Horn Monologues Howard Wall

• Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950):
• 1Monodie, Op. 218 bis03:31
• David Amram (b. 1930):
• 2Blues & Variations for Monk06:01
• Alice Gomez (b. 1960):
• 3La Calavera (Version for Solo Horn)04:20
• Lev Kogan (1927 - 2007):
• 4Kaddish02:57
• Lydia Lowery Busler:
• 5Appalachia04:30
• Georges Barboteu (1924 - 2006): 5 Poetic Pieces (Excerpts):
• 65 Poetic Pieces (Excerpts): No. 1, Andante cantabile02:08
• 75 Poetic Pieces (Excerpts): No. 2, Mouvement trés libre01:43
• 85 Poetic Pieces (Excerpts): No. 4, Allegro vivo03:14
• Elizabeth Raum (b. 1945):
• 9Idiom08:08
• Zsolt Nagy (b. 1957):
• 10Happy Blues04:35
• Elliott Carter (1908 - 2012):
• 11Retracing II02:41
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992):
• 12Études tanguistiques: No. 4, Lento meditativo (Transcr. H. Wall for Solo Horn)04:00
• Laura Kaminsky (b. 1956):
• 13Blast05:24
• Phillip Ramey (b. 1939):
• 143 Preludes for Solo Horn: No. 3, —01:35
• Stoyan Karaivanov (b. 1077):
• 15Pastorale for Solo Horn04:03
• Pascal Proust (b. 1959):
• 16Vagabundo03:26
• Erika Raum (b. 1972):
• 17The Confessions of St. Augustine06:42
• Dante Yenque (b. 1964)
• 18Tonada y joropo03:25
• Traditional:
• 19Polegnala e Todora - Gankino Horo (Arr. H. Wall for Solo Horn)02:39
• Total Runtime01:15:02

Info for Horn Monologues

A longtime member of two of the world’s most renowned orchestras – The New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra, hornist Howard Wall also performs and records with the All-Star Orchestra, and is an avid chamber music proponent. Among the 19 tracks in his solo album “Horn Monologues”, 10 are world-premiere recordings. This is a kaleidoscopic collection of eclectic styles and genres ranging from Charles Koechlin’s refined impressionism and Elliott Carter’s sophisticated modernism, to Phillip Ramey’s Bartokian reflections, Erika Raum’s virtuosic tone poem, Astor Piazzolla’s melancholic tango mood, David Amram’s blues dedicated to Thelonious Monk, the unabashedly jazzy tunes of Zsolt Nagy, the poetic inspirations of Georges Barboteu, the otherworldly mysticism of Alice Gomez, the profound emotion of Lev Kogan’s Kaddish prayer, the stunning beauty and unique rhythms of Bulgarian folk music and Venezuelan joropo.

Howard Wall, horn

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