Alison Balsom - The Album Collection (2002-2014) [Official Digital Download]

Alison Balsom must be counted among the most popular Classical trumpeters before the public today. Yet, she has gained wide international recognition only since the turn of the century. Her first recording, Music for Trumpet and Organ, was issued in 2002, and her first major award was given to her in 2006, when the jurors of the Classical BRIT Awards named her Young British Classical Performer. Other awards and citations followed and her concert appearances quickly became major events across England, Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Of course, her supermodel looks and charismatic manner haven't hurt her career, but in the end it has been her talent on the trumpet, forged by an all-encompassing technique and deft interpretive sense, that landed her at the top.

The EMI Debut series has now been successful in drawing a number of exceptionally promising young artists to public attention, amongst them Thomas Adès and, more recently (and currently particularly newsworthy) the bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu, hailed by some as the next Bryn Terfel and having just picked up a Gramophone award for best debut disc.

Tracklist:

01 - Variations on 'Mein junges Leben hat ein End'
02 - Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004 - I.Allemande
03 - King Arthur Z628 - ACT5. Trumpet Tune
04 - King Arthur Z628 - Symphony
05 - King Arthur Z628 - Song Tune 1. 'Round Thy Shores'
06 - King Arthur Z628 - Warlike Consort
07 - Shenandoah
08 - Elegy
09 - Semaine Sainte a Cuzco
10 - Vocalise-Étude Op.151
11 - Ókna (Windows after Marc Chagall) - I. Modré Okno (The Blue Window)
12 - Ókna (Windows after Marc Chagall) - II.Zelené Okno (The Green Window)
13 - Ókna (Windows after Marc Chagall) - III. Cervené Okno (The Red Window)
14 - Ókna (Windows after Marc Chagall) - IV. Zlaté Okno (The Gold Window)

Alison Balsom - trumpet
Quentin Thomas - organ

The title Bach: Works for Trumpet is a little misleading: While Bach did compose glorious music for that instrument, everything here is a transcription. No matter. Bach himself was an avid transcriber, and these adaptations would surely draw smiles from the old Saxon – not least because of the virtuosity of the soloist, Alison Balsom, who navigates music originally for keyboard, cello, violin, voice, and other sources with equal aplomb. Most daring, perhaps, are Balsom's unaccompanied selections: two movements from one of the cello suites, a Gigue from a violin partita, and the lively Badinerie from the Second Orchestral Suite. There's nothing to mask shortcomings in technique on these solitary tracks, yet Balsom never loses her stride in music that must pose an extra challenge on trumpet rather than on the nimbler flute, violin, or cello. Organist Colm Carey steps in to accompany three transcribed concertos (two of which are in turn Bach revisions of scores by Vivaldi and Marcello, adding to the complexity), while a small chamber group joins the trumpeter for a trio sonata and part of the Agnus Dei from the B Minor Mass. A harpsichord-accompanied Italian Variations and a version of the beautiful song 'Du bist bei mir,' with chamber organ and viola da gamba, complete the album's pleasingly diverse assortment of backup combinations. Balsom's playing is spirited and expressive, with a tone that swaps brassy glitz for a supple vocal quality. All in all, an impressive major-label debut that reveals a talent to keep an eye on.

Tracklist:

01 - Concerto in D major BWV 972 after Vivaldi - I. Allegro
02 - Concerto in D major BWV 972 after Vivaldi - II. Adagio
03 - Concerto in D major BWV 972 after Vivaldi - III. Allegro assai
04 - Cello Suite No.2 in D minor BWV 1008 - IV. Sarabande
05 - Cello Suite No.2 in D minor BWV 1008 - VII. Gigue
06 - Aria Variata in A minor (Italian Variations) BWV 989
07 - Partita No.3 in E major BWV 1006 - VI. Gigue
08 - Trio Sonata in C major BWV 529 - I. Allegro
09 - Trio Sonata in C major BWV 529 - II. Largo
10 - Trio Sonata in C major BWV 529 - III. Allegro
11 - Concerto in C minor BWV 974 after Marcello - I. Allegro
12 - Concerto in C minor BWV 974 after Marcello - II. Largo
13 - Concerto in C minor BWV 974 after Marcello - III. Presto
14 - Bist du bei mir from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach BWV 508
15 - Concerto in A major BWV 1055 - I. Allegro
16 - Concerto in A major BWV 1055 - II. Larghetto
17 - Concerto in A major BWV 1055 - III. Allegro ma non tanto
18 - Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor BWV 1067 - VII. Badinerie
19 - Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Agnus Dei

