Notes and Editorial Reviews
There is no sound more invigorating than the clarion call of the Baroque trumpet. The instrument's clear, expressive tone is ideally suited to the melodic inventiveness of Baroque composers. This recording features the legendary trumpeter Maurice André in a program of concertos by familiar composers such as Telemann, Vivaldi and Torelli. Most impressive are two concertos by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, a contemporary of Telemann.
André is one of the great trumpet players in all the world and this repertoire is ideally suited to his talents. The works call for razor sharp articulation, smoothness of tone and remarkable agility. André dances through the Vivace movement of Telemann's Concerto for trumpet, strings and continuo in C minor with
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dexterity and humor. Most stirring is the grand Concerto for 6 trumpets, strings and continuo by Stölzel. The work features André and some of his students in a work that is grandly dramatic. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Trumpet in D major by Gottfried H. Stölzel
Performer:
Maurice André (Trumpet)
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century; Germany
Length: 8 Minutes 40 Secs.
2.
Concerto for Trumpet in C minor by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:
Maurice André (Trumpet)
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Length: 8 Minutes 14 Secs.
3.
Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C major, RV 537 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Bernard Soustrot (Trumpet),
Maurice André (Trumpet)
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 22 Secs.
4.
Concerto for Oboe and Violin in B flat major, RV 548 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Maurice André (Trumpet),
Iona Brown (Violin)
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Length: 9 Minutes 18 Secs.
5.
Concerto for Trumpet and 2 Oboes in D major by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:
Tess Miller (Oboe),
Celia Nicklin (Oboe),
Maurice André (Trumpet)
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Length: 10 Minutes 41 Secs.
6.
Concerto for 2 Oboes in C major, RV 534 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Maurice André (Trumpet),
Daniel Arrignon (Oboe)
Conductor:
Jean-Pierre Wallez
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Orchestral Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Length: 9 Minutes 6 Secs.
7.
Concerto grosso a quattro chori in D major by Gottfried H. Stölzel
Performer:
Guy Touceon (Trumpet),
Jean-Paul Leroy (Trumpet),
Thierry Caens (Trumpet),
Maurice André (Trumpet),
Jacques Jarmasson (Trumpet),
Bernard Soustrot (Trumpet),
Joel Pontet (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Jean-Pierre Wallez
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Orchestral Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1745; Gotha, Germany
Length: 9 Minutes 6 Secs.
8.
Sinfonia for 4 Trumpets and Strings in C major by Giuseppe Torelli
Performer:
Bernard Soustrot (Trumpet),
Maurice André (Trumpet),
Jean-Paul Leroy (Trumpet),
Thierry Caens (Trumpet)
Conductor:
Jean-Pierre Wallez
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Orchestral Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 38 Secs.
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