New CD releases from Richard Burdick

Greetings,
I now have completed my set of recordings of all of published horn ensemble music of Louis-François Dauprat's on Natural horn. The latest releases are tuned at A = 432.

The newest CD’s are:
(CD18) Louis-François Duos opus 13 part 2 (duos 3, 5, & 6)
(CD19) Grand Sextet's opus 10 for natural horns in different keys and Grand Trio's opus 4 for natural horns in E
(CD19a) Grand Trio opus 26 for natural horns in E

I have posted sample sound files of each movement on either www.i-ching-music.com or www.naturalhorn.com there are a lot of sound files, so the CD specific pages load a little slow.

A little about each piece:
Opus13: Most natural horn enthusiast are familiar with Dauprat’s Duets opus 14 in different keys, in those, he really avoids the written high A. After working on the opus 13 duets one understands why. If any note is meant for only fast scales, it is that; it’s a beastly note on natural horn, which he used quite a bit in these opus 13 duets. It is also interesting that he goes through his cycle of possible keys in these duets for just Eb horn in a similar way that he did in Opus 14.

Opus 10: His Grand sextets are his most popular works partially due to his use of the High C horn, which results in high D for the modern horn or concert G's above the treble clef staff! But to me they are inspirational because of the difficulty of writing music for horns in different keys and having it fit together so well.

Opus 4: I have know these since the 1970’s as they were published by a few different publishers then. They were common reading in horn groups. Most of these trio recordings I did in one session.

Opus 26:
The last published and greatest work of Dauprat, from 1826, shows clear signs of an influence by Beethoven. A five movement work of high art and about the most chromatic piece I have ever seen for natural horn.

I have posted sample sound files of each movement on either www.i-ching-music.com or www.naturalhorn.com there are a lot of sound files, so the CD specific pages load a little slow.

Richard Burdick