your band had an actual horn for the solo? that's so cool. whenever we have any type of solo for horn/ mello we just play it on mello since we have a small band with 1 trailer for the brass and batteruy
Beautiful interpretation by the horn player! An earlier comment indicated that Stanislav Zastavenko was the horn player. (Recorded in 1967, conducted by Evgeniy Svetlanov.)
Giovanni Punto I just played Villanelle for 9th grade solo and ensemble. I would have to suggest that the Weber Horn Concertino is one of the hardest, if not THE hardest horn solo.
I like the vibrato and narrower bore tone. In those days there was much more variation between players in different countries. We seem to have lost that now, sadly.
Excelente interpretación, he escuchado a los mejores cornistas del mundo actualmente, interpretar este solo precioso de corno, pero son pocos los que en el compás N° 20 hacen el "TENUTO" en cressendo correctamente como está escrito. Puedo decir que, en mi investigación, solo los artistas rusos logran una interpretación perfecta y verdaderamente expresiva y cantada con sentimiento como lo quería el autor de la obra. FELICITACIONES AL CORNISTA que por cierto, su nombre no aparece en este video y eso me parece descortés para el artista. Excellent interpretation, I have heard the best horn players in the world today interpreting this only precious, but there are few who in the bar N ° 20 do the "TENUTO" in cressendo correctly as written. I can say that, in my research, only Russian artists achieve a perfect and truly expressive interpretation and sung with feeling as the author of the work wanted it. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HORN PLAYER in this case, that by the way, his name does not appear in this video and that seems to me discourteous for the artist.
Beautiful interpretation by the horn player! An earlier comment indicated that Stanislav Zastavenko was the horn player. (Recorded in 1967, conducted by Evgeniy Svetlanov.)
@@roy817 thank you very much, tried to find some information about this artist on the internet but was unsuccessful. His interpretation was perfect as he wrote it in composer. thanks in all ways
@@pebeerre58 You said, "expressive interpretation and sung with feeling as the author of the work wanted it". ---- Excellent!! You said "sung" which is correct. The composer wrote "Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza". Translated: Moderately slow, in a SINGING style, with some freedom. I think that Stanislav Zastavenko (horn player) has the best interpretation that I have heard. I like his beautiful shimmering vibrato.
I am learning to play the trumpet, but i also love the horn so i figured out what if i played this on the trumpet, might turn out goo, and i was correct and its not that diffcult. I love this piece, thank you for sharing.
***** if you REEEAAALLLYYY want to impress your director, you could play the first few bars from American Overture. Its crazy hard, but if you can do it, it will knock the socks off of your audition listeners. Good luck!!
+Alexandra Gunter, there are many horn solos, some of my favorites include, the introductory solo to strauss' till eulenspiegels lustige streiche, Brahms symphony no.3 mvm.3 and the Shostakovich symphony no.5 (both)
+Megan Andrews I ended up changing my essays that people gave too me, even though one person waited till the last second, too do it. I had 2 senior clarinets tell me that I shouldn't be DM, since I'm quite. So, I just threw away the entire audition. I figured there wasn't a point in auditioning if they said that.
+Alexandra Gunter never let people stop you from getting what you want!!! I competed against this kid for 3 years straight to get DM, but they gave it to him in the end. They noticed my hard work and gave me another position that I realized was better for me after all!! Don't stop trying!!!
To all the cry babies out there Classical music can be theraputic and thats a good thing but thats Not what its all about and if that is all you hear then you dont know what you are missing
I was happy to come across a clip where the horn actually uses vibrato. The straight tone of the clarinet is jarring in this context, and fails to have the same impact.
That says more about the versions on TH-cam than anything else, if this really is the best.... which I highly doubt. I think you're just trying to be a contrarian, or else maybe have never heard a horn played well?? There are appropriate times to use vibrato with horn. The Tchaik 5 solo is not one of them.
I can barely think of any situation where a Russian vibrato is more fitting than here.. Have you never listened to old Russian or French recordings? Even the German master Baumann played with a slight vibrato.. I as a hornist like it a lot when it fits the piece.
