Eric at his best playing the big Romantic horn concertos: Franz Strauss, Richard Strauss 1st and 2nd, and Gliere. The sound is very intimate-you can hear every breath!

Eric Ruske, Horn; Pedja Muzijevic, Piano. Includes Schubert Sonatina in D Major, D384; Mendelssohn Lied ohne Wort, Op.109; Mozart Sonata in Bb Major, KV378; Bach Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035; and Schumann Fantasiestucke, Op.73.

Eric Ruske, Horn; Pedja Muzijevic, Piano. Includes Rafael Mendez, Valse Suriano and Jota; Rossini, Prelude, Theme, and Variations; Cesar Cui, Perpetuum Mobile (arr. F. Ree Wekre); Carl Czerny, Erste Fantasie Op.339, No.1; Chopin, Valse Op.64, No.1; Handel, Aria con Variazione; Monti, Csardas; Saint-Saens, Romance Op.36; Marin Marais, Le Basque; Arban, Fantasie and Variations on the Carneval of Venice.

This collaboration between the American Horn Quartet and the New York Philharmonic horn section marks a milestone in horn ensemble performnce. The disc combines virtuoso showstoppers like Warren Deck's arrangement of the Overture to Candide with more musically ambitious repertoire, like Eric Erwazen's Grand Canyon Suite. Several of the pieces heard here are original compositions or arrangements made especially for this album.

Hunter's Moon, Lisa Ormston Bontrager, Horn. Includes Circus Suite:Horvit, En Foret: Eugene Bozza, Cinq Pieces Poetiques Pour Cor in Fa: Georges Barboteu, Hunter's Moon: Gilbert Vinter, Twelve Duets for Horn and Bassoon: Alec Wilder(Daryl Durran, bassoon), Intermezzo, Op.35, No.11: Reinhold Gliere, Reverie, Op.24: Alexander Glazounov, Three Hymn Tune Settings: Paul Basler.

What's a professional horn audition really like? Who wins? Who loses? "Professor Bruno Von Hornigschnegel" addresses the perils and pitfalls of live auditions calling upon a live recording of an onstage final round. Performers include Houston Symphony hornists Roger Kaza (who also wrote the material, produced, directed, and narrated), William Ver Meulen, Brian Thomas, Philip Stanton and Bruce Henniss.

John Ericson, Canto

John Ericson, horn, and Eckart Sellheim, piano. Includes Trygve Madsen: Sonata; Schumann: Adagio and Allegro; Gliere: Nocturne; H.K. Schmid: Im tiefsten Walde; Arnold Cooke: Rondo in B-flat Major; Franz Danzi: Sonata in E-flat Major.

This is a reprint of Michael Thompson's "Golden Echo" which has been out of circulation for over ten years. We have obtained permission to copy this fabulous recording for our customers. Pieces include Vivaldi's Concerto in F for Two Horns and Strings (with Richard Watkins), Rosetti's Concerto in D minor, Mozart's Concerto in D, and Haydn's Concerto in Eb for Two Horns and Orchestra (also with Richard Watkins). This is a must have for any CD collection.

Dennis Brain A Celebration

Michael Thompson, conductor and solo horn

Richard Watkins, solo horn

Royal Academy of Music Concert Orchestra

Contains: Stanza-Artem Vassiliev, Spoken introduction by M. Thompson, Horn Concerto fragment in E-Mozart, Capriccio for two horns and strings, Op 54-David Mathews, Symphony no 31 in D, 'with the hornsignal'-Haydn

Four sonatas for horn and piano by Gates, Stevens, Wilder and Beversdorf.