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Beethoven and the Basset Horn

Author: JTJC
Date: 2020-04-30 16:42

I was listening to Beethoven’s Creatures of Prometheus on the radio the other day. It’s was a surprise to hear a basset horn in movement 14, ‘Solo Della Signora Cassentini’ (played by OAE, so I assume Tony Pay was playing Basset). I had no idea Beethoven had written for Basset Horn. Did he write anything else original for the instrument (a cello sonata and Horn sonata have be adapted)?

I searched for further recordings of the piece on YouTube and found several, including this real cracker :

https://youtu.be/PUGgzgpRJ5M

Relevant movement starts at 20:11. Never heard of that orchestra or conductor either, but what a performance. Prometheus is surprisingly good. Does anyone know who the guy playing Basset Horn solo, very stylishly, is? The Basset part is on IMSLP and this guy really brings it alive, along with the oboe.

Of the several other performances on YouTube (Mehnuin Festival Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra etc) can anyone identify the Basset Horn players in those recordings?

Sorry if all this is old news to you all.

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