The one problem I have with French horn is I can’t fucking hear it lol, I want to like it and it looks interesting as hell but I can’t hear it especially when they’re not even doing solos, it’s supposed to be beautiful yes, and it does sound nice from what I can somewhat hear, honestly idk how loud it can be, but that’s why I play trumpet, never will there be a more piercing sound that is sheer power and dominance that compares to the trumpet imo, with that being said I want to see French horns and how they sound because I love a powerful instrument but whatever I find is just a soft, scared sound that feels like it is hiding from the other instruments, pls don’t hate but if there is any thing with what I described from the French horn pls direct me to it
I played trumpet in the band of my high school, then I went to play French Horn in the Youth Symphony of my country and I really do not understand the comparison you make, the same could say the trombones of the trumpets, if you mean power of the bronze . The horn and the trumpet are instruments of the family of the "metals" but they are different. Both have their beauty, as well as listening to an Al Hirt, Winton Marsallis or Sergei Nakariakov playing the trumpet with brilliance, like listening to a Radek Bobarak or a Hermann Baumann performing with impressive mastery the French horn. All instruments have their beauty and are part of a total sound
Try the intro horn solo to Jupiter by Holst (watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo) Ein Heldenleben, from this marker to about 29:13 (watch?v=_2-dLoWorUs&feature=youtu.be&t=1710), the entire thing is a great horn piece though (watch?v=5C2oCoVBVAk&feature=youtu.be&t=95 is what it is like from the horn players' perspective, it's deafeningly loud) Fanfare for the Common Man by Copland (watch?v=H-tK0yesm0Q) Loch Lomond, Frank Ticheli (watch?v=GQdjErr_Ixs&feature=youtu.be&t=297) for high school literature Coming Back Around, from How to Train Your Dragon (th-cam.com/video/2C4lFUpI_4U/w-d-xo.html) for a movie soundtrack and Trumpets blended with Horn Theme from Back to the Future (watch?v=jnFl1q0IYTA) from Vienna Horns Most of these aren't necessarily the loudest horns can play (Ein Heldenleben is up there though) but just some random samples from all types of stuff. Mahler 5 and Beethoven 3 are places to look as well for volume.
FlashVsZoom Yeah I play French horn and most people just forget our section. One time we weren’t even welcomed into the stage and we had rushed to our seats before the band started playing
You are frankly delusional if you think a trumpet can outpower a horn. Outpierce, perhaps, but few things compare to the power of even a single horn playing at full fortissimo. Forget about the whole section. The horn is the heart of the orchestra.
Agreed, and it sounds particularly terrible here; it is completely at the expense of an actually appropriate, good, smooth, centered horn sound. Poor musical choice!
@Maxine Pluto mostly in Europe though. There are cases elsewhere, like Phillip Meyers in the New York Philharmonic, but I think you'll find a lot of people have a strong opinion against it, as many people think it makes the player "sound drunk" as I've heard it said, or that it hides or tries to replace good tone. At the bottom of it, it's all up to opinion though. I have heard cases in which vibrato sounds good, like with Stefan Dohr which is a lighter vibrato, but I tend to side with the majority in saying vibrato on horn doesn't sound as good, and I especially agree in the case of this solo.
Good job to the horn player and the conductor for letting the horn player take a lot of the freedom with the timing lol
iirc thats just how its meant to be played
For our marching show one of our horns played this solo while the rest of the band marched silently waiting to join in. 😍
your band had an actual horn for the solo? that's so cool. whenever we have any type of solo for horn/ mello we just play it on mello since we have a small band with 1 trailer for the brass and batteruy
Diggydoggirl yoooo my school has 9 mellophones 😎
@@rileygibbons9527 we have 32 B)
Edward Hernandez WOAH
Edward Hernandez too bad none of them will be able to play, and if they do, it probably won’t be the same, gotta love the virus, still cool though
played this for an audition and one girl in the room with me was crying
I'm assuming you got in the band?
Lol
You were that bad??? Wow...
Why is this suddenly my new life goal.... to make someone just break into tears playing this solo
@@malthuswasright lol guess so
From the composer's directions above: "Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza". Translated: Moderately slow, in a singing style, with some freedom.
This song makes me weep. Literally.
Beautiful interpretation by the horn player! An earlier comment indicated that Stanislav Zastavenko was the horn player.
(Recorded in 1967, conducted by Evgeniy Svetlanov.)
This is the first thing that popped up when I typed hardest French horn solo
Braden Schuster villanelle is one of the hardest look it up
Giovanni Punto thanks
Giovanni Punto I just played Villanelle for 9th grade solo and ensemble. I would have to suggest that the Weber Horn Concertino is one of the hardest, if not THE hardest horn solo.
Julia Kraynak ^^^ TRUEEEE
if ur looking for an horn solo which is super hard
Richard strauß Horn concerto 2
I can only play the first 2 sites lol
Bless you for the sheet music🙏🏽 been looking forever
International Horn Society (IHS) has this plus a ton more free horn excerpts you can print off. It's awesome!
Yes!! I have finally found another french horn player in youtube comments!
