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Zequinha de Abreu, Hector Berlioz, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Tizol, Juan Ellington, Mikhail Glinka, George Frideric Handel, James Horner, Engelbert Humperdinck, Freddie Mercury, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The London Horn Sound

Zequinha de Abreu, Hector Berlioz, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Tizol, Juan Ellington, Mikhail Glinka, George Frideric Handel, James Horner, Engelbert Humperdinck, Freddie Mercury, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The London Horn Sound

Band: Zequinha de Abreu, Hector Berlioz, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Tizol, Juan Ellington, Mikhail Glinka, George Frideric Handel, James Horner, Engelbert Humperdinck, Freddie Mercury, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Title: The London Horn Sound Rating: Release Date: 20 November, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks:

Customer Reviews As a spouse of a horn player i say this is great...and so does she She gets lots of enjoyment from listening to it and highly recommends this to anybody who enjoys horn music or just wants some fun and exciting music. I bought this for my wife who is a horn player and she says it is GREAT. . Great sounds! I got used to the flat high D after a couple hearings. Love this CD! Feel in love with it from the first hearing! The Titanic fantasy is wonderful, perhaps a tad long, but wonderful just the same. The Hansel und Gretel is nice, but arranged a whole step below the original key, and it looses a little luster. There is a wonderful published 8 part arrangement of this in the original key that I think is better. The jazz/swing tunes are wonderful. Uses of stopped horn to simulate muted trumpets are quite effective. I also like the use of percussions throughout the disc. I think Caravan is my favorite track. I just received the Take 9 CD today, and I didn't have the WOW feeling as I didn't when I first heard the London Horn Sound. There are many more tracks on the London CD that I will continue to listen to. The arrangements, I feel, better handle variations of texture and timbre of the homogeneous sound of a horn section. And besides. . . who cares about the Grand Canyon Suite?? Take 9 arrangement choices are boring. Its alright i. This CD has some really beautiful playing, but a lot of the selections are cheesy. e. Titanic. They might as well have hired Celine Dion to sing along with them. And although there are some real "wow" moments like when you listen to Caravan for the first time, (The lead horns sound like the trumpet section in a jazz band), overall, the Cd isn't that exciting to listen to more than once. On the other hand, Take 9 is a CD featuring the American Horn Quartet & The Horns of the NY Philharmonic. Not only do they kill the Londoners with their technique and intonation, but the repertoire better suits the medium than lame pop fantasies. Of note is the orchestral transcription of Overture to Candide. I say transcription because yes, they even play the flute and clarinet solos in the correct octave. TAKE 9 Check it out!. . You can see a complete list of all Zequinha de Abreu, Hector Berlioz, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Tizol, Juan Ellington, Mikhail Glinka, George Frideric Handel, James Horner, Engelbert Humperdinck, Freddie Mercury, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart discography, or go back to the Zequinha de Abreu, Hector Berlioz, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Tizol, Juan Ellington, Mikhail Glinka, George Frideric Handel, James Horner, Engelbert Humperdinck, Freddie Mercury, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart tabs