fabulous. I love the zeal they play with.

[@thomassicard3733]

The historic recording of Berlin Phil with Gerd Seifert... check it out. Yes. This Frankfurt recording is BADASS!!!! No. Doubt. But,... check out Gerd - it, perhaps, will make you spew coffee (or whatnot), because it's... yeah, check it out.

[@AlgyPug]

A fantastic performance of one of the most difficult works in the concert repertoire. The ensemble was marvellous and they looked as though they were having fun.

[@waynelutton4634]

This orchestra never disappoints! A fine performance. I doubt any of us will experience a better one anywhere. Thanks, again, Frankfurt Radio, for sharing this.

[@lightspeed174]

I have to agree that this is the best rendition ever. I should say that this is an outstanding performance. Outstanding horn players. Especially, considering how difficult this is to play. Schumann would have been very proud. Thank you so much for uploading this magnificent concert.

[@AML2000]

Nice to see what the inside of the "Old Opera" looks like. In the mid-1970's, while I was stationed in Germany in the army, I attended numerous opera performances at the so- called "Tin-Can Opera House". I even go to see a concert performance of "Norma" from the upper balcony for 4 marks. Of course, I couldn't see half the stage! .

[@totibro7624]

Wow, what a performance! I loved it ❤

[@eliasmendes6841]

Thnak you! i didn' t know this composition!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@georgey3372]

How can ANYONE not love Schumann as a composer???

[@Emrla1]

Remarkable performance ! The standard for horn playing has grown immensely over the past years.

[@JP-ku5hw]

His repertoire is quite limited. That instrument has been overshadowed by some popular instruments: piano, violin…

[@spencerkoscik8553]

@@JP-ku5hw lol

[@spencerkoscik8553]

they also usually get to edit three performances together to make these broadcast editions.

[@thomassicard3733]

@@JP-ku5hw WTH???? You. Make. Nonsense. LMAO!!!!!!!

[@sergiohurtadocastejon1264]

@@JP-ku5hw gilipollas a más no poder

[@ronaldbwoodall2628]

Brilliantly energetic, delightfully melodic music expertly performed by all Schumann's music has an inevitable and irresistible flow captured perfectly here. Bravo to all!

[@robinbarr4677]

They make it sound so easy!

[@301Alexhorn]

I like this performance very much. Very good horn quartet, very balanced, extreme good clearity in the performance, lot of musical energy and not playing as loud as possible!!!

[@thomassicard3733]

But, I do so love it when Gerd Seifert goes postal on the high notes with the Berlin Phil. I mean, it's totally down the studly lane. Make you spew your coffee.

[@genejones4110]

An outstanding performance by this uber talented team of hornists. Maybe the best rendition I've heard!

[@juanrubio1532]

Fantástico , mis sinceras felicitaciones a los 4 solistas y a la Orquesta . expresan todo el poder , dulzura y por supuesto la calidad de una excelente orquesta . Schumann en su esplendor 📯📯📯📯

[@angelosilva4051]

Schumann il Romantico per eccellenza ,la sua musica comprende stupendamente il pensiero e l'azione di quel grande periodo.Ottima esecuzione.

[@adamtredanari2260]

I play horn and this is AWESOME 😍😍😍😍

[@thomassicard3733]

Have you ever heard the Berlin Phil recording with Gerd Seifert playing the lead part??? Ridiculous audacity.

[@fuffoon]

40 years ago, great recordings of this were counted on one hand. Its just getting better and better. I used to be afraid that classical instruments would be cast aside and symphonies would become an endangered species. And while Dennis Brain is still unsurpassed as a musician and soloist, the average virtuosity has risen.

[@cosimagrundkotter906]

Bravo!

[@JP-ku5hw]

Einen Überblick des 1. Satzes will ich Ihnen geben. Kleiner Anfang: 0:05- 0:14. A. Exposition: 0:14- 2:11. B: Durchführung: 2:11- 4:34 A‘ Reprise: 4:36- 6:31 Coda: Das führt direkt zu Ende: 6:31- 6:58.

[@westminster860]

I really love this recording for how well we can hear the lower horn parts. They sound so beautiful.

[@WuesteGobi]

Liebes RSO bitte lasst uns an möglichst vielen Aufführungen über KZbin teilnehmen. Es ist solch ein Genuss, diese begnadeten Musiker und ihre Spieltechnik auch mal in Nahaufnahme sehen zu können.

