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Thinking about my faculty recital this year I knew I would be using my triple horn and my mind went to a classic horn recording and a set of Nigunim I had performed about ten years ago.
First, the recording featuring hornist Meir Rimon. It was released originally way back in 1980, and in ways very much sounds like something recorded back in that day. The audio quality could be higher, the (upright) piano sounds a bit out of tune, etc. However, for me this CD is still a real treat. The piano, bass, and drums give everything a good “positive groove,” and I like melodies and phrase shapes and such a lot. Noting also that the CD might not sound quite as good in fact if the piano was not an upright and was tuned better. I believe he is using a triple horn, he was an early adopter and the arrangements are well suited to the triple.
A few years ago I posted a review of another of his recordings, Horn of Plenty. These recordings are both not too hard to buy still and are worth the effort to track down.
Back to the recital this year (shared with colleague Douglas Yeo), I am doing four of these tunes as a set, half of the works in the horn/piano version of these as composed/arranged by Lev Kogan that was published in 1982 by Israel Brass Woodwind Publications. . These are really effective recital works, but best suited as a solo set or part of a shared recital, they won’t fit in a full solo recital as well as you might wish due to the somewhat high range.
I performed these at a couple horn workshops about ten years ago, where they were received really well. I don’t know why these are performed so rarely but, again, this recording and these tunes are well worth tracking down.
