Sound The Trumpet – Royal Music of Purcell & Handel Limited 180g 2LP – Alison Balsom/The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock

lison Balsom/The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock Sound The Trumpet – Royal Music of Purcell & Handel Limited 180gram Vinyl 2LP Set

Overview:

Alison Balsom celebrates the heroic era of the Baroque trumpet in works by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and Henry Purcell (1659-1695), whose anthems, odes, sinfonias and operas have provided the music for numerous royal celebrations from their own day to the present.

Joining forces with Trevor Pinnock, harpsichordist, conductor and pioneer of historical performance, and with the English Concert orchestra, Balsom demonstrates the versatility and expressive power of her valve-less instrument in original works and new arrangements. These include Purcells Sound the trumpet and Handels Eternal Source of light divine in duet with countertenor Iestyn Davies and Purcells The Plaint from The Fairy Queen in duet with soprano Lucy Crowe.

Further repertoire includes suites from Purcells semi-operas King Arthur and The Fairy Queen in arrangements by Balsom and Pinnock, Handels Water Piece in D Major and his Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major transposed into C Major

Featured Tracks:

Side: 1

1. Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 3 Scene 6: No. 30, Amadigi’s Aria “Sento la gioia, ch’in sen mi brilla” (Arr. for Trumpet). Allegro
2. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 1, Overture
3. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1 Scene 3: No. 9, “Come if you dare” (Arr. for Trumpet)
4. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5 Scene 2: No. 34, Symphony. The Fishermen Dance (Arr. for Trumpet)
5. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2 Scene 2: No. 15, “Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying” (Arr. for Trumpet)
6. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5 Scene 2: No. 35, “Round thy Coasts, Fair Nymph of Britain” (Arr. for Trumpet)
7. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5 Scene 2: No. 32, Trumpet Tune
8. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5 Scene 2: No. 38, Venus’ Aria “Fairest isle” (Arr. for Trumpet)

Side: 2

1. Atalanta, HWV 35: Ouverture (Largo – Allegro)
2. Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: I. Aria “Eternal Source of Light Divine” (Countertenor) – Alison Balsom, Iestyn Davies, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
3. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: No. 30, Symphony (Arr. for Trumpet)
4. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 1: No. 4, Rondeau (Arr. for Trumpet)

Side: 3

1. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 1: No. 8, First Act Tune. Jig (Arr. for Trumpet)
2. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: No. 41, Prelude
3. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: No. 54, Chaconne (Dance for Chinese Man and Woman) – with Trumpet
4. Ode for Queen Mary’s Birthday (Come, Ye Sons of Art Away), Z. 323: No. 3, Aria “Come, ye sons of art” (Alto) – Alison Balsom, Iestyn Davies, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
5. Suite in D Major for Trumpet and Strings, HWV 341 (adapt. from “Water Music” and “Partenope”, 1733): I. Ouverture
6. Suite in D Major for Trumpet and Strings, HWV 341 (adapt. from “Water Music” and “Partenope”, 1733): II. Allegro (Gigue)
7. Suite in D Major for Trumpet and Strings, HWV 341 (adapt. from “Water Music” and “Partenope”, 1733): III. Air (Minuet)
8. Suite in D Major for Trumpet and Strings, HWV 341 (adapt from “Water Music” and “Partenope”, 1733): IV March (Bourre)
9. Suite in D Major for Trumpet and Strings, HWV 341 (adapt. from “Water Music” and “Partenope”, 1733): V. March

Side: 4

1. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: No. 43, The Plaint, “O let me weep” (Arr. for Trumpet) – Alison Balsom, Lucy Crowe, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
2. Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 301 (Arr. for Trumpet): I. Adagio
3. Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 301 (Arr. for Trumpet): II. Allegro
4. Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 301 (Arr. for Trumpet): III. Siciliana (Largo)
5. Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 301 (Arr. for Trumpet): IV. Vivace