Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos 1-4 – review

Alessio Allegrini (horn), Orchestra Mozart/ Abbado(Decca)Having won golden praise for their symphony and violin concerto recordings with Abbado, the young Orchestra Mozart now turns to the wind concertos with the outstanding horn soloist Alessio Allegrini. His tone is full but flexible, sustained but lyrical, and he manages to impart a certain wistfulness to even the jolliest rondos, such as the E flat one that Flanders and Swann memorably set to words. The orchestra in that rondo relishes the t...

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Mozart: Horn Concertos – review

Guardian Music — Allegrini/Orchestra Mozart/Abbado(Deutsche Grammophone)Whatever sparked Claudio Abbado's recent enthusiasm for baroque and classical repertoire that earlier in his caree... more info

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23:05 on August 20 2011