Sarah Willis
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The Cuban Nutcracker Suite stands comparison with Duke Ellington’s iconic 1960 reworking of the piece, with a sassily swung Overture showcasing Willis’s fabulous lower register and the Trepak... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th November 2025
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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The Havana musicians play ‘straight’ Mozart with the same rhythmic vitality which they bring to Edgar Olivero’s mambo-influenced take on Eine kleine Nachtmusik, and the closing track, El manicero,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana
Sarah Willis (horn), Jonathan Kelly (oboe), Wenzel Fuchs (clarinet), Stefan Schweigert (bassoon), Harold Madrigal Frías (soloist)
Havana Lyceum Orchestra, The Sarahbanda, José Antonio Méndez Padrón
Willis plays Mozart’s Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat, K495, demonstrating her gift for characterful and radiant solo performance. The Havana Lyceum’s orchestral playing matches hers with their... —
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Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann & Weber
Martin Owen (horn), Chris Parkes (horn), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Sarah Willis (horn), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson
The principal horn of the BBC Symphony Orchestra audibly relishes every moment in the spotlight on this collection of Romantic horn concertos, taking the considerable technical challenges of... —
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Miloslav Kabeláč - Complete Chamber Music
Jelka Weber; Jan Vogler; Markéta Janoušková; Albrecht Mayer; Andre Schoch; Kathi Wagner; Stefan Dohr; Robert Kolinsky
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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The playing is immaculate throughout, with Alejandro Aguiar and Adel González on percussion, all held in place by Carlos García on Bass...Willis’s ever nuanced and characterful playing brings... —
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Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances
Sarah Willis (horn), Havana Lyceum Orchestra, The Sarahbanda, José Antonio Méndez Padrón
This follow-up disc is every bit as exuberant as the first. Willis completes her survey of Mozart’s horn concertos with assured and expressive performances, accompanied with aplomb by the Havana... —
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Released originally back in 2014 by legendary horn manufacturers Gebrüder Alexander, Alpha have picked up the international rights to this captivating recital, captured in radiant sound in the... —
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CPO 2012 catalogue & Rosetti Horn Concertos CD
(Catalogue not sold separately)
Klaus Wallendorf (horn) & Sarah Willis (horn), Sarah Willis (horn), Klaus Wallendorf (horn)
Kurpfaelzisches Kammerorchester, Johannes Moesus
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Rosetti - Concertos for Two Horns
Klaus Wallendorf & Sarah Willis (horns)
Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, Johannes Moesus
This disc promises an hour’s mellifluous and entertaining listening —
