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

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Label
CPO
Release Date
July 3, 2020
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Kovats, L'Arpa Festante, Hesse, Voskuilen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 03, 2020
    • UPC
      761203514427
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555144-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro non troppo presto

      Composer: Johann Stamitz

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Stamitz

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    3. III. Allegro molto

      Composer: Johann Stamitz

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    4. I. Poco Adagio

      Composer: Johannes Matthias Sperger

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    5. II. Tempo di Menuetto

      Composer: Johannes Matthias Sperger

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    6. Sinfonia pro Processione Solemni in C Major, RWV 1

      Composer: Joseph Riepel

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    7. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Georg Lang

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    8. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Georg Lang

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    9. III. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Georg Lang

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    10. I. Moderato

      Composer: Johannes Matthias Sperger

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    11. II. Rondo: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Johannes Matthias Sperger

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    12. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Johann Otto

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    13. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Otto

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen

    14. III. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso

      Composer: Johann Otto

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Krisztián Kováts

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse, Rien Voskuilen


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.