Felix Klieser’s top albums
Five recordings to explore
Beyond Words (2021)
CHAARTS Chamber Artists
Berlin Classics 0301460BC
Together with members of the world’s leading string quartets, Klieser performs a series of horn transcriptions of Baroque arias by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel and Gluck. Mozart Horn Concertos (2019) Camerata Salzburg
Berlin Classics 0301188BC
Klieser performs Mozart’s concertos, works that are at the heart of the instrument’s repertoire. Horn Trios (2017)
With Andrej Bielow (violin) and Herbert Schuch (piano)
Berlin Classics 0300931BC
Brahms’s much-loved Horn Trio is performed here alongside lesserperformed trios by Duvernoy, Koechlin and Kahn, showcasing
100 years of horn composition. Concertos by Joseph
& Michael Haydn (2015)
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn/ruben Gazarian
Berlin Classics 0300647BC
‘Klieser’s tone is resonant and robust and his command of longbreathed phrasing and agile work equally impressive,’ wrote our critic Bayan Northcott of this recording, which also includes pieces by Mozart. Reveries (2013)
With Christof Keymer (piano)
Berlin Classics 0300530BC
A selection of works for the horn and piano from the Romantic era, a period of musical history that placed the horn front and centre, exploiting its full palette of colours.