Alison Balsom - trumpet
Colm Carey - organ
Alina Ibragimova - violin
Alistair Ross - harpsichord & chamber organ
Mark Caudle - viola de gamba

The album features sparkling transcriptions of Mozart's 'Rondo alla Turca' and the Queen of the Night's aria (from The Magic Flute) as well as the scintillating 'Variations on Bellini's Norma' by the French virtuoso Jean-Baptiste Arban. Amongst the more lyrical numbers, Balsom plays arrangements of Rachmaninov's haunting Vocalise and the exquisite Nocturne from Tomasi's Trumpet Concerto. She also brings her unique sound to two pieces played by the trumpet alone: Paganini's well-known violin Caprice No.24 and Debussy's Syrinx.

Tracklist:

01 - Sonata in A major K331 - III. Rondo alla turca
02 - Libertango
03 - Gammel fäbodpsalm från Dalarna - Andante
04 - Variations on 'Casta Diva' from Bellini's Norma
05 - Caprices Op.1 No.24 in A minor
06 - 7 Canciones populares españolas - I. El paño moruno
07 - 7 Canciones populares españolas - II. Seguidilla murciana
08 - 7 Canciones populares españolas - III. Asturiana
09 - 7 Canciones populares españolas - IV. Jota
10 - 7 Canciones populares españolas - V. Nana
11 - 7 Canciones populares españolas - VI. Canción
12 - 7 Canciones populares españolas - VII. Polo
13 - Vocalise
14 - Der Hölle Rache from Die Zauberflöte K620
15 - Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041 - II. Andante
16 - Syrinx
17 - Trumpet Concerto - II. Nocturne
18 - Esqualo

Alison Balsom - trumpet
Göteborgs Symfoniker, Conducted by Edward Gardner

Alison Balsom’s fourth album for EMI Classics features Franz Joseph Haydn and Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s evergreen trumpet concertos, coupled with concertos by Johann Baptist Georg Neruda and Giuseppe Torelli. Balsom also directs Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

Tracklist:

01 - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major - I. Allegro con spirito
02 - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major - II. Andante
03 - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major - III. Rondo
04 - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major Hob.VIIe:1 - I. Allegro
05 - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major Hob.VIIe:1 - II. Andante
06 - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major Hob.VIIe:1 - III. Finale. Allegro
07 - Trumpet Concerto in D major - I. Allegro
08 - Trumpet Concerto in D major - II. Adagio - Presto - Allegro
09 - Trumpet Concerto in D major - III. Allegro
10 - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major - I. Allegro
11 - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major - II. Largo
12 - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major - III. Vivace

Alison Balsom - Trumpet
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Following the popular and critical international success of her Haydn and Hummel concertos recording, Alison Balsom has recorded a programme of Italian Baroque concertos.

Tracklist:

01 - Violin Concerto in A minor RV 356 - I. Allegro
02 - Violin Concerto in A minor RV 356 - II. Largo
03 - Violin Concerto in A minor RV 356 - III. Presto
04 - Oboe Concerto in C minor - I. Andante spicato
05 - Oboe Concerto in C minor - II. Adagio
06 - Oboe Concerto in C minor - III. Presto
07 - Oboe Concerto in B flat major Op.7 No.3 - I. Allegro
08 - Oboe Concerto in B flat major Op.7 No.3 - II. Adagio
09 - Oboe Concerto in B flat major Op.7 No.3 - III. Allegro
10 - Oboe Concerto in C minor - I. Introduzione (Larghetto)
11 - Oboe Concerto in C minor - II. Allegro
12 - Oboe Concerto in C minor - III. Siciliana
13 - Oboe Concerto in C minor - IV Allegro giusto
14 - Violin Concerto in G major RV 310 - I. Allegro
15 - Violin Concerto in G major RV 310 - II. Largo
16 - Violin Concerto in G major RV 310 - III. Allegro
17 - Trumpet Concerto in D major D53 - I. Allegro
18 - Trumpet Concerto in D major D53 - II. Andante
19 - Trumpet Concerto in D major D53 - III. Allegro grazioso
20 - Sonata da Chiesa in D minor - I. Adagio
21 - Sonata da Chiesa in D minor - II. Allegro
22 - Sonata da Chiesa in D minor - III. Largo
23 - Sonata da Chiesa in D minor - IV. Allegro

