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Content Introduction [Warner Classics Masterpiece SACD Series] SACD/CD Hybrid Disc This is the first recording by a top-class performer of a performance using the original instrument, the "natural horn" (a very difficult instrument to play as it lacks valves, but said to offer a tone that allows you to fully appreciate the "charm of the horn sound" more than the modern horn). When it was released, it became a big topic of conversation, with people saying, "It's hard to believe it's being played on an ancient instrument!" The collaboration between a young Harnoncourt and the Concentus Musicus Wien is praised for the transparency of its high notes, the natural performance that sounds like singing, and the individuality that doesn't get lost in the orchestra. To this day, no recording surpasses this performance. Recording: November & December 1973, Vienna Revue Warner Classics Masterpiece SACD Series. This is a collection of Mozart's horn concertos performed by Hermann Baumann, a player of the "natural horn," the original instrument that preceded the modern (2012) horn (vibraphone). This performance, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt with the Concentus Musicus Wien, is considered unparalleled. (C)RS
