tubalooney (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Don't think so high f alto I should think

tubalooney (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hurragh for the Hermanitor!Style perhaps a bit dated but his command of the horn is just breathtaking beautiful.Herman Prey is great but it's really a bass aria! I agree with the commment below that Richter was a musical giant head and shoulders above John Elliot-Gardner also a fine musician despite his fanciful Berlioz interpretations!To reply to gwbassoc Hermann Baumann is also perfectly capable of playing the natural horn but this video dates from the 80's before "original instruments"

1337evan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hermann Baumann!!

JLwaldhorn (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

it is a descant horn in F

gwbassoc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Although Germans insist that their pronunciation is the "correct" one. Why? Ever heard of the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation"? That's why! At least according to the Germans!

gwbassoc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Karl Richter was the last major advocate of the romanticised Bach left over from the 19th century. I sang "Der Messias" in munich with him and it was incredibly exciting. But Harnoncourt (with whom I also sang) was pointing the way to the future of Baroque performance with his original instrument performances. But Richter was a great, great musician.

law0010 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This just doesn't sound right with a modern horn. As if they couldn't find a natural horn player in munich. Also it is much to slow, and its stressing out the bass and the horn. I know that bach never gave tempo markings but...... seriously. I prefer John Elliot Gardener's version of this.

jesemus33 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

thank god for Bach!!!!!

handelfan610 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

couldn't be said better.

jesemus33 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

no doubt about it!!!!Bach music is a bless to the earth