Concertos, Purcell (composer)
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The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Alison Balsom: Sound The Trumpet
RecommendedRoyal Music of Purcell and Handel
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano)
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
This charming disc contains some of the most imaginative and polished trumpet playing you're ever likely to hear...Born-again authenticists may cavil at Balsom's vented trumpet, a modern development... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Chaconnes by Purcell and Brescianello frame a programme where the strings of La Serenissima are responsive to nuance and congruent in sound. —
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Legendary Recordings: Josef Vlach & Czech Chamber Orchestra
RecommendedCzech Chamber Orchestra, Josef Vlach
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque
Symphonic Transcriptions by Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977)
Christopher Blake (oboe), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Peter Dixon (cello), Richard Davis (flute)
BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert
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The album’s real gold lies in its two D major solo trumpet works by Purcell and Telemann: the ravishingly soft and lyrical solemnity Balsom brings to the opening Adagio of Telemann’s first Trumpet... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Italophilia - Discovering the Italian Style in Handel's London
Aljosja Mietus, Thomas Triesschijn, Matthea de Muynck, Petr Hamouz, Giulio Quirici, Kristen Witmer (leadvocalist), Anne-Linde Visser, The Counterpoints
Though the larger, formalised structures are excellently performed, the more folky, embroidered, improvisatory moments of the album stand out as exceptional. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Editor's Choice
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