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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | KaléidoscopeOrchestral Works by Tobias Broström
In recent years, Tobias Broström has profiled himself as an orchestral composer of both solo concertos and large orchestral works in his rapidly growing list of compositions. This recording features works for trumpet, violin and piano, accompanied by the Gävle Symphony Orchestra of which Broström is composer in residence, conducted by Johannes Gustavsson. | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Knudage Riisager - Orchestral Works
Knudåge Riisager was a pioneer of the Neo-Classical style in Danish music. This re-release of the previously acclaimed CD on Dacapo (no longer available), has been given a new lease of life in outstanding SACD sound quality. Lively and inventive, the music on this disc spans the years 1933-1940 and shows Riisager both as a composer inspired by the Neo-Baroque and as an exponent of a decidedly Danish sound. “This will be a must for brass aficionados” International Record Review on its original release | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Borrowed TimeMusic by Dave Maric featuring Håkan Hardenberger
“…it's… reassuring to hear a disc like this which presents new music with such conviction. This detailed, thoughtful music, mature in conception, confident in execution and impeccably recorded, is well worth your time.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Famous Classical Trumpet Concertos
Albinoni: | Concerto Op. 7 No. 3 for oboe & strings in B flat major Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor (transcribed for trumpet by Giovanni Orsomando) | Bach, J S: | Chorale Prelude BWV721 'Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott' Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ' Chorale Prelude BWV727 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen' | Clarke, Jeremiah: | Trumpet Tune | Corelli: | Sonata a quattro in D for Trumpet, Strings and Continuo, WoO 4 | Gounod: | Ave Maria | Haydn: | Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe:1 | Haydn, M: | Trumpet Concerto in C major, MH 60, P. 34 | Hertel, J W: | Trumpet Concerto in D Trumpet Concerto in E flat | Hummel, J: | Trumpet Concerto in E (or E flat) major, WoO/S49 | Molter: | Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in D, MWV 6/32 | Mozart, L: | Trumpet Concerto in D major | Richter, F X: | Trumpet Concerto in D | Stamitz, J: | Trumpet Concerto in D |
“This is probably the finest single collection of trumpet concertos in the catalogue. When it first appeared in 1987 (the Hummel and Haydn have since been recoupled with a later set as listed here) it created overnight a new star in the firmament of trumpeters.
The two finest concertos for the trumpet are undoubtedly those of Haydn and Hummel, and Hardenberger plays them here with a combination of sparkling bravura and stylish elegance that are altogether irresistible. Hardenberger opens with the famous Hummel Concerto, played in E major rather than the usual E flat, which makes the work sound bolder and brighter than usual. The finale with its crisp articulation, fantastic tonguing and tight trills, displays a genial easy bravura, yet overflows with energy and high spirits. Marriner and his Academy accompany with characteristic finesse and warmth, with the lilting dotted rhythms of the first movement of the Hummel, seductively jaunty. The lovely Andante of the Haydn is no less beguiling, and both finales display a highspirited exuberance and an easy bravura which make the listener smile with pleasure.
