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The Mystery of the Natural Trumpet / Kovats, L'arpa festante
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The Mystery of the Natural Trumpet / Kovats, L'arpa festante

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Kovats, L'Arpa Festante, Hesse, Voskuilen
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Jul 03, 2020
Catalog #
555144-2
UPC
761203514427

About

Along with the renowned classics of the trumpet concerto literature by Joseph Haydn and Johann Nepomuk Hummel, the musical epoch known today as “Classicism” also witnessed the composition of other solo concertos for trumpet. These concertos were written not for valved instruments but for the natural trumpet without valves – an instrument on which the player in principle can produce only the tones of the natural harmonic series. Performing on a four-hole Baroque trumpet model and with the richly nuanced L’arpa festante ensemble, the Hungarian trumpeter Krisztián Kováts interprets festive trumpet concertos by Johann Matthias Sperger, Johann Stamitz, and others in which the timpani expressively reinforce the tutti sound of the orchestra. The purpose of the present recording is to call attention to the long-forgotten art of clarino playing. The use of original instruments enabling us to come very close to the composer’s musical intention is a very substantial prerequisite here. The corpus of the Baroque natural trumpet is much longer than that of modern valved instruments, so that a sound spectrum rich in overtones is the result. The repertoire recorded here was once performed by only a few most highly privileged and specialized trumpeters whose artistry enabled them to imitate the articulation and lightness of the human voice in the clarino register.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro non troppo presto 08:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo presto
    Duration
    08:14
    Composer
    Johann Stamitz
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  2. 2 II. Adagio 04:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Johann Stamitz
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  3. 3 III. Allegro molto 05:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Johann Stamitz
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  4. 4 I. Poco Adagio 04:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Poco Adagio
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Johannes Matthias Sperger
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  5. 5 II. Tempo di Menuetto 04:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Tempo di Menuetto
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Johannes Matthias Sperger
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  6. 6 Sinfonia pro Processione Solemni in C Major, RWV 1 03:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sinfonia pro Processione Solemni in C Major, RWV 1
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Joseph Riepel
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  7. 7 I. Allegro 03:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Johann Georg Lang
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  8. 8 II. Adagio 03:23
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Johann Georg Lang
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  9. 9 III. Allegro 01:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Johann Georg Lang
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  10. 10 I. Moderato 07:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Johannes Matthias Sperger
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  11. 11 II. Rondo: Allegro moderato 05:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Rondo: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Johannes Matthias Sperger
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  12. 12 I. Allegro moderato 06:24
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Johann Otto
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  13. 13 II. Adagio 04:06
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Johann Otto
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen
  14. 14 III. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso 03:43
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Johann Otto
    Performer
    Krisztián Kováts
    Ensemble
    L' Arpa festante
    Conductor
    Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen