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Baroque Music For Trumpets / Marsalis, Leppard, English Co

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Composer
VIVALDI TELEMANN PACHELBEL HAY
Artist
Marsalis, Leppard, Eco
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Aug 10, 2004
Catalog #
SK92620
UPC
827969262023

About

This recording represents a tour de force on the part of all concerned, so much so that the entire text of the booklet is devoted to explaining how it was accomplished. There is one concerto for solo trumpet (Michael Haydn), one for two (Vivaldi RV537), two (Telemann, in B flat and D) and an arrangement of the ubiquitous Canon of Pachelbel for three, and Biber's Sonata in A major for no less than eight trumpets, but Marsalis is the only trumpeter present. There is nothing new in over-dubbing—the jazz guitarist Les Paul did spectacular things with it in the 1950s, but in the realm of art-music Marsalis must have earned a place in the Guinness Book of Music, aptly aided by Telemann, who is already in there. I leave you to read about it and to marvel at the sheer skill of it all. If any living trumpet player is in more awesome command of his instrument than Marsalis I do not know who it might be; all things seem possible to him, and easily at that. Ivan March noted (1/86) a certain lack of lyrical warmth in his playing and I must agree with him; jazz musicians often feel constrained to be on their best behaviour when 'crossing the tracks' but I find even his jazz playing cerebral rather than emotionally stirring, so that is probably just the way he is—and it shows just a little in the slow movement of the Haydn. However, the programme has much to do with ceremonial magnificence (coupled in the Biber with stunning spatial antiphony) and sheer virtuosity, both present in abundance and delivered with wonderful roundness of tone, free from aggressive brassiness and any sense of strain, as an ex-trumpet player it frightens me to death! The recording is superb in its quality, balance and sense of space, making this a 'must' for anyone who does not actually hate the trumpet.

-- John Duarte, Gramophone [6/1988]

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 03:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  2. 2 II. Largo 00:58
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  3. 3 III. Allegro 03:20
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  4. 4 I. Moderato 04:08
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  5. 5 II. Largo 02:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  6. 6 III. Allegro 03:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  7. 7 Canon and Gigue in D Major: Canon (arr. R. Leppard for trumpet and orchestra) 06:27
    Track
    7
    Title
    Canon and Gigue in D Major: Canon (arr. R. Leppard for trumpet and orchestra)
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Johann Pachelbel
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  8. 8 I. Adagio 05:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Michael Haydn
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  9. 9 II. Allegro 02:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Michael Haydn
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  10. 10 I. Largo 01:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  11. 11 II. Allegro 02:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  12. 12 III. Adagio 02:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  13. 13 IV. Presto 01:47
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard
  14. 14 Sonata Sancti Polycarpi (arr. R. Leppard for trumpet and orchestra) 05:35
    Track
    14
    Title
    Sonata Sancti Polycarpi (arr. R. Leppard for trumpet and orchestra)
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    Performer
    Wynton Marsalis
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Raymond Leppard