The recording gives him the most vivid realism and presence, but it's a pity that the orchestral backcloth is so reverberant; otherwise the sound is very natural. A superb disc.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Hakan Hardenberger - Trumpet MasterclassTrumpet Masterclass from the Royal Northern College of Music
Håkan Hardenberger is regarded as the greatest trumpet soloist today. An outstanding teacher he is a professor at the Malmö Conservatoire and a Fellow of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. In this masterclass Håkan Hardenberger works with students on three key works from the 20th century trumpet repertoire “Håken Hardenberger couldn't be further from a museum in his lessons on three major 20th-century trumpet works. Contrasts are rewarding and used in a cunningly structured way to cultivate respectively centred intonation, rhythmic precision, and potent storytelling. In a generous two-and-a-quarter hours, the pursuit of that conquest is unfailing interesting. A series highlight.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2009 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Gruber & Schwertsik: Works for trumpet and orchestra
Håkan Hardenberger returns to BIS with a disc of works written especially for him by HK Gruber and Kurt Schwertsik. The Three MOB Pieces, composed in 1968, take inspiration from a diverse cross-section of music, including the neo-classicism of Stravinsky, the Beatles and the cabaret music by Hanns Eisler and Kurt Weill. In each of the three movements of Busking the soloist plays a trumpet in a different key, with the accompaniment of an accordion, a banjo and strings. Schwertsik’s title for his Divertimento is deceptive as he adds both melancholy and defiance to a work that appears, on the face of it, to offer easy-on-the-ear entertainment. “The disc's centrepiece is HK Gruber's trumpet concerto Busking...The most involving passages, to my ear, are those in which banjo and accordion cut loose from their idiomatic moorings, joining the trumpet in freer interplay...The other works on the disc are more occasional in tone and cast in a neo-tonal vein in which faux naif irony is rarely absent.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2012 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Trumpet Voluntary
Albinoni: | Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor arr. Remo Giazotto (1910-); Transcription: Giovanni Orsomando Simon Preston (organ) | Arban: | Variations on 'Carnival of Venice' John Wilbraham (trumpet) The London Festival Orchestra, Tutti Camarata | Charpentier, M-A: | Te Deum, H146: Prélude The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Peter Hurford | Clarke, Jeremiah: | Trumpet Voluntary 'Prince of Denmark's March' arr. Peter Hurford The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Peter Hurford | Dinicu: | Hora Staccato Roland Pöntinen (piano) | Gounod: | Ave Maria | Handel: | Messiah: The trumpet shall sound Gwynne Howell, John Wilbraham (trumpet) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner | Haydn: | Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe:1: first movement Neville Marriner L'amour (from 12 Heroic Marches) Transc. Marie-Claire Alain Simon Preston (organ) | Hummel, J: | Trumpet Concerto in E (or E flat) major: 3rd movement Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner | Marcello, A: | Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor arr. Trumpet I Musici | Martini, G B: | Toccata | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding' arr. for Cornet and Piano by Hardenberger/Pöntinen Roland Pöntinen (piano) | Purcell: | Trumpet Tune arr. Peter Hurford The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Peter Hurford | Stanley, J: | Trumpet Voluntary in D major arr. Pearson John Wilbraham (trumpet) The London Festival Orchestra, Tutti Camarata | Telemann: | La majesté (from 12 Heroic Marches) Transc. Marie-Claire Alain Simon Preston (organ) | Thomson, V: | At the Beach Roland Pöntinen (piano) | Vivaldi: | Concerto for 2 Trumpets, Strings & Continuo in C major, RV 537 Rev. Gian Francesco Malipiero with Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet) I Musici |
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| |  | Håkan Hardenberger: Both Sides, Now
Håkan Hardenberger has earned a reputation of breaking new ground for the trumpet, commissioning works from the world’s foremost composers. On this disc, he shows a different side to himself in arrangements of his favourite songs and film themes. Hardenberger is joined by his long-standing collaborators: the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the pianist Roland Pöntinen, who also has orchestrated several of the arrangements. “Hardenberger is often rhythmically too straitlaced for this material. Still, we can admire his smoky flugelhorn tone and deft high passagework on muted trumpet. And the selection, from My Funny Valentine to The Godfather theme, is enjoyable schmaltz.” The Times, 10th March 2012 *** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos & Triple Concertos
