Composer: Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Charles Ives, Joaquin Rodrigo, Kurt Weill
Performer: Alison Balsom, Tom Poster, Nicholas Daniel
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia
Conductor: Scott Stroman
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9029622991
Release: 2022
Size: 941 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Copland: Quiet City
02. Bernstein: Lonely Town Pas de Deux (from On the Town)
03. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
04. Ives: The Unanswered Question
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
05. II. (a) Adagio
06. II. (b) Moderato
07. Weill: My ship
“This album has been an utter joy to make […] The concept of this project began decades ago, when I decided that Copland’s Quiet City was a work that everyone needed to hear – especially so as Copland reveals the scene so brilliantly via the solo trumpet and cor. There is a true melancholy in this work that only a certain type of trumpet playing can achieve, and across the collection on the album I’ve tried to show that through the unique lens of the trumpet, the wonderful bridge and mutual respect between the classical composers and arrangers, and the jazz greats can be seen. For many of us, the sentiment behind Quiet City is pertinent at the moment, as we emerge from the loneliness of the pandemic and into another chapter of darkness in today’s turbulent world […].” – Alison Balsom