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HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Sound the Trumpet - Royal Music Of Purcell And Handel Alison Balsom (natural trumpets) / The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock [ Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] "For historical accuracy, she plays the valve-less "natural" trumpet: it really does appear to offer a more direct access to the human voice, a quality confirmed when she duets with countertenor Iestyn Davies" (The Independent) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Légende: Works for trumpet and piano Alison Balsom (trumpet) Tom Poster (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 7/May/2016 ] Star trumpeter Alison Balsom adds her first recital with piano to her rich Warner Classics catalogue. Recorded live at St George's, Bristol, she and Tom Poster, her long-standing recital partner, explore fascinating works from the 20th century, by... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Calm Classical [LP] Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / New College Oxford Choir / Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Jacqueline du Pre (cello) / Tasmin Little (violin) & more [ Warner Classics LP / 2 LP - released 13/Oct/2023 ] musicCALM means "calm," "serene," or "tranquil. Take your time and enjoy 25 relaxing neo-classical, film, and classical pieces selected from the catalogs of Warner Classics and Erato. From gentle solo piano to uplifting symphonic daydreams and serene... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for Trumpet and Organ Alison Balsom (trumpet), Quentin Thomas (organ) [ EMI Debut / Warner Classics / CD - released 28/Jun/2009 ] Alison Balsom (trumpet), Quentin Thomas (organ) |
HANDEL / PURCELL / BACH / TELEMANN
Alison Balsom: Royal Fireworks Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Balsom Ensemble [ Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] "Balsom brings to the opening Adagio of Telemann's first Trumpet Concerto; the suppleness she brings to the Purcell Sonata's outer movements and the luminous, clean-toned sobriety of its strings-only Adagio." Gramophone |
ARUTIUNIAN / MacMILLAN / TAKEMITSU / ZIMMERMANN
Alison Balsom - Seraph Alison Balsom (trumpet) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Renes [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Balsom takes its not inconsiderable demands in her stride, with the Scottish Ensemble unstinting in its support." Editor's Choice Gramophone February 2012 |
AARON COPLAND / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / GEORGE GERSHWIN / CHARLES IVES / etc
Alison Balsom - Quiet City Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Britten Sinfonia, Scott Stroman [ Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "As an entity it creates a varied album in every kind of mood. It will delight anyone, not only the trumpet expert, who admires Balsom's eclecticism and musical brilliance...Balsom's virtuosity is spellbinding throughout." Guardian |
HANDEL / BACH / TORELLI / HUMMEL / MARCELLO / etc
Magic Trumpet Alison Balsom (trumpet), with Alina Ibragimova (violin) / The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (director, harpsichord and organ) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] "I realised from early on that it wasn't just a trumpet, it was a voice that could seemingly do anything … It can have such fabulous colours, be so versatile, and make such a beautiful sound. I will vigorously defend it for the rest of my life."... |
KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: Stella Natalis Kate Royal (soprano), Alison Balsom (trumpet) Alice Halstead (soprano) / Ethic Percussion Orchestra, Tenebrae Choir & Members of Adiemus, Karl Jenkins [ Universal Classics / CD - released 3/Dec/2019 ] "Karl Jenkins is a rarity among contemporary composers, balancing popularity with innovation." (The Independent) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Classical 2008 (2 CD) Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, Luciano Pavarotti, Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel, Alison Balsom, Karl Jenkins, Julian Lloyd Webber, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 21/Nov/2007 ] Featuring classical superstars such as the million-selling group, Il Divo, performing You Raise Me Up; global superstar Sarah Brightman with her signature tune, Time to Say Goodbye; classical superstar Luciano Pavarotti, and many others. |
HAYDN / HUMMEL / TORELLI / NERUDA
Trumpet Concertos Alison Balsom (trumpet / director) / Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Oct/2008 ] "Trumpeter Alison Balsom's bold and brilliant playing engenders a fresh-eared listening of the warhorse Haydn and Hummel concertos." (10 sound 10 performance ClassicsToday) |
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BACH / CORELLI / TORELLI / FASCH
Jubilo [standard edition] Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Academy of Ancient Music, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Dec/2016 ] With this release Alison records on the natural trumpet for the first time since the hugely successful album Sound the Trumpet. Inspired by seasonal Baroque repertoire, the recording includes concertos by Bach, Corelli, Torelli, and Fasch performed... |
AARON COPLAND / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / GEORGE GERSHWIN / CHARLES IVES / etc
Alison Balsom - Quiet City (LP) Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Britten Sinfonia, Scott Stroman [ Warner Classics / LP - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "As an entity it creates a varied album in every kind of mood. It will delight anyone, not only the trumpet expert, who admires Balsom's eclecticism and musical brilliance...Balsom's virtuosity is spellbinding throughout." Guardian |
ARBAN / BACH / LINDBERG / PAGANINI / PIAZZOLLA / MOZART / etc
Alison Balsom - Caprice Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Gotheburg Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ EMI / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "The young British trumpeter Alison Balsom is a real star: resplendent and well-varied tone, crisp attack, absolute ease of production throughout the range." BBC Music |
SATIE / PIAZZOLLA / LEGRAND / RAVEL / MESSIAEN / etc
Alison Balsom - Paris Alison Balsom (trumpet) / The Guy Barker Orchestra, Guy Barker [ Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2014 ] "This potpourri of a recital is...very much of its own time, eclectically flavoured in its collaborative elements and juxtaposition of music languages [sic], and deftly underpinned by Balsom's considered curating." Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Works for Trumpet Alison Balsom (trumpet) with Colm Carey (organ), Alina Ibragimova (violin), Alistair Ross (harpsichord & chamber organ) & Mark Caudle (viola de gamba) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] Gramophone described her Bach album as "splendid stuff" and the pieces "showcase Balsom's phenomenal technique and gleaming expressiveness" |
PARRY / STANFORD / WHITLOCK / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
English Hymn Anthems Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, with Alison Balsom (trumpet) [ King's College SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] 'I attended these sessions and the glorious union of music-making and atmosphere I witnessed has been captured wonderfully.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2015 |
CAZZATI / JACCHINI / STRADELLA / MELANI / SCARLATTI / TORELLI / etc
The fam'd Italian masters Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) Alison Balsom (trumpet) / The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman, organ [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Mar/2003 ] This disc combines the talents of internationally-renowned Crispian Steele-Perkins, and Alison Balsom, a recent graduate currently taking the musical world by storm. Both are in radiant form in a collection of works from that era of Italian baroque... |
TELEMANN / HANDEL / BACH / BOCCHERINI / VIVALDI / etc
Baroque Festival Emmanuel Pahud, Beatrice Rana, Alison Balsom, Piotr Anderszewski, Nathalie Stutzmann, Philippe Jaroussky, etc [ Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] Top-class journey into the Baroque including many highly reviewed recordings. |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
The Sound of Piazzolla Gidon Kremer, Julia Zenko, Haracio Ferrer, Alison Balsom, Martha Argerich, Emmanuel Pahud, Daniel Barenboim, Artemis Quartet, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/2017 ] "Violinist Gidon Kremer and a tight ensemble of colleagues show keen empathy for this symbolist allegory of an ambiguous, archetypal journey of the soul." --Thomas May on Maria de Buenos Aires |
