Konzertstück

Stefan Dohr is amazing. Nice high E.

A new website, High-C.com, has launched. The motto "Higher, louder, faster - dedicated to outrageous feats of musical athleticism" captures the spirit of the site. You can watch videos of classical musicians playing or singing the hardest and most virtuoso works for their instruments. There is a nice video of the Chicago Symphony (Dale Clevenger) doing the Konzertstück. You can also register and post your own videos (links taken from the common video sharing sites such as YouTube, iVideo, Bryghtcove etc.)

The American Horn Quartet has produced an awsome recording of Schumann's Konzertstück for 4 Horns and Orchestra. I've owned many recordings of this piece, each one cherished on the merit of its particular strengths. This recording shows what the piece sounds like with four soloists, opposed to the more typical situation where the orchestra horn section is being featured. It brings a new level of virtuosity to the piece, and more clarity and precision than any other recording I know. It shows that the AHQ has performed this piece dozens of times around the world.

Also on the recording are the George Philipp Telemann Overture for 4 Horns and Haydn's Symphony 31 "mit dem Hornsignal".