Composer: George Frideric Handel, Henry Purcell
Performer: Alison Balsom, Iestyn Davies, Lucy Crowe
Orchestra: The English Concert
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 4403292
Release: 2012
Size: 1.14 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11
01. Act 3: Sento la goia
Purcell: King Arthur Suite, Z. 628
02. Act 1: Overture
03. Act 1: Come if you dare
04. Act 5: Symphony
05. Act 2: “Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying”
06. Act 5: Round thy shores
07. Act 5: Trumpet Tune
08. Act 5: Fairest isle
Handel: Atalanta, HWV 35
09. Overture
Handel: Birthday Ode for Queen Anne, HWV 74
10. “Eternal Source of Light Divine”
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
11. Symphony
12. Rondo
13. Act 1: Jig
14. Act 5: Prelude
15. Act 5: Chaconne and Chorus
Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323
16. Sound the trumpet
Handel: Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349
17. I. Overture
18. II. Gigue (Allegro)
19. III. Minuet (Aria)
20. IV. Bourée
21. V. March No. 2 (Partenope, HWV 27)
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
22. Act 5: “The plaint”
Handel: Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B flat major, HWV 301
23. I. Adagio
24. II. Allegro
25. III. Siciliana (Largo)
26. IV. Vivace
In the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, Alison Balsom celebrates the heroic era of the Baroque trumpet in works by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and Henry Purcell (1658 or 1659-1695), whose anthems, odes, sinfonias and operas have provided the music for numerous royal celebrations from their own day to the present.
Joining forces with Trevor Pinnock, harpsichordist, conductor and pioneer of historical performance, and with the English Concert orchestra that he founded, Balsom demonstrates the versatility and expressive power of her valve-less instrument in original works and new arrangements. These include Purcell’s Sound the trumpet and Handel’s Eternal Source of light divine in duet with countertenor Iestyn Davies and Purcell’s The Plaint from The Fairy Queen in duet with soprano Lucy Crowe. Further repertoire includes suites from Purcell’s semi-operas King Arthur (1691) and The Fairy Queen (1692) in new arrangements by Balsom and Pinnock, Handel’s Water Piece in D Major HWV 341 and his Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major HWV 301 transposed into C Major.
Alison Balsom is one of today’s most popular classical musicians. Having managed to break through to the mainstream without abandoning her musical integrity, she continues to draw ever-wider audiences for her performances and recordings of diverse repertoire.