I plan to play this as a solo for my schools solo and ensemble! I absolutely love it!! ❤️❤️❤️
how old were u then
Same but it’s taken down a little bit
I like the vibrato and narrower bore tone. In those days there was much more variation between players in different countries. We seem to have lost that now, sadly.
everyone hates the vibrato but i personally think it sounds good
I think for something as expressive as this it does add to it yeah @@juanb7971. But not something that tends to be done on horn a lot.
girl omg the player IS AMAZING I LOVE THEIR INTERPRETATION SFDJKREGJKREGK
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Excelente interpretación, he escuchado a los mejores cornistas del mundo actualmente, interpretar este solo precioso de corno, pero son pocos los que en el compás N° 20 hacen el "TENUTO" en cressendo correctamente como está escrito. Puedo decir que, en mi investigación, solo los artistas rusos logran una interpretación perfecta y verdaderamente expresiva y cantada con sentimiento como lo quería el autor de la obra. FELICITACIONES AL CORNISTA que por cierto, su nombre no aparece en este video y eso me parece descortés para el artista.
Excellent interpretation, I have heard the best horn players in the world today interpreting this only precious, but there are few who in the bar N ° 20 do the "TENUTO" in cressendo correctly as written. I can say that, in my research, only Russian artists achieve a perfect and truly expressive interpretation and sung with feeling as the author of the work wanted it. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HORN PLAYER in this case, that by the way, his name does not appear in this video and that seems to me discourteous for the artist.
Beautiful interpretation by the horn player! An earlier comment indicated that Stanislav Zastavenko was the horn player. (Recorded in 1967, conducted by Evgeniy Svetlanov.)
@@roy817 thank you very much, tried to find some information about this artist on the internet but was unsuccessful. His interpretation was perfect as he wrote it in composer. thanks in all ways
@@pebeerre58 You said, "expressive interpretation and sung with feeling as the author of the work wanted it". ---- Excellent!! You said "sung" which is correct. The composer wrote "Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza". Translated: Moderately slow, in a SINGING style, with some freedom. I think that Stanislav Zastavenko (horn player) has the best interpretation that I have heard. I like his beautiful shimmering vibrato.
That will be the music of my funeral pretty sure!
John Denver - Annie's Song
Exactly!
Why the complete solo it's on a single page if actually occupies two pages?
Jean Sibelius I think this is from the audition book, not from the orchestral part
I am learning to play the trumpet, but i also love the horn so i figured out what if i played this on the trumpet, might turn out goo, and i was correct and its not that diffcult. I love this piece, thank you for sharing.
If you transpose it’ll Sound better I bet
***** if you REEEAAALLLYYY want to impress your director, you could play the first few bars from American Overture. Its crazy hard, but if you can do it, it will knock the socks off of your audition listeners. Good luck!!
+Alexandra Gunter, there are many horn solos, some of my favorites include, the introductory solo to strauss' till eulenspiegels lustige streiche, Brahms symphony no.3 mvm.3 and the Shostakovich symphony no.5 (both)
+Megan Andrews I ended up changing my essays that people gave too me, even though one person waited till the last second, too do it. I had 2 senior clarinets tell me that I shouldn't be DM, since I'm quite. So, I just threw away the entire audition. I figured there wasn't a point in auditioning if they said that.
+Alexandra Gunter never let people stop you from getting what you want!!! I competed against this kid for 3 years straight to get DM, but they gave it to him in the end. They noticed my hard work and gave me another position that I realized was better for me after all!! Don't stop trying!!!
Megan Andrews if u want to make him flip out play the 3rd mov of the Schumann Konzertstuck
Play Weber horn concertino
What grade is this?
Mamasabeast yes
its professional music
What is the name of the Horn soloist, please?
Stanislav Zastavenko. Recorded in 1967. USSR State symphony orchestra conducted by Evgeniy Svetlanov.
A bit of mid 20th century russian horn vibrato is always appreciated 😉
@@asohorn5092 Thank you. Wonderful horn player!
to save you time, go to 0:57
Solo starts at 0:57
What about Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings!?!?!? That knocks this out of the park!!!
So look for it instead? 🙄
Why does it sound more like a baritone?
To all the cry babies out there Classical music can be theraputic and thats a good thing but thats Not what its all about and if that is all you hear then you dont know what you are missing
i don't like the vibrato on the horn, the sound on the horn is pretty enough without it
Si no vibrara estaría bien, no me gusta el Corno vibrado.
12 8? wtf is this lol
It's twelve eighth notes to a bar. Not too unusual.
A fairly common compound meter???
It's all too common....
Ace Challen 12/8
That's something that a viola player would say.
I see all these comments about bands.
