William Barnewitz - Long Road Home: Bach, Kruetzer, Strauss, Shubert, Mozart, Brahms (2007)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 254 MB | 01:07:36
Genre: Classical | Label: Avie
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 254 MB | 01:07:36
Genre: Classical | Label: Avie
Composers develop their own voice and personality; singers develop their own vocal character and colour. This beautiful and unusual recital disc by Bill Barnewitz, principal horn of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, explores the voice of a special instrument and of a particular musician. Bill offers chamber works which feature the horn either as a solo personality or integrated into an ensemble. There are songs in which the horn is included, in its own right, as a partner to the voice. Bill also performs two of his own transcriptions in which the horn replaces the singer, taking on both the original voice part and the text. Throughout, Bill, like an operatic interpreter, assumes a variety of roles and uses the full expressive resources of his instrument to bring a variety of personalities to life.