The Brandenburg Concertos are an encyclopedia of Baroque concerto manners; consciously styled as so, naturally, by the completist Bach, determined to prove his excellence in all areas of contemporary musical achievement (bar opera). Instrumental colours are whirled in kaleidoscopic combinations, from the extrovert trio of hunting horns in the First to the intimate string consort including violas da gamba in the Sixth. The expressive characters of each concerto are no less varied, from the trumpet-led high spirits of the Second to the rather more ambitious, even proto-Romantic sensibility of the Fifth with its gigantic cadenza for the keyboard capping the first movement. Bach clearly aimed to show his mettle to the Margrave of Brandenburg when he sent him a richly ornamented copy of these concertos; no doubt to prove his versatility at a court wealthier and more glamorous than the comparative outpost of Weimar where Bach was retained as Kapellmeister. Much good this putative job application did him: Bach never even received an acknowledgement. These sprightly, rhythmically driven modern performances are soaked in Leipzig’s long Bach tradition. The great tenor and conductor Peter Schreier was himself a chorister in Bach’s Thomaskirche, and the CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra is his handpicked group of instrumentalists. They are joined by a distinguished array of soloists as required, including the flautist Irena Grafenauer, oboist Maurice Bourgue, and no less than Simon Preston as the harpsichord soloist in the Fifth Brandenburg. “Simon Preston gives an admirably lucid account of the harpsichord solo in the opening movement of the Fifth Concerto… Both (Triple) concertos receive animated performances and there is plenty to enjoy in the solo playing.” Gramophone Magazine, April 1994 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Classical Album 2011
Bach, J S: | Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043: Largo ma non tanto Julia Fischer (violin) Toccata & Fugue in D minor: Toccata Simon Preston (organ) | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 1. Allegro con brio Gustavo Dudamel Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight': Adagio sostenuto Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' - Rondo (Allegro) Hélène Grimaud (piano) | Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) | Brahms: | Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor Iván Fischer | Capua: | O sole mio Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) | Chopin: | Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Alice Sara Ott (piano) Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) | Daquin: | Le Coucou Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) | Fauré: | Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 Nicola Benedetti (violin) Sicilienne, Op. 78 Neville Marriner | Grieg: | In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt) Herbert Blomstedt | Haydn: | Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe:1 (3rd movement) Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) | Hérold: | La Fille mal gardée: Clog Dance | Khachaturian: | Sabre Dance from Gayane Valery Gergiev | Lara, Augustin: | Granada Plácido Domingo (tenor) | Liszt: | Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Lang Lang (piano) Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 'La Campanella' Yundi Li (piano) | Massenet: | Meditation (from Thaïs) Anne Sophie Mutter (violin) | Mozart: | Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339: Laudate Dominum Danielle De Niese (soprano) Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Voi che sapete (from Le nozze di Figaro) Magdalena Kozená (mezzo) | Orff: | Carmina Burana: Ecce gratum Riccardo Chailly | Puccini: | O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Anna Netrebko (soprano) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Renée Fleming (soprano) | Rachmaninov: | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (extract) Tamás Vásáry (piano) | Rodrigo: | Fantasia para un Gentilhombre: Danza de las hachas Carlos Bonell (guitar) | Satie: | Gnossienne No. 1 Pascal Rogé (piano) | Schumann: | Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei Nelson Freire (piano) | Shostakovich: | Jazz Suite No. 2 - Waltz No. 2 Riccardo Chailly | Strauss, J, II: | Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 Willy Boskovsky | Tárrega: | Recuerdos de la Alhambra Eduardo Fernández (guitar) | Tchaikovsky: | The Nutcracker: Chinese Dance Charles Dutoit | Vivaldi: | The Four Seasons: Summer, RV315 - Presto Neville Marriner | Wagner: | Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries Sir Georg Solti | Williams, John: | Schindler's List - theme Janine Jansen (violin) |
This stunning collection showcases the greatest stars of classical music with dazzling performances from Gustavo Dudamel, Cecilia Bartoli, Lang Lang and Anna Netrebko, to name but a few... Also includes legendary performances from some of the greatest artists of all time, including Luciano Pavarotti, Sir Georg Solti, Plácido Domingo and Daniel Barenboim. Introducing the exciting talents of a number of rising stars such as Jonas Kaufmann, Danielle De Niese, Julia Fischer and Alice Sara Ott With 40 tracks and over 2½ hours of music this collection is outstanding value for money, providing the foundation for a library of classical music. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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