Robert Schumann (1810-1856)Romanze
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)Canto serioso
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)Scherzo
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)L’ Ascension
Thanks to the richness of their timbre and their expansive sound, instruments of the horn family are ideally suited to transcription. United in this quintet, they unfold a remarkably wide expressive range, from solemn grandeur to more intimate moments. Works by Schumann, Messiaen, Nielsen and Shostakovich are given a fresh perspective through powerful, warm sonorities, at times enriched by the distinctive sound of the alphorn.