Hi Dave,
At the age of only 61, Zdenek Tylsar died on August 18th 2006. I had
the sad privilege of writing his obituary for 'The Horn Player', the
organ of the British Horn Society. Up until his death, he was the Solo
Horn of the Czech Philharmonic since 1968.
It is safe to say that most of the 'Horny' recordings from the
orchestral repertoire feature Tylsar on 1st Horn, including a complete
Mahler cycle with Vaclav Neumann. No 3 is particularly good but,
disappointingly, no 5 not so as the slow tempo in the Scherzo over
emphasises the characteristic Czech staccato. One of my favourite
orchestral recordings is of the two Brahms serenades with the CPO and
Jiri Belohlavek (Supraphon 11 1992 - 2 o31). This is perfect playing
from the whole orchestra without losing any of the characterisation
for which they are famous.
2 solo/duet CDs were immediately issued by Supraphon in memoriam. Both
Strauss concertos, the Franz Strauss Concerto and Mozart 2 on
Supraphon su - 3892 - 2 and all the double horn recordings with his
older brother, Bedrich on Su 3902 - 2. This includes the Haydn Double
which has not been available for some time, featuring some quite
exquisite work in the slow movement. On Naxos 8 - 550393 there is
Telemann, Vivaldi and the Ludwig Mozart Sinfonia da Caccia. On Point
Classics 2672392 Tylsar plays Haydn 1 in D and, again with Bedrich, a
superb account of the Haydn Octet.
I became acquainted with the Czech Horn tradition as a youngster in
the 50's when an agent for Supraphon came into my father's music shop
with one of their early LP efforts as a freebie - Rossler - Rossetti's
double concerto no 5, played by the Tylsar brothers' predecessors,
Miroslav Stefak and Vladimir Kubat. Absolutely amazing playing and I
am just transferring it from LP to CD. Not for sale - sorry!
Ralph R. Hall (brasshausmusic.com)
On 27 Jun 2009, at 19:25, dpm...@juno.com wrote:
Hello Hornlisters -
As I am sure many of you do, I was pawing through my library of
recordings the other day and stumbled across two CD's I absolutely
love and had forgotten about. I HIGHLY recommend you all listen to
"Antonio Rosetti: Horn Concertos" with Zdenek Divoky, and "Czech
Horn Concertos" with Bedrich and Zdenek Tylsar. These guys are
fabulous players, and I am just floored every time I hear these
recording.
Anyway, I am also writing to ask if anyone can recommend other good
recordings from any of these great players. I am afraid I don't have
many recordings along the Czech horn tradition - and while it's
maybe not exactly the sound I want, you cannot help but be engulfed
in these guys musicianship and dazzled b their technique.
Ok, enough sounding like a salesman, I am just trying to say you all
should listen to these if you haven't, and I'd love to hear of other
recordings Divoky or the Tylsar brothers have made.
Maybe this thread will expand into recommending any good, maybe-not-
as-well-known recordings, which I am always interested to hear about
too.
Dave Meichle
Lawrence University
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