Composer: Johann Friedrich Fasch, Johann Sebastian Bach, Giuseppe Torelli, Arcangelo Corelli
Performer: Alison Balsom, Stephen Cleobury, Tom Etheridge
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music
Conductor: Pavlo Beznosiuk
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Release: 2016
Size: 0.99 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Johann Friederich Fasch:
Trumpet Concerto in D Major, FWV L:D1:
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach:
04. In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
Johann Sebastian Bach:
6 Schübler Chorales:
05. IV. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (‘My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord’), BWV 648
Giuseppe Torelli:
Sonata in D Major, G. 1
06. I. Andante
07. II. Allegro
08. III. Grave
09. IV. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach:
6 Schübler Chorales
10. III. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (‘Who Allows God Alone to Rule Him’), BWV 647
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Cantata No. 147, ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’, BWV147
11. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Johann Sebastian Bach:
6 Schübler Chorales
12. II. Wo soll ich fliehen hin(‘Whither Shall I Flee?’), BWV 646
Arcangelo Corelli:
Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 ‘Christmas Concerto’
13. I. Vivace – Grave
14. II. Allegro
15. III. Adagio – Allegro
16. IV. Vivace
17. V. Allegro
18. VI. Largo. Pastorale ad libitum
Johann Sebastian Bach:
6 Schübler Chorales
19. V. Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ (‘Lord Jesus Christ, with Us Abide’), BWV 649
20. I. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ‘(Wake, Awake for Night is Passing’), BWV 645
21. VI. Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter auf Erden (‘Come Thou, Jesu, from Heaven to Earth’), BWV 650
With this release Alison records on the natural trumpet for the first time since the hugely successful album Sound the Trumpet. Inspired by seasonal Baroque repertoire, the recording includes concertos by Bach, Corelli, Torelli, and Fasch performed with the Academy of Ancient Music under the direction of violinist Pavlo Besnosiuk. The Schübler Chorales and In dulce jubilo by Bach, performed in arrangements for trumpet and organ played here by Stephen Cleobury, act as a beautiful foil to the full orchestral sound of the concertos. Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring featuring Stephen Cleobury and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge tops off this Christmas cracker of an album. This classy winter-themed album is a perfect core classical seasonal offering.