[@chrisdwyer1930]

Fantastic. Way to go!

[@nicolasmarguet1130]

Best version ever bravo !!!

[@donnie_darko122]

Perfect performance

[@theingabo212]

Amazing!

[@cyborg774]

Bravo. It was good to have the audience back.

[@denisrouger2876]

Bravo, unglaublich gespielt!!!!!

[@lilalola33]

Großartige Leistung !!!!

[@gusbutow458]

Beautiful!

[@welintomgabriel5546]

Fantastic performance!

[@fotokwer]

excellent piece of music excellently performed! Chapeau!

[@tubagabrii]

Absolutely phantastic!!

[@taylorconscious]

Stunning and spectacular! Bravo!

[@U2l2U]

Great performance! Sounded strong)

[@Artariastein]

Mega!

[@WilfriedBerk]

Fantastisch!

[@p.maillard1544]

Très bonne interprétation !

[@romanammann5538]

Absolut grandios gespielt. Musste es mir dreimal hintereinander anhören! Kann es eigentlich sein, dass sich Kristian Katzenberger und Marc Gruber am 1. Horn abgewechselt haben?

[@marcgruber5865]

Stimmt ! :)

[@Apfelstrudl]

@@marcgruber5865 Sehr smart.. und gratuliere zu so einer geilen Performance! ;)

[@erpollock]

I haven't heard or seen this wonderful horn times 4 concerto in some times. Imagine a concerto for four horns! I wonder what the impetus was for Schumann to compose this.

[@respighi3]

One story goes that the "valve" French horn had just been invented and that Schumann seized the opportunity to be the first composer to "show it off"---so to speak...

[@thomassicard3733]

Schumann wanted to be remembered as one of the greatest composers of all time - so, he wrote an awesome work for FOUR FRIKKIN' FRENCH HORNS and orchestra. That's how it's done, after all. 🙂

[@antoniomarcuccio5487]

Soño ècceĺlenti çomplimenti bravissimi

[@totibro7624]

Congratulations, really enjoyed it!

[@danconstantin5899]

Super 😙💓

[@user-gp9vz2zr9i]

best performance

[@usamahBlackLove]

Controlled and beautifully assertive playing

[@anaclaramalaquias6092]

Incrível bravo

[@peterwhyte317]

Always said this was a great BAND😄

[@frankvee3425]

Bravissimo!

[@cornel999]

was this thing even playable at the time it was written? it just sounds insanely difficult for the solo horns.

[@evabastias5205]

La prise de son est géniale ! Bravo

[@eadgerr]

Liebes Rundfunkorchester, wann fangt ihr endlich an eure wunderbaren Inhalte auch bei den gängigen Streamingdiensten zur Verfügung zu stellen? (nach dem Vorbild des BRs z.B.) es würde mich riesig freuen euch immer und über all hören zu können, leider sucht man die Aufnahmen bisher vergeblich. Viele Grüße!

[@lessismore4470]

Excellent horn puzzle. Schumann never disappoints.

[@radovanlorkovic3562]

Ein wunderbar typisches Schumannwerk, wovon es eine eigene Klavierfassung Schumanns geben soll. Wer findet und die auf?

[@radovanlorkovic3562]

Und führt sie auf?

[@user-kd6tj4mi1q]

Очень хорошо, валторны молодцы!

[@user-vz2uo4fu8v]

Браво

[@user-lz4ui4nl3t]

이 무대에 호른과 바이올린 연주자에 한국인들이 있다는게 자랑스럽다.

[@ivonnefischer1359]

😊🎶

[@jrw1996]

Was für eine super Leistung!!! Allerdings hätte ich mir bei der Kameraführung/Regie wirklich etwas mehr erhofft. An den entscheidenden Stellen hat man den (fantastischen) 1. Hornisten so gut wie nie gesehen :(

[@thomassicard3733]

That was some BADASS SH*T.

[@vankir301]

And this is why the French Horn is the king of the orchestra!

[@astridfraudin7114]

wouaahhh, si seulement un jour j'arrivais à jouer comme ça 🤩

[@massimolioy4955]

Bravi

[@danieldekok6949]

Hot damn--and I thought that Gergiev's performance was good, this is every bit as good.

