Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble – Italian Concertos (2010/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:45 minutes | 594 MB | Genre: Classical
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She makes the trumpet sing with an irresistible exuberance and eloquence. With the human voice a particular inspiration in the music of Italy, the words of The Times have a special resonance for Alison Balsom in these works composed or inspired by Italian composers of the 18th century. This collection provides an apt vehicle for the award-winning trumpeter’s characteristic brilliance and grace.
Following the popular and critical international success of her Haydn and Hummel concertos recording, Alison Balsom has recorded a programme of Italian Baroque concertos. The album has quickly garnered critics’ praise: “The fast movements are played with sparkling ease and technical brilliance. The slow movement [Balsom] forms delicately, tenderly, yet without denying she’s playing a brass instrument.” –MDR Figaro
After the release of Caprice in 2006, Gramophone wrote, “It’s not often that a young musician appears on the scene abundantly blessed with everything both an A&R and marketing person could dream of, but the young British trumpeter Alison Balsom fulfils just such a dream. She’s a musician of prodigious talent with an inquisitive, fresh approach to music-making. She is connected to her public, and rewards their attention with playing of a winning ease and fluency. She has an engaging personality … and the intelligence to take her burgeoning career well in her stride.” In this new recording, Balsom, the 2009 Classical BRIT Artist of the Year, plays popular concertos originally composed for the violin or oboe by Vivaldi, Tartini, B. Marcello, Albinoni and Cimarosa, accompanied by the Scottish Ensemble.
“The days are long gone when blowing a brass instrument was a male preserve. Even so, the young trumpeter Alison Balsom remains a singular figure. It’s not that she’s long and blonde; it’s the roar of her talent that makes her stand out, along with her knack for breaking down barriers and making the trumpet so much more than a toot machine.” –The Times
Tracklist:
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Violin Concerto in A Minor, RV 356
1. I. Allegro 02:37
2. II. Largo 02:34
3. III. Presto 02:35
Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Oboe Concerto in C Minor
4. I. Andante spicato 03:11
5. II. Adagio 04:25
6. III. Presto 03:05
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)
Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 7
7. I. Allegro 02:38
8. II. Adagio 02:35
9. III. Allegro 02:11
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)
Oboe Concerto in C Minor
10. I. Introduzione (Larghetto) 02:40
11. II. Allegro 02:08
12. III. Siciliana 02:24
13. IV Allegro giusto 02:38
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Violin Concerto in G Major, RV 310
14. I. Allegro 02:13
15. II. Largo 03:04
16. III. Allegro 02:32
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)
Trumpet Concerto in D Major, D. 53
17. I. Allegro 03:52
18. II. Andante 02:53
19. III. Allegro grazioso 03:04
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)
Sonata da chiesa in D Minor
20. I. Adagio 02:24
21. II. Allegro 02:03
22. III. Largo 01:56
23. IV. Allegro 02:04
