Festive Trumpet Concerto, Vol. 1 / Pfeiffer-trompeten-consort

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Cantate
Release Date
August 21, 2020
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 21, 2020
    • UPC
      4012476570013
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CAN57001
    • LABEL
      Cantate
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Overture (arr. J. Pfeiffer and M. Pfeiffer for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    2. Auf, schmetternde Tone der muntern Trompeten, BWV 207a: Auf, schmetternde Tone der muntern Trompeten (arr. J. Pfeiffer and M. Pfeiffer for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    3. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (arr. J. Pfeiffer and M. Pfeiffer for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    4. Der zufriedengestellte Aolus, BWV 205: Zerreisset, zerspringet, zertrummert die Gruft (arr. J. Pfeiffer and M. Pfeiffer for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    5. Fantasia in G Minor (arr. for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Johann Pachelbel

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    6. Fünf Trompetenaufzügeaus Weyarn (arr. P. Schumann for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    7. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (arr. J. Pfeiffer and M. Pfeiffer for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Franz Tunder

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    8. Judas Maccabeus, HWV 63, Part III: Sing unto God (arr. J. Pfeiffer and M. Pfeiffer for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    9. Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I: Ombra mai fu, "Largo" (arr. A. Pfeiffer for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    10. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Hallelujah (arr. J. Pfeiffer and M. Pfeiffer for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    11. Das Orgelbuchlein, BWV 599-644: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (arr. for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    12. Alter Hirtenpsalm (arr. J. Pfeiffer and M. Pfeiffer for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Oskar Lindberg

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    13. The Earl of Oxford's March (arr. J. Raush for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    14. Sechs Schweriner Trompetenmusiken (arr. P. Schumann for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    15. London Sketchbook, K. Anh. 109b: Andante in B-Flat Major, K. 15ii (arr. for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    16. Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (arr. J. Pfeiffer and M. Pfeiffer for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

    17. Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165: Halleluja (arr. J. Pfeiffer and M. Pfeiffer for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort


With Handel‘s Music to the Royal Fireworks, adapted for four trumpets, timpani and organ, the first recording of an unusually successful series started that has grown in the meantime to seven productions: festive trumpet sound with the Pfeiffer trumpet consort. Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort (The Pfeiffer Trumpet Consort = PTC) was founded by the brothers Joachim, Martin, and Harald Pfeiffer in 1985. They were soon joined by Dale Marrs, who has decisively put his stamp on the musical style of the group. Mathias Muller, tympanist, joined in 1992. Through Peter Schumann, organist, the group's musical home has always been the Heiliggeistkirche (Church of the Holy Spirit) in Heidelberg, Germany. Most of the works performed by the Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort, famous, as well as less-well-known pieces, are presented in new, festive arrangements, most of which (with the exception of a few original compositions) have been revised and adapted by members of the ensemble. These arrangements are unique in their style. It is always easy to recognize the concern for combining Baroque trumpet artistry with modern playing techniques. In addition to the original trumpet parts, the Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort tries to include as many of the other instrumental parts as possible, and thus to consider the musical compositions in their entirety. The possibilities of modem trumpets combined with the splendid sound of the instruments transform familiar compositions into a new listening experience.