[@gerdrumann9948]

Duyelly

[@yrismorenohorn8515]

Awesome....But it seems like there were 2 1rst horns...I mean, the soloist part was shared

[@marcgruber5865]

Right!

[@jl2richter]

@@marcgruber5865 Was this arranged by someone, or did you work it out amongst yourselves?

[@marcgruber5865]

@@jl2richter it is a version of Prof. Dalmann and we split up the movements between 1st and 2nd

[@goshdang7897]

When you’ve got two of the best first horns in the world, might as well hear both of them! ;-)

[@301Alexhorn]

I had the same impression! Very clever solution 👍.

[@nickrussel79]

Performers' skills have progressed so immensely over the two centuries past and yet to this day only a handful of the most brilliant virtuosos are up to the task. just can't imagine who could have been capable of performing this at the premiere in Schumann's times. Most genius composers' karma and immortality at the same time is how long after their demise before their aspirations are fully and truly realized. All of these extraordinary musicians are worthy of a thousand standing ovations, though I must say, if I had to choose, I'd prefer Baborak, Dohr, Jezierski and Willis's performance with the Berlin Phil from 2009. There's an excerpt here on youtube from Digitalconcerthall with a link to the full version on their website

[@user-bm2wz6jx6p]

14:44 562

[@ImVee10]

Thank GOD they put on masks for the curtain call. LIVES SAVED!

[@notaire2]

Lebhafte und wunderschöne Aufführung dieses romantischen und fein komponierten Konzertstücks mit brillanten doch zugleich milden Tönen vierer genialen Solohörner sowie gut harmonisierten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen der anderen Instrumente. Der intelligente und geniale Dirigent leitet das perfekt trainierte Orchester im veränderlichen Tempo und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Wahrlich hörenswert!

[@rosshart9514]

Intelligente und effektive Aufführung dieses genialen und perfekt komponierten Konzertstücks mit lebhaften doch zugleich harmonisierten Tönen vierer milder Solohörner sowie romantischen und entsprechend perfekten Tönen der anderen Instrumente. Der gut trainierte und wunderschöne Dirigent leitet das veränderlich brillante Orchester im feinen Tempo und mit möglichst milder Dynamik. Hörlich wahrenswert!

[@hansjuergenkohlhaas871]

@@rosshart9514 Selten so gelacht.

[@achenarmyst2156]

Naja, nicht so nett, sich über einen offensichtlich nicht muttersprachlichen Kommentar lustig zu machen. Danke, „notaire“, dass Sie auf Deutsch kommentieren. 👍

[@miguelsaulino7786]

No tiene nada que envidiarle a la version de ls filarmonica de Berlin con Rattle

[@gerardbegni2806]

This quite strange and attractive Konzertstück would be quite difficult, especially for the first horn, if played with valve horns. It is indeed at the very limit of what could be played on the natural horns requested by Schumann. This is an opportunity to say the truth about Schumann's instrumentation technique. It is often told that it is too heavy and that his tune combinations are not very attractive, this is more or less true. But by no ways anybody can seriously claim that he did not know how to write for orchestral instruments, and especially the horns, perhaps the hardest instruments for an orchestrator. This Konzertstück clearly shows how false is this assertion.

[@AML2000]

Actually, Schumann wrote this piece to specifically show off the capabilities of the valved horn, which had just been newly invented. An addition: I just looked at the digitalized autograph located at the Berlin State Library. The 4 solo parts have "Ventil" writted above the word Horn to make clear that the soloists are to use valved horns. In the orchestra, however, the "ad libitum" horn parts say "Waldhörner", meaning they are to be played on natural horns.

[@francoisplaniol1489]

Is sad, that the conductor is all the time wih his nose in the score... Schumann represents himself, thatsthe good point. This is one of the brilliant concertos ever composed. I would be pleased to hear it played on Inventionshörner...

[@francoisplaniol1489]

15:26 2nd Horn g instead of g-sharp 😭 You should know that the HR like all other senders in Germany are stealing money in the bank accounts of the people, without any law to back them for that, but with a huge corruption till the highest court in Germany. And all that for this awful modal borrowing. I am deeply schocked!

[@svtryst4176]

Delightful piece but seriously what's up with the masks?