Tchaikovsky French Horn Demo

Fauxharmonic

Hi,



I've recorded an excerpt from Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 -- the opening of the Andante (with the famous french horn solo):



Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 - Andante (excerpt)

http://www.fauxharmonic.com/music/tchaik_5-2_opening.mp3



This is my first use of the new French Horn instrument. Comments? Suggestions?



- Paul Henry Smith

The Fauxharmonic Orchestra

http://www.fauxharmonic.com

valouz

Hello,



Nice playing



What reverb did you use for the FH and the other solo instruments ? Seems to be different from the strings (am i right ?)



What vsti did you use for clarinet and Oboe ?



I did not listen to the original track but IMHO the level of the string is a little bit too low compared to the solo instruments.



But nice playing again.

Fauxharmonic

valouz wrote: Hello,



Nice playing

Thanks.


valouz wrote: What reverb did you use for the FH and the other solo instruments ? Seems to be different from the strings (am i right ?)

Waves LR-1. The same on all instruments, but with different settings for early reflections, etc. corresponding to a typical stage placement.


valouz wrote: What vsti did you use for clarinet and Oboe ?

Vienna Instruments


valouz wrote: I did not listen to the original track but IMHO the level of the string is a little bit too low compared to the solo instruments.

There is no original track, only different performers' take on Ravel's instructions. But, yes, the strings are very low, by design. First, they are the only instruments playing with mutes. Muted strings are very quiet. Second, Ravel indicated that they are to be very quiet (usually pp and sometimes ppp). But more to the point is that current digital instrument technology allows us a far, far greater dynamic range than most recordings actually use.



This was an attempt to explore that possibility. The difference between the softest and loudest moments in this recording is quite large, but still not as large as a real orchestra in a concert hall. A wide dynamic range is crucial in classical music, and I wanted to see how far I could take it. Maybe it's too much, though. What do you think?


valouz wrote: But nice playing again.

Thanks for listening ... and for your comments!