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Alison Balsom, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock - Sound the Trumpet - Royal Music of Purcell & Handel (2014) [Hi-Res]

Alison Balsom, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock - Sound the Trumpet - Royal Music of Purcell & Handel (2014) [Hi-Res]
  • Title: Sound the Trumpet - Royal Music of Purcell & Handel
  • Year Of Release: 2012/2014
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +booklet
  • Total Time: 01:06:19
  • Total Size: 322 mb / 1.1 gb
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Tracklist
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01. Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 3 Scene 6: No. 30, Amadigi's Aria "Sento la gioia, ch'in sen mi brilla" (Arr. for Trumpet). Allegro
02. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 1, Overture
03. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1 Scene 3: No. 9, "Come if you dare" (Arr. for Trumpet)
04. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5 Scene 2: No. 34, Symphony. The Fishermen Dance (Arr. for Trumpet)
05. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2 Scene 2: No. 15, "Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying" (Arr. for Trumpet)
06. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5 Scene 2: No. 35, "Round thy Coasts, Fair Nymph of Britain" (Arr. for Trumpet)
07. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5 Scene 2: No. 32, Trumpet Tune
08. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5 Scene 2: No. 38, Venus' Aria "Fairest isle" (Arr. for Trumpet)
09. Atalanta, HWV 35: Ouverture (Largo-Allegro)
10. Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: I. Aria "Eternal Source of Light Divine" (Countertenor)
11. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: No. 30, Symphony (Arr. for Trumpet)
12. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 1: No. 4, Rondeau (Arr. for Trumpet)
13. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 1: No. 8, First Act Tune. Jig (Arr. for Trumpet)
14. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: No. 41, Prelude
15. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: No. 54, Chaconne (Dance for Chinese Man and Woman)-with Trumpet
16. Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday (Come, Ye Sons of Art Away), Z. 323: No. 3, Aria "Come, ye sons of art" (Alto)
17. Suite in D Major for Trumpet and Strings, HWV 341 (adapt. from "Water Music" and "Partenope", 1733): I. Ouverture
18. Suite in D Major for Trumpet and Strings, HWV 341 (adapt. from "Water Music" and "Partenope", 1733): II. Allegro (Gigue)
19. Suite in D Major for Trumpet and Strings, HWV 341 (adapt. from "Water Music" and "Partenope", 1733): III. Air (Minuet)
20. Suite in D Major for Trumpet and Strings, HWV 341 (adapt. from "Water Music" and "Partenope", 1733): IV. March (Bourr‚e)
21. Suite in D Major for Trumpet and Strings, HWV 341 (adapt. from "Water Music" and "Partenope", 1733): V. March
22. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: No. 43, The Plaint, "O let me weep" (Arr. for Trumpet)
23. Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 301 (Arr. for Trumpet): I. Adagio
24. Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 301 (Arr. for Trumpet): II. Allegro
25. Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 301 (Arr. for Trumpet): III. Siciliana (Largo)
26. Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 301 (Arr. for Trumpet): IV. Vivace

In the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, Alison Balsom celebrates the heroic era of the Baroque trumpet in works by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and Henry Purcell (1658 or 1659-1695), whose anthems, odes, sinfonias and operas have provided the music for numerous royal celebrations from their own day to the present.

Joining forces with Trevor Pinnock, harpsichordist, conductor and pioneer of historical performance, and with the English Concert orchestra that he founded, Balsom demonstrates the versatility and expressive power of her valve-less instrument in original works and new arrangements. These include Purcell’s Sound the trumpet and Handel’s Eternal Source of light divine in duet with countertenor Iestyn Davies and Purcell’s The Plaint from The Fairy Queen in duet with soprano Lucy Crowe. Further repertoire includes suites from Purcell’s semi-operas King Arthur (1691) and The Fairy Queen (1692) in new arrangements by Balsom and Pinnock, Handel’s Water Piece in D Major HWV 341 and his Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major HWV 301 transposed into C Major.

“when the instrument is played as fluidly agreeably as it is here, nobody could doubt that it is the right tool for the job...And it all works. This is rattling good music, and so easily does the trumpet fit into it that often it is hard to recall what the original scorings were anyway. Balsom, too, sounds utterly at home...and [is] wonderfully backed by the English Concert and the bright natural musicianship of Trevor Pinnock.” (Gramophone Magazine)

“the music-making is a joy from beginning to end. Alison Balsom’s playing is stunning. The tone and intonation are fabulous; the lip trills, ornaments and runs simply staggering. How she achieves this level of technical assurance on an instrument without valves is remarkable...Crowe’s rendition of The Plaint from Purcell’s The Fairy Queen is sensitively and beautifully sung and it’s obvious that there’s an equal musical partnership captured here.” (MusicWeb International)




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