Orchestra gang is better.
no but yall do be pretty
I love being a strings player but theres many precious moments in classical/romantic symphonies where band have a beautiful moment
This clarinet player is just ruining the solo
Vincent Beard The clarinet has a call-and-response, and their tone is fantastic, so I don't see any problems ^_^
agreed. The clarinet complements the horn quite nicely
It’s perfect how it sounds, the clarinet player makes the piece what it is
I was happy to come across a clip where the horn actually uses vibrato. The straight tone of the clarinet is jarring in this context, and fails to have the same impact.
Ethan Wang especially the oboe
I am not really digging that vibrato.
same, I was thinking the same thing.
Sucks for you guys then. Best version on youtube.
That says more about the versions on TH-cam than anything else, if this really is the best.... which I highly doubt. I think you're just trying to be a contrarian, or else maybe have never heard a horn played well?? There are appropriate times to use vibrato with horn. The Tchaik 5 solo is not one of them.
It's open to discussion, however a little vibrato would probably the most historically accurate way of playing it
I can barely think of any situation where a Russian vibrato is more fitting than here.. Have you never listened to old Russian or French recordings? Even the German master Baumann played with a slight vibrato.. I as a hornist like it a lot when it fits the piece.
The one problem I have with French horn is I can’t fucking hear it lol, I want to like it and it looks interesting as hell but I can’t hear it especially when they’re not even doing solos, it’s supposed to be beautiful yes, and it does sound nice from what I can somewhat hear, honestly idk how loud it can be, but that’s why I play trumpet, never will there be a more piercing sound that is sheer power and dominance that compares to the trumpet imo, with that being said I want to see French horns and how they sound because I love a powerful instrument but whatever I find is just a soft, scared sound that feels like it is hiding from the other instruments, pls don’t hate but if there is any thing with what I described from the French horn pls direct me to it
I played trumpet in the band of my high school, then I went to play French Horn in the Youth Symphony of my country and I really do not understand the comparison you make, the same could say the trombones of the trumpets, if you mean power of the bronze . The horn and the trumpet are instruments of the family of the "metals" but they are different. Both have their beauty, as well as listening to an Al Hirt, Winton Marsallis or Sergei Nakariakov playing the trumpet with brilliance, like listening to a Radek Bobarak or a Hermann Baumann performing with impressive mastery the French horn. All instruments have their beauty and are part of a total sound
Try the intro horn solo to Jupiter by Holst (watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo)
Ein Heldenleben, from this marker to about 29:13 (watch?v=_2-dLoWorUs&feature=youtu.be&t=1710), the entire thing is a great horn piece though
(watch?v=5C2oCoVBVAk&feature=youtu.be&t=95 is what it is like from the horn players' perspective, it's deafeningly loud)
Fanfare for the Common Man by Copland (watch?v=H-tK0yesm0Q)
Loch Lomond, Frank Ticheli (watch?v=GQdjErr_Ixs&feature=youtu.be&t=297) for high school literature
Coming Back Around, from How to Train Your Dragon (th-cam.com/video/2C4lFUpI_4U/w-d-xo.html) for a movie soundtrack and Trumpets blended with Horn
Theme from Back to the Future (watch?v=jnFl1q0IYTA) from Vienna Horns
Most of these aren't necessarily the loudest horns can play (Ein Heldenleben is up there though) but just some random samples from all types of stuff. Mahler 5 and Beethoven 3 are places to look as well for volume.
FlashVsZoom Yeah I play French horn and most people just forget our section. One time we weren’t even welcomed into the stage and we had rushed to our seats before the band started playing
You are frankly delusional if you think a trumpet can outpower a horn. Outpierce, perhaps, but few things compare to the power of even a single horn playing at full fortissimo. Forget about the whole section. The horn is the heart of the orchestra.
@@johnd1063 As Robert Schumann said, "das Horn ist die Seele des Orchesters", "the horn is the soul of the Orchestra".
I hate the wobbly sounding Russian horns!
Agreed, and it sounds particularly terrible here; it is completely at the expense of an actually appropriate, good, smooth, centered horn sound. Poor musical choice!
@Maxine Pluto mostly in Europe though. There are cases elsewhere, like Phillip Meyers in the New York Philharmonic, but I think you'll find a lot of people have a strong opinion against it, as many people think it makes the player "sound drunk" as I've heard it said, or that it hides or tries to replace good tone. At the bottom of it, it's all up to opinion though. I have heard cases in which vibrato sounds good, like with Stefan Dohr which is a lighter vibrato, but I tend to side with the majority in saying vibrato on horn doesn't sound as good, and I especially agree in the case of this solo.
I love this horn player's vibrato, fine strong tone. A commanding performance! Wonderful interpretation.
Ewwwwwww vibrato
I know, terrible.
@@johnd1063yep, terribly amazing
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