Horn Recital: Han. Xiaoming - Strauss. F.J. / Strauss. R. (Romantic Works For Horn)

[Machine Translation] Richard Strauss' father, Franz Joseph Strauss, was the principal horn player at the Munich Court Opera. At that time, the Munich Court Opera staged cutting-edge works by Wagner and others, and despite the fact that his father performed these works, he did not appreciate them at all, but praised Mozart with all his might, saying that "the Jupiter Symphony is the greatest work of all. Richard, who had such a father, followed his father's teachings and wrote quite conservative works until he was about 20 years old, but as you know, he changed his direction after that. It is not difficult to imagine how much his father raised eyebrows. This album contains such a father-son relationship and "The Other Till," which was derived from the father-son relationship, and is intended to focus on the musical situation of the time through the virtuosity of the horn. Incidentally, "Alphorn" was written when Richard was 14 years old. It seems that the unconventional talent of his son is already overflowing. Han Xiaomei, who plays the horn here, also has a father who is a horn player and started playing the horn at the age of 10. The sympathetic singing spirit must have been born out of such a situation.

Note: This is an import edition (manufactured outside of Japan).

リヒャルト・シュトラウスの父親、フランツ・ヨーゼフ・シュトラウスはミュンヘン宮廷歌劇場の首席ホルン奏者を務めていました。当時の歌劇場では、ワーグナーなどの当時としては先鋭的な作品が上演され、父ヨーゼフはそれらを演奏していたにも拘わらず、彼は全く評価することなく、「ジュピター交響曲は最も偉大な作品である」とモーツァルトを全力で賛美していたといいます。そんな父を持ったリヒャルト。20歳頃までは父の教えに従い、かなり保守的な作品を書いていたのですが、その後の方向転換はご存知の通り。父親がどれほど眉をひそめたかは想像に難くありません。このアルバムでは、そんな父と子、そしてここから派生した「もうひとりのティル」を収録し、ホルンの妙技を通して、当時の音楽事情にも目を向けようという意図が感じられます。ちなみに「アルプホルン」はリヒャルトが14歳の時の作品。すでに型にはまることのない息子の才能が溢れ出しているように思われます。ここでホルンを吹くハン・シャオメイもホルン奏者を父に持ち、10歳からホルンを始めた人。共感溢れる歌心はそんな中から生まれたのでしょう。