Composer: Johannes Brahms, Franz Peter Schubert, Robert Schumann
Performer: Andrew Balio, John Wilson, Nicholas Phan
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delos
Catalogue: DE3607
Release: 2025
Size: 2.47 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1
01. I. Allegro appassionato
02. II. Andante un poco adagio
03. III. Allegretto grazioso
04. IV. Vivace
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
05. I. Adagio
06. II. Allegro
07. Schubert: Auf dem Strom, D. 943
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E Flat Major, Op. 120 No. 2
08. I. Allegro amabile
09. II. Allegro appassionato
10. III. Andante con moto; Allegro
Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op. 113
11. I. Nicht schnell
12. II. Lebhaft
13. III. Rasch
14. IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck
Trumpet was meant to have a bright future after Handel and Bach, but history decided otherwise. Relegated to a military signal role with timpani, it had to wait until the later Romantic period to flourish once again. A brainchild of Andrew Balio, this album showcases his own transcriptions of works from the golden age of chamber music, inviting trumpeters out of the cold and into the cozy world of Brahms, Schumann, and Schubert. Pianist John Wilson partners Andrew for these new arrangements of Brahms’s clarinet sonatas, Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro, and Märchenbilder, and Schubert’s lied ‘Auf dem Strom’, in which tenor Nicholas Phan gives voice to the text. Thanks to Andrew, trumpeters and music lovers can now enjoy an expanded repertoire which invites us into an entirely new soundworld.
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