Lin Jiang is one of Australia’s most sought after horn soloists, considered to be the most exciting young instrumentalist of his generation - “Lin Jiang is “One of the most impressive horn players I have ever heard” says Barry Tuckwell
Lin Jiang has toured Japan as a soloist and performed numerous times with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra Victoria
Diverse and very attractive programme of virtuoso music for horn, from Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro – regarded as being unplayable for 100 years – to contemporary pieces
Includes music of a more personal nature by horn player/conductor/composers Esa-Pekka Salonen and Gunther Schuller
Features Poulenc’s seldom performed Elégie for the doyen of horn virtuosi, Dennis Brain
Also featured are transcriptions which are some of Lin Jiang’s personal showpieces such as the Bach, Ketting and Huang works. Huang’s Encore, My Good Sir, was especially written for him
Associate artist Benjamin Martin, a graduate of the Julliard School, is a fine solo pianist and composer in his own right, has received numerous international awards and is a champion of much 20th Century music, in particular Berio and Ligeti
Recorded direct to disc using DSD (direct stream digital) technology to ensure absolute maximum CD audio performance