Album

Decca released this two-disc collection called The Art of Barry Tuckwell in 2006 to honor the legendary English horn virtuoso's 75th birthday. For those who followed Tuckwell's career, the collection was a trip down memory lane with his awe-inspiring 1961 recording of Mozart's Fourth Horn Concerto with Peter Maag and his breathtaking 1966 recordings of both Strauss' concertos with István Kertész. For listeners who didn't already know Tuckwell's playing, the collection was a chance to become acquainted with one of the great horn virtuosos of the second half of the twentieth century. The mellow nobility of Tuckwell's tone, the heroic élan of his attacks, the eloquent expressiveness of his technique, and, most characteristically, the supreme ease of his interpretations made his recordings classics in their repertoire. And with the addition of hitherto internationally unreleased recordings of Beethoven's Horn Sonata and Strauss' Andante for horn and piano with Vladimir Ashkenazy, along with the introduction to the final scene of Capriccio, this set also has something for longtime fans as well as neophyte Tuckwell listeners. Despite the 29-year span of the recordings, Decca's sound is consistently clean and deep. If anything, the stereo recordings from the '60s are warmer and more detailed than the later digital recordings.

© James Leonard, All Music Guide

CD 1 of 2
Johann Georg Knechtel Composer Concerto for horn in D Work Recorded 1985 7:02 Barry Tuckwell Horn, Iona Brown Conductor, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra
1	1.Allegro	2:29			$0.99
2	2.Adagio	2:43			$0.99
3	3.Allegro	1:50			$0.49
Luigi Cherubini Composer Sonata (Study) No.2 in F for Horn and Strings Work Recorded 1963 Barry Tuckwell Horn, Sir Neville Marriner Conductor, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra
4	Sonata (Study) No.2 in F for Horn and Strings	6:19			$0.99
Franz Danzi Composer Sonata for horn (or cello) & piano in Eb, Op 28 Work Recorded 1974 19:14 Barry Tuckwell Horn, Sir Neville Marriner Conductor, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra
5	1.Adagio	8:32			$1.49
6	2.Larghetto	6:18			$0.99
7	3.Allegretto	4:24			$0.99
Johann Michael Haydn Composer Horn Concerto (Concertino) in Dmajor, MH 134 (P 134) Work Recorded 1967 14:21 Barry Tuckwell Horn, Sir Neville Marriner Conductor, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra
8	1.Larghetto	6:00			$0.99
9	2.Allegro ma non troppo	4:56			$0.99
10	3.Menuet	3:25			$0.99
Ludwig van Beethoven Composer Horn Sonata in F, Op.17 Work Recorded 1974 12:06 Barry Tuckwell Horn, London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra, Peter Maag Conductor
11	1.Allegro moderato	5:41			$0.99
12	2.Poco adagio, quasi andante	1:45			$0.49
13	3.Rondo: Allegro moderato	4:40			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Horn Concerto No.4 in Eb, K.495 Work Recorded 1961 16:43 Barry Tuckwell Horn, London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra, Peter Maag Conductor
14	1.Allegro moderato	7:44			$1.49
15	2.Romanza: Andante cantabile	5:01			$0.99
16	3.Rondo: Allegro vivace	3:58			$0.99
CD 2 of 2
Franz Strauss Composer Horn Concerto in C-, Op.8 Work Recorded 1966 13:52 Barry Tuckwell Horn, Istvan Kertesz Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra
1	1.Allegro molto	6:04			$0.99
2	2.Andante	3:13			$0.99
3	3.Allegro molto	4:35			$0.99
Camille Saint-Saëns Composer Romance for Horn and Piano in E, Op.67 (from Suite for Cello and Piano) Work Recorded 1974 Vladimir Ashkenazy Piano, Barry Tuckwell Horn
4	Romance for Horn and Piano in E, Op.67 (from Suite for Cello and Piano)	8:41			$1.49
Richard Strauss Composer Introduction, Theme, and Variations in Eb for Horn and Piano, WoO52, TrV70 Work Recorded 1990 Vladimir Ashkenazy Conductor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell Horn
5	Introduction, Theme, and Variations in Eb for Horn and Piano, WoO52, TrV70 (arr. horn and orchestra)	4:05			$0.99
Richard Strauss Composer Horn Concerto No.1 in Eb, Op.11, TrV117 Work Recorded 1966 15:30 Barry Tuckwell Horn, Istvan Kertesz Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra
6	1.Allegro	5:28			$0.99
7	2.Andante	5:04			$0.99
8	3.Allegro	4:58			$0.99
Richard Strauss Composer Andante in C for Horn and Piano (from unfinished sonata), WoO86a, TrV155 Work Recorded 1990 Vladimir Ashkenazy Piano, Barry Tuckwell Horn
9	Andante in C for Horn and Piano (from unfinished sonata), WoO86a, TrV155	4:17			$0.99
Richard Strauss Composer Horn Concerto No.2 in Eb, TrV283 Work Recorded 1966 20:08 Barry Tuckwell Horn, Istvan Kertesz Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra
10	1.Allegro	9:11			$1.49
11	2.Andante con moto	5:40			$0.99
12	3.Rondo: Allegro molto	5:17			$0.99
Alun Hoddinott Composer Horn Concerto, Op.6 Work Recorded 1973 13:03 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell Horn, Sir Andrew Davis Conductor
13	1.Romanza	5:00			$0.99
14	2.Scherzo	3:24			$0.99
15	3.Cadenza - Allegro	4:39			$0.99