Horn-Besetzungen bei den Filmaufnahmen von Gustav MAHLERs Symphonien mit den Wiener Philharmonikern unter Leonard Bernstein:

The VPO Horn section for the VIDEO recordings of the Mahler Symphonies under Leonard Bernstein:

1. Symphonie:

1.             Roland Berger (Wolfgang Tomböck, Verstärkung- assistant)

2.             Volker Altmann

3.             Franz Söllner

4.             Hans Fischer

5.             Robert Freund

6.             Roland Horvath

7.             Roland Baar

(2. Symphonie wurde nicht mit den Wiener Philharmonikern aufgenommen -

Symphony no.2 has not been recorded with VPO under Bernstein)

3. Symphonie:

1.             Roland Berger (Günter Högner, Verstärkung - assistant)

2.             Volker Altmann

3.             Roland Baar

4.             Hans Fischer

5.             Roland Horvath

6.             Josef Lackner

7.             Josef Veleba

8.             Hans Berger

4. Symphonie:

1.             Roland Berger (Günter Högner, Verstärkung - assistant)

2.             Volker Altmann

3.             Roland Baar

4.             Hans Fischer

5. Symphonie:

1.             Roland Berger (Friedrich Gabler, Verstärkung - assistant)

2.             Volker Altmann

3.             Roland Baar

4.             Hans Fischer

5.             Roland Horvath

6.             Josef Lackner

6. Symphonie:

1.             Günter Högner (Wolfgang Tomböck, Verstärkung - assistant)

2.             Willibald Janezic

3.             Franz Söllner

4.             Hans Fischer

5.             Robert Freund

6.             Roland Horvath

7.             Roland Baar

8.             Klaus Zajer

7. Symphonie:

1.             Roland Berger (Wolfgang Tomböck, Verstärkung - assistant)

2.             Volker Altmann

3.             Franz Söllner

4.             Hans Fischer

8. Symphonie:

1.             Roland Berger (Günter Högner, Verstärkung - assistant)

2.             Volker Altmann

3.             Franz Söllner

4.             Hans Fischer

5.             Wolfgang Tomböck

6.             Roland Horvath

7.             Roland Baar

8.             Josef Veleba

9. Symphonie:

1.             Roland Berger (Roland Baar, Verstärkung - assistant)

2.             Volker Altmann (Hans Berger - father of Roland Berger,

               former solo horn Berlin State Opera until

               1944, Verstärkung - assistant - he had the special permission to use his Bb-horn, 5 valve)

3.             Günter Högner

4.             Hans Fischer

10. Symphonie:

1.             Roland Berger (Wolfgang Tomböck, Verstärkung - assistant)

2.             Volker Altmann

3.             Franz Söllner

4.             Hans Fischer

Hans Berger, Josef Lackner had studied with Karl Stiegler. Josef Veleba begun his studies with Karl Stiegler and continued with Gottfried von Freiberg. Franz Soellner had studied first with Erich Pizka in Linz, but continued with Josef Veleba. Willibald Janezic & Guenther Hoegner studied with Franz Koch. All others studied with Gottfried von Freiberg. Wolfgang Tomboeck here is Wolfgang Tomboeck sen. father of Wolfgang Tomboeck jun., who leads the VPO horn section now. Robert Freund, also Freibergs student, was solo horn with the Vienna Symphony. Wolfgang Tomboeck jun. Had studied with Josef Veleba. Roland Horvath began his studies with Gottfried von Freiberg and continued with Josef Veleba, as did Volker Altmann & Roland Baar.

This list has been provided by mag.Albert Heitzinger, Linz. Albert is successor to Prof.Erich Pizka as horn teacher

at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz.