With an album of celebration - both joyful and solemn - trumpeter Alison Balsom again declares her love for the baroque era, which she calls “the golden age of the trumpet”. Joining Handel's exuberant Music for the Royal Fireworks are works by two other German-born composers - JS Bach and Telemann - and by the London-born Henry Purcell. “These baroque composers knew the instrument they were writing for,” says Balsom. “There is such value in searching out the sound that they would have heard themselves, with the intention of authenticity. When it comes together it is utterly thrilling.”

Rewards
Opus Klassik Awards 2020 Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year

Works

Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Sinfonia 'Hirtenmusik'
Bach, J S: Jauchzet frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage (from Christmas Oratorio, BWV248)
Bach, J S: Jesu, bleibet meine Freude (from Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben')
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351
Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695: Funeral Sentences
Purcell: Sonata for Trumpet and Strings in D major, Z850
Telemann: Concerto TWV 51:D7 in D major for trumpet, strings & b.c.

The new album by two-time ECHO-Award winner Gábor Boldoczki presents virtuosic, contemporary trumpet concertos by composers from Armenia (Arutiunian, Khachaturian, Penderecki [Polish by birth but with Armenian roots]) and Turkey (Fazil Say). The album includes 2 World Premiere Recordings: Say's Trumpet Concerto, Op 31 - written for and dedicated to Boldoczki in 2010 and Penderecki's Concertino per tromba e orchestra - written for and dedicated to Boldoczki in 2015, being his first independent piece for this instrument. At Boldoczki's invitation, the Hungarian composer Péter Erdélyi has arranged Khachaturian's piano miniature 'A little song' for trumpet and orchestra.

Awards
ECHO Klassik Awards 2017 Winner
International Classical Music Awards 2017 Winner - Contemporary

Gabir Boldoczki (trumpet)
Sinfonietta Cracovia, Jurek Dybal

Artists

Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Gwynne Howell, John Wilbraham (trumpet), Simon Preston (organ), with Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet), Roland Pöntinen (piano)

The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The London Festival Orchestra, Tutti Camarata, I Musici, Peter Hurford, Neville Marriner

Composers

Albinoni, Tomaso (1671-1751)
Arban, Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent (1825-89)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1643-1704)
Clarke, Jeremiah (c.1673-1707)
Dinicu, Grigoras (1889-1949)
Gounod, Charles François (1818-93)
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)
Marcello, Alessandro (1684-1750)
Martini, Giovanni Battista (1706-84)
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-47)
Purcell, Henry (1659-95)
Stanley, John (1713-86)
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Thomson, Virgil (1896-1989)
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)

Works

Albinoni: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
Arban: Variations on 'Carnival of Venice'
Charpentier, M-A: Te Deum, H146: Prélude
Clarke, Jeremiah: Trumpet Voluntary 'Prince of Denmark's March'
Dinicu: Hora Staccato
Gounod: Ave Maria
Handel: The trumpet shall sound (from Messiah)
Haydn: L'amour (from 12 Heroic Marches)
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe:1
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe:1: first movement
Hummel, J: Trumpet Concerto in E (or E flat) major, WoO/S49
Hummel, J: Trumpet Concerto in E (or E flat) major: 3rd movement
Marcello, A: Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor
Marcello, A: Concerto in D minor for Trumpet (orig. oboe), strings & continuo
Martini, G B: Toccata
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding'
Purcell: Trumpet Tune
Stanley, J: Trumpet Voluntary in D major
Telemann: Heroic Music, TWV 50:31-42
Telemann: La majesté (from 12 Heroic Marches) TWV50:31
Thomson, V: At the Beach
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets, Strings & Continuo in C major, RV 537

Ronald Brautigam & Peter Masseurs
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Composers

Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-75)
Youmans, Vincent (1898-1946)

Works

Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1
Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35
Shostakovich: Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two), Op. 16
Youmans: Tahiti Trot

Discs: 2 CDs

Composers

Albinoni, Tomaso (1671-1751)
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1643-1704)
Clarke, Jeremiah (1674-1707)
Gounod, Charles François (1818-93)
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)
Hertel, Johann Wilhelm (1727-89)
Marcello, Alessandro (1684-1750)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91)
Purcell, Henry (1659-95)
Schubert, Franz Peter (1797-1828)
Senaillé, Jean Baptiste (c.1688-1730)
Stanley, John (1713-86)
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)

Works

Albinoni: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
Albinoni: Concerto Op. 7 No. 3 for oboe & strings in B flat major
Albinoni: Concerto Op. 7 No. 6 for oboe & strings in D major
Albinoni: Flute Sonata in C Minor, Op. 6 No. 4
Albinoni: Trumpet Concerto in D minor (from Violin Sonata Op. 6 No. 4)
Bach, J S: Cantata BWV68 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt: Mein glaubiges Herze
Bach, J S: Gavotte (Rondeau) from Partita No. 3 in E major BWV1006
Bach, J S: Jesu, bleibet meine Freude (from Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben')
Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')
Charpentier, M-A: Te Deum, H146: Prélude
Clarke, Jeremiah: Trumpet Voluntary 'Prince of Denmark's March'
Gounod: Ave Maria
Handel: Concerto in D minor for Trumpet & Organ
Handel: Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Handel: Largo from Xerxes (instrumental arrangement)
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe:1
Hertel, J W: Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Marcello, A: Concerto in D minor for Trumpet (orig. oboe), strings & continuo
Marcello, A: Trumpet Concerto in C minor
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K165 - Alleluia
Purcell: Queen's Dolour in A minor, Z670
Schubert: Ave Maria, D839
Senaillé: Allegro spiritoso
Stanley, J: Trumpet Voluntary in D major
Telemann: Concerto TWV 51:D7 in D major for trumpet, strings & b.c.
Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in F minor

Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Saulius Sondeckis

Composers

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91)
Saint-Saëns, Charles Camille (1835-1921)
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)

Works

Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 75