This generous re-release of classical trumpet piece pieces, original and arranged, is taken from a number of Nimbus recordings featuring John Wallace as soloist. The famous Haydn Concerto sounds as bright and forthright now as it did in 1984 with trumpeter and orchestra freshly caught in the spacious Church of All Saints, Tooting. Wallace's technical strength and impish articulation are characterized by crisp tonguing and a strident (if at times fairly uncompromising) trumpet sound in the outer movements, this performance perhaps most clearly reflects Wallace's current profile as an eminent trumpet soloist.