Avantgarde

Adrian Diaz Martinez, horn – Ikuko Odai, piano

The young Spanish hornist Adrián Díaz Martínez presents on his debut CD AVANTGARDE rarely recorded original compositions of the 20th century for horn and piano.
The CD features, among others, the very virtuoso Bagatelle for horn and piano by Hermann Neuling, recorded for the first time, or the colourful Elegy for horn and piano by Francis Poulenc, which he dedicated to the English horn player Dennis Brain, who tragically died at the age of 36 in a car accident after a concert.
Adrián Díaz Martínez also shows how extensive the expressive possibilities of the horn are with his interpretation of the Sonata in E-flat Major for Horn and Piano op. 101 by York Bowen or the Variations for Horn and Piano op. 59  by Jan Koetsier, who devoted himself intensively to compositional work for wind instruments.
The Belgian composer and music teacher Jane Vignery left behind only a few works. Her Sonata for Horn and Piano op. 7 is represented on the CD.