Légende: Works for trumpet and piano

"This new album contains a remarkable range of music, and, though I think it's a winner, not everything will suit everybody. For great tune enthusiasts, Balsom and her indefatigable pianist, Tom Poster - with whom she has worked for more than a decade now - dish up quality arrangements of two big items from the 'Great American Songbook', Gershwin's Someone to Watch Over Me, and Jerome Kern's The Way You Look Tonight. Thoroughly entertaining, but quite a lot more challenging, is Jean Françaix's perky Sonatine, Georges Enescu's Légende, and Alexander Gaudicke's Concert Etude. Then, as you come up for air mid-listen, there's a charming arrangement of the late, lamented Peter Maxwell Davies's Farewell to Stromness. Not for the faint hearted are two names in my shudder zone: Paul Hindemith and Bohuslav Martinů. But the Martinů is actually quite engaging, and the Hindemith Sonata, though typically overlong, has its moments. So, if you want to push the envelope, and move a bit out of your comfort zone, this is one for you." ClassicFM

"They make a lovely sound together…I enjoyed the sweetness of Balsom's muted tone in the central Sarabande of the Françaix and the way that even while articulating brilliantly through Goedicke's Concert-étude, she can make her lines sing" (Gramophone)

"Balsom's sotto voce playing is delicious, and the recording is nicely balanced." (The Arts Desk)