Dearbhla Nolan, Luisa Sereina Splett - Cornerstones - Chamber Music Masterpieces (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Intrada for Trumpet & Piano, H. 193: Maestoso-Allegro-Maestoso
02. Sonata for Trumpet & Piano: I. Mit Kraft
03. Sonata for Trumpet & Piano: II. Mäßig bewegt
04. Sonata for Trumpet & Piano: III. Trauermusik (Sehr langsam)
05. Légende for Trumpet & Piano
06. Sonatine for Trumpet & Piano: I. Prelude (Allegretto)
07. Sonatine for Trumpet & Piano: II. Sarabande
08. Sonatine for Trumpet & Piano: III. Gigue-Scherzando
09. Rustiques for Trumpet & Piano
10. Sonatina for Trumpet & Piano, H. 357
11. Slavonic Fantasy for Trumpet & Piano
12. Rondo for Lifey for Trumpet & Piano



Recording ‘Cornerstones – Chamber Music Masterpieces’ has been a labour of love, allowing me to revisit music I first encountered in my student days. Written between 1899 and 1957, these works are not simply trumpet pieces with piano accompaniment, but rather chamber music masterpieces, requiring a true collaboration between trumpeter and pianist. Luisa’s enthusiasm for these cornerstones of any trumpet player’s repertoire has been inspiring, and indeed deepened my understanding of, and appreciation for, this music I have known and loved for so long.

The album was conceived as a recital, opening with a dramatic Intrada by Honegger. Neoclassical sonatas by Hindemith, Francaix and Martinu are interspersed with romantic character pieces by Enescu and Bozza. Rounding off the programme, Carl Höhne’s showpiece, Slavonic Fantasy, harks back to the virtuoso cornet tradition of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a cheeky Rondo by Bernstein serving as an encore.

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