Horn Quartet
Rotterdam Philharmonic Chamber Players, Chamber Music of Kerry Turner
Horn | Brass | Horn Quartet | Woodwind | Piano | StringsOver the past 10 years, several CD recordings of the chamber works of Kerry Turner have been released. The programs for these projects had been more or less comprised of works composed around the same periods of time. His prodigious output over the past two decades makes it somewhat simple, generally speaking, to categorize Mr. Turner's works into several different styles. The works from the late nineteen-eighties combine an interesting Shostokovitch-like sound to Turner s already developing Western-American style. The Sonata for Horn and Strings on this album provides a very good example of this. As Kerry Turner performed increasingly frequently and further abroad with the renowned American Horn Quartet, it became clear to him that audiences around the world desired to hear more of the Western-American sound. It is, after all, an intrinsic and colorful style, unique to the United States. The development of this particular sound is largely due, of course, to the soundtracks of the great American Western films seen around the world. The Quartet Number 3 on this CD is quite possibly the best example of Turner s compositional style during this period in the mid-nineties. As the millennium approached, and Kerry began to look toward his 40th birthday, he started to seek a deeper level at which to express himself. A keen interest in counterpoint and a deep insight into the works of Arnold Schoenberg exuded a strong influence on his compositional technique and style. Although two works on this CD, Quarter-After-Four and Rhapsody for Nine Instruments are perhaps not the best examples of the music from this particular period of Turner s opus, the influences of counterpoint and Schoenberg are nevertheless evident. There has been, however, one element in Turner s works that has prevailed throughout all his musical development periods: his fascination with history and historical events.
Concerto Grosso
Horn | Brass | Horn Quartet | Symphony OrchestraOur long awaited recording of Robert Schumann's original 1849 version of the Konzertst�ck took place in Warsaw in July, 2003. With the accompaniment of the famous Sinfonia Varsovia and the baton of Dariusz Wisniewski, the AHQ also recorded three other original works for 4 horns and orchestra: Handel's Concerto in F, Telemann's Mythological Suite and Haydn's 31st Symphony "mit dem Hornsignal." This CD is only available from the AHQ!
Ricochet and Other Music by Kerry Turner
Horn | Brass | Brass Quintet | Horn Quartet | String Quartet | Trombone | Trumpet | Tuba | Violin | PianoThis latest CD from the American Horn Quartet and Kerry Turner features Turner's Quartet Nr. 4 and the exciting Fandango. This CD also features other chamber music including Ricochet, performed by the Saturday Brass Quintet of New York as well as Turner's The Labyrinth, performed by the Brass of the Luxemburg Philharmonic.
Unlikely Fusion
Horn | Brass | Brass Quintet | Horn Quartet | String Quartet | Tenor | Trombone | Trumpet | Tuba | Violin | Piano | StringsThe third CD involving the AHQ, this disc features chamber music of various instrumentation composed by Kerry Turner. Members of the AHQ perform such works as the "Sonata for Horn and Strings", "Sonata for Horn and Piano", "Six Lives of Jack McBride" (Horn, Violin, Tenor and Piano) and "Kaitsenko" (Brass Quintet). This combination of the Western American sound with European refinement is not to be missed.
American Horn Quartet
Horn | Brass | Horn QuartetThe first CD produced by the American Horn Quartet includes the "Fanfare for Barcs", "Casbah of Tetouan", "Quartet Nr. 1" and "Quartet Nr. 2, Americana" by Kerry Turner. Also on this CD is Langley's "Quartet for Horns" and "Fripperies" 1 through 8 by Lowell Shaw. With guest artists Andrew Hale (horn) and Bonnie Adelson (drum).
American Horn Quartet - 4 x 4
Horn | Brass | Horn QuartetThis second CD by the AHQ has Kerry Turner's "Quartet Nr. 3" as well as the famous "Sonata fur Vier Horner" by Paul Hindemith, "Concerto for Four Horns" by Walter Perkins and an exciting arrangement of Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story".
American Horn Quartet - Autumn
Horn | Horn Quartet | Horn QuintetThis CD contains many of the more "classical" works performed by the AHQ. The album starts off with Robert Dickow's exciting "Entrance Fanfare", followed by a number of arrangements of romantic composers such as exerpts from "Carmen", by Bizet, choral works of Brahms and Debussy piano works. Also included on this CD are original quartets for horns by Castelnouovo-Tedesco, Dauprat, Homilius and Mitushin.
American Horn Quartet - The Well Tempered Horn
Horn | Brass | Horn QuartetThe AHQ is proud to present our latest CD including works by J. S. Bach, Georg Philip Telemann and other famous Baroque composers. Many of our favorite fugues from Bach's "Wohl Temperierte Klavier" and many selections from the "Art of the Fugue" can be heard on this Album. Also included on this CD is an arrangement of the famous "Toccata and Fugue in d-minor", arranged for 6 horns by kerry Turner, recorded with the help of Diane Eaton (hornist with the Basel Symphony Orchestra) and Andrew Hale (principal horn of the Southwest German Philharmonic in Konstanz).
Take 9 - The American Horn Quartet & The Horns of the New York Philharmonic
Horn | Brass | Horn QuartetThe production of this exciting CD took place in August, 2002, with help from the horn section of the New York Philharmonic. This brilliant CD features horn octets by Kerry Turner and Eric Ewazen. There are also riveting arrangements of Bernstein's Candid Overture, Brahm's Hungarian Dance Nr. 5, Paul Desmond's Take Five and I've Got Rhythm by Gershwin.
Barbara Allen – fantasy piece for horn quartet (octet)
Horn | Brass | Horn Octet | Horn Quartet4 horns or 8 horns
Unlikely Fusion: Prologue and Epilogue for 4 horns, tuba, harpsichord, and fiddle
Horn | Brass | Harpsichord | Horn Quartet | Tuba | Strings4 horns, tuba, harpsichord, fiddle
Introduction and Main Event for 4 Horns and Orchestra
Horn | Brass | Horn Quartet | Symphony OrchestraHorn Quartet, Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble
