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Alison Balsom, Britten Sinfonia & Scott Stroman - Quiet City (2022)

Posted By: delpotro

Date: 27 May 2024 13:44:51

“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.”

AllMusic Review by James Manheim
Trumpeter Alison Balsom neatly weaves together several objectives on this program of mostly American music. One is to introduce jazz influences at several levels without turning this into a jazz album. Here, Balsom succeeds, including not only an ambitious arrangement of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue but also Leonard Bernstein and a trumpet version of a Kurt Weill song in a Gil Evans arrangement. The Gershwin, arranged by Simon Wright, reassigns much of the melodic material (including the famous glissando) to the trumpet while not disregarding the piano part; it is an intricate balance with sensitive work on the piano from Tom Poster. Another idea of Balsom's here is to broaden perhaps British conceptions of American classical music, which is more than an offshoot of jazz. The showcase is the title work, Aaron Copland's underplayed Quiet City, and Balsom offers a tour de force of quiet playing, not overwhelming the English horn. The Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez has connections to both these tendencies through its association with Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain LP. Balsom fans will be perfectly satisfied by the fact that the star sounds as creamy as ever, but others will be pleased to hear that her ideas about programming have taken a new and adventurous turn.

Tracklist:
1. Quiet City (9:53)
2. On the Town, Act 1: Lonely Town. Pas de deux (3:03)
3. Rhapsody in Blue (16:08)
4. The Unanswered Question (6:32)
5. Concierto de Aranjuez: II. (a) Adagio (7:05)
6. Concierto de Aranjuez: II. (b) Moderato (7:18)
7. My Ship (4:10)

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