Alison Balsom - trumpet
Scottish Ensemble

Alison’s new recording of modern and contemporary repertoire marks an important artistic stepping stone in her career. This labour of love features the world premiere recording of Seraph, James MacMillan’s trumpet concerto written for Alison, works by Takemitsu and Zimmermann and includes her long-awaited recording of the ever popular Arutunian Trumpet Concerto.

Tracklist:

01 - Seraph - I
02 - Seraph - II. Adagio
03 - Seraph - III. Marcato e ritmico
04 - Paths
05 - Trumpet Concerto in A flat major - I. Andante - Allegro Energico
06 - Trumpet Concerto in A flat major - II. Meno Mosso
07 - Trumpet Concerto in A flat major - III. Tempo I
08 - Nobody Knows
09 - Trumpet Concerto in C major

Alison Balsom - trumpet
Scottish Ensemble
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Laurence Renes

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.

Tracklist:

01 - Amidigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 3: Sento la goia
02 - King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 1: Overture
03 - King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 1: Come if you dare
04 - King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 5: Symphony
05 - King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 2: Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying"
06 - King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 5: Round thy shores
07 - King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune
08 - King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 5: Fairest isle
09 - Atalanta, HWV 35: Overture
10 - Birthday Ode for Queen Anne, HWV 74: "Eternal Source of Light Divine" (countertenor)
11 - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances, Act 4: Symphony
12 - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances: Rondo (Second Musick)
13 - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances, Act 1: Jig
14 - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances, Act 5: Prelude
15 - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances, Act 5: Chaconne and Chorus
16 - Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323: Sound the trumpet (countertenor)
17 - Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349: I. Overture
18 - Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349: II. Gigue (Allegro)
19 - Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349: III. Minuet (Aria)
20 - Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349: IV. Bourrée
21 - Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349: V. March No. 2 (Partenope, HWV 27)
22 - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: "The plaint"
23 - Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major: I. Adagio
24 - Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major: II. Allegro
25 - Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major: III. Siciliana (Largo)
26 - Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major: IV. Vivace

Alison Balsom - trumpet
Iestyn Davies - countertenor
Lucy Crowe - soprano
Trevor Pinnock - harpsichord and organ
The English Concert

Alison brings her glamour, poise and dazzling virtuosity to Paris with a selection of music written in and inspired by the most romantic city in the world. “The Parisian concept developed organically the more I looked for music that I loved, that could work in this sound world,” explains Alison. “I spent a key part of my musical life in Paris at the Conservatoire, and whilst this album is anything but a stereotype of a 'Parisian' sound, every track has a link to the world of Paris.

Tracklist:

01 - 3 Gymnopédies: III. Lent et grave
02 - Histoire du Tango: II. Café 1930
03 - Oblivion
04 - La valse des lilas
05 - Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus: XV. La baiser de l'enfant Jesus - Tres lent, calme
06 - Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus: XV. La baiser de l'enfant Jesus - Modéré I
07 - Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus: XV. La baiser de l'enfant Jesus - Modéré II
08 - Pièce en forme de habanera
09 - Piano Concerto in G Major: II. Adagio assai
10 - 3 Gnossiennes: III. Lent
11 - Les feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves)
12 - Nuages

Alison Balsom, trumpet
The Guy Barker Orchestra, Conducted by Guy Barker


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